Academic Degrees
1987 Habilitation in Economics (Bonn University, Germany)
1984 Doctor in Economics (Bonn University, Germany)
1981 M.Sc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (London School of Economics, UK)
1979 Diploma in Economics (Bonn University, Germany)
Research and Teaching Positions
April 2020 - present: Senior Advisor, Humboldt-Universität Berlin (Germany)
April 2020 - present: Retired Professor, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
Febr. 1995-March 2020: Professor at School of Business & Economics, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
Sept. 1990 - Jan.1995: Professor at CentER, Tilburg University (NL)
Jan. 1989 - Dec.1989: Visiting Scholar, MIT, Cambridge (USA)
Apr. 1988 -Aug.1990: Heisenberg Fellow - German Science Foundation (DFG)
Oct. 1984 - Sept. 1985: Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego (USA)
Jun. 1979 - March 1988: Research and Teaching Assistant in Economics, Bonn University (Germany)
Teaching Experience
Principles of Economics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Industrial Organisation
Information Economics
Game Theory
Advanced Microeconomics
Grants and Fellowships
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD, (German Academic Exchange Service), Oct. 1980 - July 1981
Research Grant by DFG (German Science Foundation), Oct.1984 - Sept. 1985
Heisenberg Fellowship of DFG (German Science Foundation), Apr.1988 - Aug. 1990
Fellow of CEPR, since 1993
Fellow of the European Economic Association, since 2004
Fellow of the Econometric Society, since 2009
EU-HCM Network 'Games and Markets' 1995-1998
SFB/TR 15 "Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems", Project A1, DFG (German Science Foundation) , 2004-2015
Professional Services
Ass. Editor: Econometrica (1992-2000), Journal of Industrial Economics (1996-2000), European Economic Review (1991 – 1997), Journal of the European Economic Association (2003 - 2008), Journal of Economics (2004–present)
Council Member: European Economic Association (2002-2006)
Dean of the School of Business and Economics: Freie Universität Berlin (2003-2005)
Local Coordinator (Berlin): SFB/TR 15: "Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems" (2004 -2015)
Secretary of the European Standing Committee of the Econometric Society (2006-2012)
Member of the “Senate Committee on Research Training Groups “ of the German Science Foundation - DFG (2007-2012)
Program Chair: Econometric Society European Meeting (Economic Theory): Venice 2002
Program Chair: Offene Tagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik: Dresden 2004
Member of Program Committee: European Economic Association Meeting: Augsburg 1989, Helsinki 1993, Berlin 1998, Lausanne 2001, Barcelona 2009, Glasgow 2010, Oslo 2011; Econometric Society European Meeting: Brussels 1992, Uppsala 1993, Maastricht 1994, Santiago de Compostella 1999, Lausanne 2001
Coordinator of HCM Network "Games and Markets" (1995-1998)
Chairman of DAKA, Student Loan Association (2001 - 2019)
Referee: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Games and Economic Behaviour, Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economics, National Science Foundation (US), ...
Fields
Microeconomics
Contract Theory
Industrial Organization
Uncertainty and Information