Date and place of birth: 14.02.1961 in Stuttgart
Family status: married, two daughters (born 1994 and 1998)
1983 - 1985: Bachelor (Vordiplom) in Economics and Political Science, University of Freiburg
1985 - 1986: Master of Arts in Economics and Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1987 - 1988: Post-graduate programme in International Economics, University of Konstanz
1988 - 1992: Dissertation, Long-term Research Programme (Sonderforschungsbereich) "Internationalization of the Economy", University of Konstanz
1993 - 1994: Visiting Scholar, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
1994 - 1998: Habilitation at the Chair for Public Economics (Prof. Bernd Genser), University of Konstanz
1999 - 2002: Associate Professor for Public Finance and Social Policy, University of Göttingen
since 2002: Full Professor for Economic Policy, University of Munich
2009 - 2012: Head of the Department of Economics
since 2017: Dean of Studies, Department of Economics
Member of the Review Board of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Economic Policy and Public Economics (since 2016)
Treasurer, International Institute of Public Finance (since 2015)
Co-Editor in Chief, International Tax and Public Finance (2013-2015)
Governing Board, Plenum of German Economists (2010 - 2014)
Member of the Extended Board of the Verein für Socialpolitik (2009 - 2012)
Research Affiliate, Norwegian Center for Taxation, Bergen (Director: Guttorm Schjelderup)
International Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation (Director: Michael Devereux)
CESifo Research Fellow