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Kurzbio

Prof. Dr. Eckhard Janeba ist seit 2004 Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre in den Gebieten Finanzwissenschaft und Wirtschaftspolitik an der Universität Mannheim. Seit 2011 ist er stellvertretender Sprecher des Sonderforschungsbereichs 884: Political Economy of Reforms an der gleichen Institution. Professor Janeba ist Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirat beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, dessen stellvertretender Vorsitzender er seit Mai 2012 ist. Darüber hinaus gehört er dem CESifo Forschungsnetzwerk an, ist als Research Fellow am Oxford University Center for Business Taxation und als Research Associate beim ZEW Mannheim aktiv.

Die akademische Laufbahn von Eckhard Janeba führt über den Abschluss als Diplom-Volkswirt an der Universität Bonn (1990) und der Promotion (Dr. rer. Pol.) zum Thema International Tax Competition an der gleichen Universität (1994) in die USA. Dort war er Assistenz Professor an der Indiana University in Bloomington (1994-1999), und im Anschluss daran an der University of Colorado in Boulder (1999-2004) tätig, zuletzt als Associate Professor für Volkswirtschaftlehre und Internationale Beziehungen (mit „tenure“).

Eckhard Janebas Schwerpunkte in Forschung und Lehre befinden sich in den Bereichen Finanzwissenschaft, Außenhandel und Auswirkungen der Globalisierung auf staatliches Handeln. Er hat grundlegende Arbeiten zur Theorie des Steuerwettbewerbs verfasst. Eckhard Janeba hat in vielen internationalen Zeitschriften publiziert, darunter im American Economic Review, European Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of International Economics und Economic Journal. Seit 2010 ist Professor Janeba Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift International Tax and Public Finance und seit 2011 ist er als Associate Editor beim European Economic Review tätig.

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Present Positions

Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim, since 9/2004

Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, since 2006

Previous Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs (with tenure), University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, 2003 - 2004 (Assistant Professor 1999 - 2003).

Assistant Professor of Economics, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA, 1994 - 1999.

Researcher, Collaborative Research Centre 303 (Sonderforschungsbereich Information und Koordination wirtschaftlicher Aktivitäten), University of Bonn, 1990 - 1994

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. in Economics ("Dr. rer. pol."), Magna cum laude, University of Bonn, Germany, 1994;
Dissertation Title: International Tax Competition

Diploma Degree in Economics ("Diplom-Volkswirt"), University of Bonn, Germany, 1990.

Member of Research Networks

Principal Investigator and Member of Board, Collaborative Research Centre 884 (Sonderforschungsbereich The Political Economy of Reforms), University of Mannheim, since 2010

International Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, since 2007

Research Fellow, CESifo Research Network, München, since 1999

Research Associate, ZEW Mannheim, since 2008

Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 1999 - 2005

Editorial Positions

Associate Editor, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2^nd edition

Co-Editor (since 7/2010) and Associate Editor (2004 - 2010), International Tax and Public Finance

Editorial Board, Public Finance Review, since 2010

Consulting and Advisory Positions

Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Germany (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie), since 2007

Short-Term Consultant, Oxford Analytica, 2001, The World Bank, 2001

Freelancer with Empirica Economic and Social Science Consultancy, Bonn/Berlin, 1990 - 1992

Member in Professional Organizations

Member of Public Finance Group, Verein fuer Socialpolitik, since 2006

Research

Fields of Interest

Public Economics (Tax Competition, Fiscal Federalism, Income Redistribution, Political Economy)

International Economics (Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Income Inequality, Globalization)

Selected Publications

Working Papers

"Tax and the City - A Theory of Local Tax Competition and Evidence for Germany" (with Steffen Osterloh) (pdf)

"Political Ideology and Tax Competition - Experimental Evidence" (work in progress - comments welcome) (pdf)

"Trade and the Political Economy of Redistribution" (with Gonzague Vannoorenberghe) (pdf)

Refereed Journals

"Germany's New Debt Break Rule: A Blueprint for Europe?", forthcoming Finanzarchiv/Public Finance Analysis (pdf)

"Optimal Fiscal Federalism in the Presence of Tax Competition" , (with John D. Wilson), Journal of Public Economics, 95 (11-12), December 2011, 1302-1311 (pdf)  

"Viewing tax policy through party-colored glasses: What German politicians believe" (with Friedrich Heinemann), German Economic Review, 12(3), August 2011, 286-311 (pdf)

"The Welfare Effects of Tax Competition Reconsidered: Politicians and Political Institutions"(with G. Schjelderup), The Economic Journal, 119, 2009, pp. 1143 - 1161 (pdf)

"Education, Redistribution and the Threat of Brain Drain" , (with Alexander Haupt), International Tax and Public Finance, 16, 2009, 1-24 (pdf)

"Exports, Unemployment, and the Welfare State", Canadian Journal of Economics , 42, 2009, pp. 930-955  (pdf)

"International Trade and Consumption Network Externalities" (former title: "International Trade and Cultural Identity"),  European Economic Review 51, 2007, 781-803. (pdf)

"Moral Federalism" , The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5, Issue 1, 2006, Article 32.

"Decentralization and international tax competition" , Journal of Public Economics 89, July 2005, 1211-1229 (with John D. Wilson).

"Taxes or Fees? The Political Economy of Providing Excludable Public Goods" , Journal of Public Economic Theory 7, 2005, 405-426 (with Kurtis J. Swope).

"Strategic Investment by a Regulated Firm", International Tax and Public Finance 11, March 2004, 123-132, (with Amihai Glazer)

"Taxation and Evasion in the Presence of Extortion by Organized Crime" , Journal of Comparative Economics 32, September 2004, 375-387 (with M. Alexeev and S. Osborne).

"Global Corporations and Local Politics: Income Redistribution vs. FDI Subsidies" , Journal of Development Economics 74, August 2004, 367-391.

"Taxation by State and Organized Crime: Harmony or Conflict?", Public Finance and Management 3 (4), 2003, 398-418 (with M. Alexeev and S. Osborne)

"Does Trade Increase Inequality when Skills are Endogenous?" Review of International Economics 11, November 2003, 885-898

"Is Targeted Tax Competition Less Harmful Than Its Remedies?" , International Tax and Public Finance 10, May 2003, 259-280 (with Michael Smart).

"Attracting FDI in a Politically Risky World" , International Economic Review 43, November 2002, 1127-1155.

"The Citizen-Candidate Model with Primary Elections", Journal of Theoretical Politics 14, October 2002, 387-408 (with John J. Cadigan)

"Composition of Government Budget, Non-Single Peakedness and Majority Voting", Journal of Public Economic Theory, 3, October 2001, 471-481, (with P. Bearse and G. Glomm)

"Tax Competition when Governments Lack Commitment: Excess Capacity as a Countervailing Threat" , American Economic Review 90, December 2000, 1508-1519.

"Why Poor Countries Rely Mostly on Redistribution In-Kind" , Journal of Public Economics 75, March 2000, 463-482 (with P. Bearse and G. Glomm).

"Tax Evasion, Tax Competition and the Gains from Non-Discrimination: The Case of Interest Taxation in Europe" , Economic Journal 109, January 1999, 93-101 (with W. Peters)

"Tax Competition and Trade Protection", Finanzarchiv 56 (3/4), 1999, (with John D. Wilson)

"Tax Competition in Imperfectly Competitive Markets" , Journal of International Economics 44, 1998, 135-153.

"Should the Power to Redistribute Income b (De-)Centralized? An Example", International Tax and Public Finance 4, 1997, 453-461 (with Horst Raff)

"Foreign Direct Investment under Oligopoly: Profit Shifting or Profit Capturing?" Journal of Public Economics 60, 1996, 423-445

"Corporate Income Tax Competition, Double Taxation Treaties, and Foreign Direct Investment" , Journal of Public Economics 56, 1995, 311-325.

Sonstige Aufsätze und Politikbeiträge 

"Die politischen Ursachen der Schuldenkrise in den USA", Ifo Schnelldienst 17/2010, 18-21 (pdf)

„Exportweltmeister Deutschland – gewinnen wir auf Kosten anderer Länder?“ Ifo Schnelldienst 15/2010, 6-10.

 „Zur Reform der Finanzierung der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung“, Gutachten 2/2010, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat beim BMWi, 2010 (mit verschiedenen Koautoren)

 „Akzeptanz der Marktwirtschaft: Einkommensverteilung, Chancengleichheit und die Rolle des Staates”, Gutachten 1/2010, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat beim BMWi, 2010 (mit verschiedenen Koautoren)

 "Die Begrenzung von Staatsverschuldung: Wo bleibt der politische Bürger?“ Ifo Schnelldienst 9/2008, 7-10.

 “Studiengebühren in Deutschland: Drei Thesen und ihr empirischer Gehalt,“ Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 8, 2007, 184-205 (mit Alexander Kemnitz und Nick Ehrhart) (pdf)

Books

"International Tax Competition", J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1997.