• Research foci

    • taxation of multinational firms
    • public sector economics
    • development economics
    • regional economics

  • Education

    01/2005- 02/2008
    Ph.D. in Economics, Thesis Title: Essays on the Taxation of Multinational Firms, Ludwig-­‐Maximilians-­‐University Munich (summa cum laude)
    10/1998- 03/2004
    Master in German Language and Literature Studies, University of Regensburg
    10/1998- 03/2004
    Diploma (equiv. MSc) in Economics, University of Regensburg

  • Positions

    since 10/2019
    Professor of Public and Regional Economics, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
    04/2014- 09/2019
    Professor of Public Finance and Economic Policy, Ruhr-­‐University Bochum
    10/2010- 03/2014
    Professor of Public Finance, University of Hohenheim
    09/2008- 09/2010
    Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
    01/2005- 08/2008
    Research and Teaching Assistant Ludwig-Maximilians-­University Munich

  • External functions

    since 08/2027
    President, International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF)
    since 01/2027
    Vice president elect of the scientific advisory board, German Federal Ministry of Finance
    since 02/2025
    Director of the scientific advisory board, ZEW Mannheim (Zentrum Für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung)
    since 2024
    Deputy director of the scientific advisory board, ifo Institute Munich
    since 2023
    Member of the Review Board in Economic Policy, Applied Economics, German Research Foundation (DFG)
    2019- 2023
    Member of the executive council, German Economic Association
    06/2014- 2023
    Member of the scientific advisory board, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the RWI Essen (Rheinisch-‐Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)
    since 02/2014
    Member of the scientific advisory board, IAW Tübingen (Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung)