Habilitations and Doctorates at ZEW in 2010

Dates and News

ZEW is invested in the further qualifications of its staff. Last year saw one ZEW researcher achieve their habilitation while many others completed their doctorates. We would like to thank all the dissertation supervisors involved.

Habilitations since January 2010:

Friedrich Heinemann, “Papers on Empirical Public Finance”, Professor Lars Feld, University of Heidelberg.

Doctorates since January 2010:

Birgit Aschhoff, “Public Money for Private Research: Empirical Analyses of Policy Instruments to Stimulate R&D Activities in the Business Sector with a Focus on Subsidies and Public Procurement”, Professor Uwe Cantner, University of Jena.

Kajta Coneus, “Empirical Studies on Early-Years Education in Germany”, Professor Alexander Kemnitz, TU Dresden.

Michael Grünewald, “International Tax Information System”, Professor Christoph Spengel, University of Mannheim.

Alexander Kalb, “Public Sector Efficiency – An Application to Local Governments in Germany”, Professor Lars Feld, University of Heidelberg.

Matthias Köhler, “Integration, Regulation and Corporate Governance in the EU Banking Sector”. Professor Reint Gropp, European Business School – International University Schloß Reichartshausen.

Jenny Meyer, “ICT, Workforce Age and Firm Performance – Firm-Level Evidence from Germany”, Professor Ulrich Kaiser, University of Zurich.

Florian Misch, “Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth”, Professor Richard Kneller, University of Nottingham.

Grit Mühler, “Essays in Applied Microeconomics and Econometrics”, Professor Bernd Fitzenberger, University of Freiburg.

Bettina Müller, “Human Capital in New Firms”, Professor Oliver Fabel, University of Konstanz and University of Vienna.

Sandra Schmidt, “Interest Rate Dynamics, Interest Rate Expectations and the Operational Framework of Central Banks”, Professor Dieter Nautz, Free University of Berlin.

Susanne Steffes, “Employment Dynamics and Heterogeneous Employment Relationships”, Professor Bernd Fitzenberger, University of Freiburg.

Holger Stichnoth, “Essays on Immigration, Relative Income and Redistribution”, Professor Claudia Senik, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Hannes Ulrich, “Essays in Applied Microeconomics and Econometrics”, Professor Ulrich Kaiser, University of Zurich.

Tobias Veith, “Aspects of Regulation and Competition in European Telecommunications Markets”, Professor Jürgen Weigand, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Qingwei Wang, “Investor Beliefs and Forecast Evaluation”, Professor Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim.