since 10/2019 Director of the Institute for Public and Regional Economics at the University of Münster
04/2014-09/2019 Professor of Public Economics at the University of Bochum
10/2010-03/2014 Professor of Public Economics at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim
09/2008-09/2010 Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
01/2005-08/2008 Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Munich
02/2008 Ph.D. (Dr. oec. publ.), Thesis title: Essays on the Taxation of Multinational Firms, University of Munich (summa cum laude)
03/2004 Diplom in Economics (equiv. MSc.), University of Regensburg; MSc. in German Language and Literature Studies, University of Regensburg
since 2015 Member of the scientific advisory board at the German Federal Ministry of Finance
since 2015 Member of the scientific advisory board at ZEW Mannheim, 2019-2024 deputy director, since 2025 director
since 2024 Deputy director of the scientific advisory board at ifo Institute Munich
2019-2023 Member of the executive council of the German Economic Association
2015-2024 Member of the management board of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), since 2021 vice president
2014-2023 Member of the scientific advisory board at RWI Essen (2019-2023 deputy director)
since 2014 Member of the scientific advisory board at IAW Tübingen
since 2015 Research Fellow, Norwegian Centre for Taxation (NoCet) of NHH Bergen
since 2010 International Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
since 2008 Research Fellow CESifo Munich
Since 2024 Member of the of the review board (area: Economics) of the German Research Foundation (Fachkolleg der DFG)
2016-2024 Editors at International Tax and Public Finance (until 2020 Associate Editor, since 2021 Editor-in-Chief)
since 2019 Member of the Editorial Board at Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
2017-2022 Associate Editor at Public Finance Review
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Applied Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, The Economic Journal, Economics Bulletin, European Economic Review, Finanzarchiv, Fiscal Studies, German Economic Review, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Urban Economics, Public Choice, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, World Economy, Danish Council for Independent Research/Social Sciences, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, United Kingdom)
09/2015 Best Paper Award, European Association of Law and Economics (with Bodo Knoll und Tobias Böhm)
10/2008 Dissertation Award, Department of Economics, University of Munich
08/2008 Young Economist Award, International Institute of Public Finance (with Johannes Becker)
10/2006 Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Munich
05/2006 Young Economist Award, Austrian Economic Association (with Marco Runkel)
11/2004 Award for Best Diploma in Economics, University of Regensburg