Alumni and Former Employees

Former Chairholder

Prof. Dr. Hermann Scherl

Former Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Andreas Mense, Dipl.-Pol. – Department of Regional Labour Markets (REGIO) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA)

Hilber, C., & Mense, A. (2021). Why Have House Prices Risen so much more than Rents in Superstar Cities? (CEP Discussion Papers: econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp1743)
Kraft, J., Mense, A., & Wrede, M. (2020). Diskriminierung von „Hartz IV-Empfängern“ auf dem Wohnungsmarkt: Empirische Befunde und (auch rechtsvergleichende) Überlegungen zum vertragsrechtlichen Diskriminierungsschutz von Leistungsempfängern der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende, Neue Zeitschrift für Miet- und Wohnungsrecht, 19, 826-831.
Mense A., Michelsen C. (2020). Spatial Interregional Spread of COVID-19 Through Commuter Interdependence Räumliche Ausbreitung von COVID-19 durch interregionale Verflechtungen, Wirtschaftsdienst, 100(6), 416-421, DOI: 10.1007/s10273-020-2674-7
Mense, A., Michelsen, C., & Kholodilin, K.A. (2019). The Effects of Second-Generation Rent Control on Land Values. In AEA Papers and Proceedings (pp. 385-388). Atlanta, GA, US: NASHVILLE: AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC, DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20191023
Mense, A. (2018). A Real Options Approach to Amenity Valuation: The Role of Uncertainty and Risk Aversion. Journal of Regional Science, 58(2), 315 – 329. DOI: 10.1111/jors.12355

Former Academic Staff

Sebastian Ach, M.Sc. – Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistant, FAU WiSo

Ach S., Wrede M. (2022). (Prospektiver) Anstieg der Wohnkosten für Ältere im regionalen Vergleich, Deutsche Rentenversicherung 77. Jahrgang, S. 267-289, ISSN: 0012-0618

Dr. Tobias Aufenanger – Head of Product at Studyflix, a German e-learning and career platform for pupils, students, and apprentices

Aufenanger, T., & Wrede, M. (2017). Schützt finanzielle Bildung vor der Unsicherheitsfalle? Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 86. Jahrgang(04.2017), 51-66. DOI: 10.3790/vjh.86.4.51

Dr. Melissa Berger, née Engel – Advisor to the President, Philipps-Universität, Marburg

Berger, M., Blesse, S., Heinemann, F., & Janeba, E. (2017). Föderalismuspräferenzen in der deutschen Bevölkerung, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 18 (2), 145-158. DOI: 10.1515/pwp-2017-0007
Berger, M., Harendt, Ch., Heinemann, F., Moessinger, M.-D., Schwab, T., & Weiss, S. (2017). How Europe can deliver: Optimising the division of competences among the EU and its member states, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh
Berger, M. , Fellner-Röhling, G., Sausgruber, R., & Traxler, Ch. (2016). Higher taxes, more evasion? Evidence from border differentials in TV license fees, Journal of Public Economics Volume 135, 74-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.01.007
Berger, M., & Heinemann, F. (2016). Reformoptionen für die europäische Kompetenzverteilung in der Asylpolitik, Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften/Journal for Comparative Government and European Policy 14 (1), 33-52. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26165491
Berger, M., & Schaffner, S. (2016). A note on how to realize the full potential of the EU-SILC Data, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. DOI: 10.3233/JEM-160434
Asatryan, Z., Bittschi, B., Berger, M., Evers, L., Heinemann, F., Schröder, Ch., Streif, F., & Yeter, M. (2014). Der Einfluss der öffentlichen Verwaltung auf die ökonomische Performance von Ländern, integration 37(4) , 364-376.

Peter Gross – Continuing Education Coach at MYPEGASUS GPQ, a company for personnel development and qualification

Dr. Isabella Lehmann – Forschungsgruppe Agrar- und Regionalentwicklung Triesdorf GbR

Gniza, J., Abraham, M., Lehmann, I., & Lorek, K. (2022). Expecting equality or efficiency? A factorial survey on the justice perception of regional redistributive policies. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.2018129
Abraham M., Brenner T., Eberle J., Gniza J., Lehmann I., Wardenburg S., Wrede M. (2020). Gerechtigkeit schlägt Effizienz: Prinzipien der regionalen Umverteilung, Sozialer Fortschritt: unabhängige Zeitschrift für Sozialpolitik, 69, 73-95.
Lehmann I., Wrede M. (2019), The Bavarian Municipal Fiscal Equalization Scheme: Emphasis on Equity Rather than Efficiency, Finanzarchiv 75, 127-151. DOI: 10.1628/fa-2019-0004

Susanne Noll – Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA)

Dr. Friedemann Richter – DATEV eG

Abraham M., Lorek K., Richter F., Wrede M. (2018), Breaking the norms: When is evading inheritance taxes socially acceptable, European Journal of Political Economy, 52, 85-102, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.05.003
Wrede M., Abraham M., Richter F., Lorek K. (2017). Collusive Tax Evasion and Social Norms, International Tax and Public Finance, 24, 179-197, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-016-9417-0
Gross, C., Lorek, K., & Richter, F. (2017). Attitudes Towards Inheritance Taxation – Results From a Survey Experiment. Journal of Economic Inequality.
Wrede M., Abraham M., Lorek K., Richter F. (2014), Strictness of Tax Compliance Norms: A Factorial Survey on the Acceptance of Inheritance Tax Evasion in Germany (Working Paper)

Dr. Christopher-Johannes Schild – Deutsche Bundesbank, Data and Statistics Division

Schild, C.-J., & Wrede, M. (2015), Cultural Identity, Mobility, and Decentralization. Journal of Comparative Economics, 43, 323-333.

Dr. Luisa Schneider – ETH Zürich, Staff of Institutional Research

Schneider L., Wech D., Wrede M. (2022), Political alignment and project funding, International Tax and Public Finance, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09758-6

Dr. Kerstin Tanis – Research Centre on Migration, Integration, and Asylum of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ), Research Field II “Integration and Social Cohesion”

Tanis, K. (2018), Regional distribution and location choices of immigrants in Germany, Regional Studies, 54(4), 483-494, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1490015

Dr. Daniela Wech – Deputy Managing Director and Deputy Head of Administration, FAU WiSo

Schneider L., Wech D., Wrede M. (2022), Political alignment and project funding, International Tax and Public Finance, DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09758-6

Benjamin Wirth – Bavarian State Office for Statistics

Andrea Wunsch

Former Student Assistants

Julia Beier

Hanna Brosch

Johanna Eberle

Sascha Faber

Nina Gloger

Hannah Gosse

Gohar Grigoryan

David Hardt

Sandra Hartmann

Carolin Heiter

Lucia Herold

Julia Hilbinger

Manuel Holz

Margarita Kavali

Hendrik Kirchmann

Janina Kuck

Ines Kusmenko

Lisa Lessner

Daniel Meyer

Mihajlo Parojcic

Lara Röcher

Thomas Roßnagel

Tobias Scherl

Julian Sengewald

Liudmyla Shepitko

Johanna Stark

Lina Stürmer

Anna Trautmann

Nils Weil

Laura-Lucia Zenger