Chairholder

Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede

School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Economics and Social Policy

Sprechzeiten: nach Vereinbarung (per Email)

Links: CV Wrede 2026-07  and Publications

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2010 – Full Professor of Economics and Social Policy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

2007-2010 – Full Professor of Public Economics, University of Marburg

2002-2007 – Professor of Public Economics, RWTH Aachen University

1998 – Habilitation in economics and Venia Legendi, University of Bamberg

1993 – Promotion (Dr. rer. pol.), University of Bamberg

1989 – Diploma in  Economics, University of Heidelberg

Research Areas

Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede conducts research in the fields of regional and urban economics, public finance, and social policy.

Current Research Focus
  • Housing markets and housing policy
  • Regional living conditions and production conditions
  • Cooperatives
Selected Publications /Working papers
  • Housing Cooperatives, Housing Affordability, and Rent Control. CESifo Working Paper No. 11452. 2024.
  • Affordable Housing and Individual Labor Market Outcomes [with Wolfgang Dauth and Andreas Mense]. IZA DP No. 17359. 2024. [PDF].
  • Public Acceptance of Regional Redistribution in Germany: A Survey Experiment on the Perceived Deservingness of Regions [with Jan Gniza]. Journal of Social Policy. www.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279422000903. 2022. [DOI]
  • Political Alignment and Project Funding [with Luisa Schneider and Daniela Wech]. International Tax and Public Finance. 29. 1561-1589. DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09758-6. 2022. [DOI]
  • The Influence of State Politics on Solar Energy Auction Results. Energy Policy 168. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113130. 2022. [DOI]
  • How short-term Rentals are Changing the Neighborhood. International Regional Science Review. doi.org/10.1177/01600176211059981. 2022. [DOI]
  • Voting on Urban Land Development. Journal of Regional Science. DOI:10.1111/jors.12565. 2022 [DOI]
  • Collusive Tax Evasion and Social Norms [with M. Abraham, K. Lorek, F. Richter]. International Tax and Public Finance 24. 179-197. 2017. [DOI]
  • Urban Land Use, Sorting, and Population Density: A Continuous Logit Model. Transportation Research Part B-Methodological 101. 283–294. 2017. [DOI]
Professional Affiliations