Curriculum vitae

Personal Data

• Date of birth: September 9, 1961
• Place of birth: Mannheim, Germany
• Nationality: German
• Martial status: married, three daughters

Education

• 1995 Habilitation in Economics, University of Bonn. Thesis Title: "Solutions to the Sovereign Debt Problem: Countertrade and Foreign Direct Investment"
• 1991 Dr.rer.pol., University of Bonn (European Doctoral Program (EDP)). Thesis Title: "Takeovers and Tacit Collusion"
• 1987 - 1991 PhD Student (EDP) at the University of Bonn
• 1988 - 1989 Visiting PhD student (EDP) at the London School of Economics
• 1986 Dipl. Volkswirt (Master in Economics), University of Cologne

Academic Positions

• Since July 1996 Full Professor, Department of Economics, University of Munich
• Feb - July 2009 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
• Aug – Dec 2004 Visiting Professor, Yale University
• March- Sep 2000 Visiting Professor, Stanford University
• 1995 - 1996 Visiting Full Professor, Dep. of Economics, University of Munich
• 1991 - 1995 Assistant Professor, Dep. of Economics, University of Bonn.
• Jan - Dec 1992 Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Jan - May 1992 Lecturer, Boston University.
• 1989 - 1991 Teaching Assistant, Dep. of Economics, University of Köln.
• 1987 - 1988 Teaching Assistant, Dep. of Economics, University

Awards and Scholarships

• 2011 Teaching Award of the Bavarian Government
• 2005 Bundesverdienstorden am Bande (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
• 1996 Academy Award of the Academy of Science of Northrhine-Westfalia (Akademiepreis der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften)
• 1992 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation), research grant for 1 year research stay at MIT, Cambridge, MA
• 1988/89  Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Organization), grant for 1 year PhD studies at LSE, London
• 1984-1986 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Fellowship