Curriculum Vitae

Academic Degrees

1976 Dr. rer. pol. (PhD), summa cum laude, Dortmund University, Supervisors: Prof. C. C. von Weizsäcker, Prof. H. Bonus.

1970 Diplom-Volkswirt (M.A. Economics), summa cum laude, Heidelberg University.

Academic Employment

Visiting Professor: Department of Economics, Korea University, Seoul, 2008-2019.

Emeritus Professor: Department of Economics, Humboldt-University at Berlin, since April 2012.

Full Professor of Economic Theory (Chair): Department of Economics, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 1992-2012.

Full Professor of Economic Theory (Chair): Department of Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, 1988–1992.

Associate Professor of Economics: Department of Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, 1979–1988.

Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure): Department of Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978–1982.

Assistant Professor: Department of Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1974–1978.

Research and Teaching Assistant (Prof. H. Bonus): Universität Dortmund, 1973–1974.

Research and Teaching Assistant (Prof. C. C. von Weizsäcker): Alfred-Weber-Institute, Universität Heidelberg,1970–1973.

Other Academic Job Offers

Full Professor of Economic Theory (Chair): Universität Bern, Switzerland, 1989

Full Professor of Microeconomics (Chair): Universität Groningen, Netherlands, 1987

Charles E. Culpepper Fellow in Economics, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1982

Full Professor of Economics (Chair): Universität Kassel, 1981

Visiting Professorships and Fellowships

Korea University, Seoul, March–April 2002, September–October 2008, March 2009, September–December 2009, September–October 2010, March-April 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, February 2017, March-April 2017, February-April 2018, November-December 2018, March-April 2019, November 2019.

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Fall 2005, March–April 2008, August–September 2010,Oktober-November 2012, November 2013, June/July 2014, October 2014, May-June 2015, July 2015,November 2015, May-June 2016, November 2016, May 2017, July 2017, October 2017, May-June 2018, October 2019, December 2019, May 2024

Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan), January 2019.

Universidad De Los Andes (Buenos Aires), Department of Economics: April 2017.

Düsseldorf University, DICE, February 2011, June 2014.

German Institute of Economic Research, DIW, November-December 2006, November–December 2007.

The World Bank, November 2005–April 2006.

University of Bern, Fall 1989/90, Spring 2001, Spring 2004.

University of Bergen, Ruhrgas Fellowship, 2002.

University of Basel, WWZ, Fall 2001.

Center for Rationality, Hebrew University, November–December 1997, February–March 1999.

University of Haifa, January 1995, January 1998.

University of Pittsburgh, Fall 1991.

University of Copenhagen, Spring 1984.

Visiting Fellow, King’s College, Cambridge, 1971.

Grants

Auctions and Competition, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation), SFB Transregio 15, “Governance and Efficiency of Economic Systems”, 2004–2006, 2007–2011, 2012–2015.

Dynamics of Competition, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Sonderforschungsbereich 373, 1994–2002.

Graduiertenkolleg Angewandte Mikroökonomik (Graduate Program on Applied Microeconomics), 1992–1995, 1995–1998, and 1998–2001, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Graduiertenkolleg Angewandte Mikroökonomik (Graduate Program on Applied Microeconomics), 1988–1993, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

Optimal Labor and Financial Contracts under Asymmetric Information, 1984–1988, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Professional Service

Program Committee: Auctions and Market Design: Theory, Evidence, and Applications, Milano (Italy), September 2002 and September 2003; Rome (Italy), September 2004.

Local Organizer: Jahrestagung d. Vereins f. Socialpolitik, Berlin 2000.

Conference Organizer: Second Berlin Conference on Corporate Governance and Managerial Incentives, Berlin 1998.

Chairman of Program Committee: Jahrestagung d. Vereins f. Socialpolitik, Linz 1997.

Board Member: German Economic Association (Verein f. Socialpolitik), 1997–1999.

Refereeing: American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Econometrica, Economica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics Letters, Economic Theory, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, German-Israeli Foundation of Research and Development, International Journal of Game Theory, International Journal of Industrial Organization, JITE, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Metroeconomica, Management Science, National Science Foundation (USA), Oxford Economic Papers, RAND Journal of Economics,  Review of Economic Design, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Volkswagen Foundation, etc. 

Editorship

Editor: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2000-2011.

Associate Editor: Metroeconomica, 2018-2023; Member of Advisory Board: 2024-

Associate Editor: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, since 1999-2012.

Associate Editor: European Economic Review, 1996–2001.

Consulting

Spectrum auctions: bidding support for mobile telecom operators in various countries.

Evaluation of procurement rules for professional services for the World Bank (Washington).

Antitrust issues: German Antitrust Office (Bundeskartellamt).

Design of research subsidy schemes for the German Ministry of Economics.