Kai A. Konrad
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Born |
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg | March 11, 1961
Nationality | Germany |
Institution | Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance |
Field |
Public Economics Finance |
Alma mater |
LMU Munich University of Heidelberg |
Awards | Gossen Prize (2000) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Kai A. Konrad (born March 11, 1961 in Heidelberg) is a German economist with his main research interest in public economics.
Education
Konrad got his university degrees at the University of Heidelberg (Diplom in Economics, 1985) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Doctoral degree in economics 1990, and Habilitation 1993).
Career
Konrad had research and teaching positions at the Universities of Munich, Bonn, Bergen (Norway) and the University of California at Irvine. He held a chaired Professorship of Economics at the Free University of Berlin from 1994 to 2009 and was a director at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) from 2001–2009. From 2009–2010 he was a director at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law and since 2011 he is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance .
Since 2009 Konrad has been a co-editor of the Journal of Public Economics. He was a managing editor of Economic Policy and a co-founding editor of Economics of Governance. He is on the editorial boards of several other international journals in Economics and Political Science. He served as an advisor to governments and is the Chairman of the Council of Scientific Advisors to the Federal Ministry of Finance.
His main fields of current and future research interests are in public economics, microeconomic theory and political economy. He published more than 80 papers in economics, political sciences, law, and management in international journals in such as the Economic Journal, American Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Theoretical Politics, and Management Science.
Other activities
Scientific organizations
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2014)
- Norwegian Center for Taxation (NoCeT) at the Norwegian School of Economics, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2012)[1]
- Econwatch, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2012)
- RWI Essen, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2011)[2]
- Center for European Economic Research (ZEW), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2000)[3]
- Munich Center of Governance, Communication, Public Policy and Law (MCG), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (2009-2012)
- Bruegel, Member of the Scientific Council (2012-2017)[4]
Editorial boards
- German Economic Review, Member of the Board of Editors (since 2012)
- Wirtschaftsdienst, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2011)[5]
- World Tax Journal, Member of the Board of Editors (since 2010)
- Journal of Conflict Resolution, Member of the Board of Editors (since 2009)
- Economics of Governance, Associate Editor (since 2008)
- Journal of Public Economics, Co-Editor (since 2007)
- Journal of Population Economics, Associate Editor (since 2001)
References
- ↑ Advisory Board Norwegian Center for Taxation (NoCeT) at the Norwegian School of Economics.
- ↑ Scientific Advisory Board RWI Essen.
- ↑ Scientific Advisory Board Center for European Economic Research (ZEW).
- ↑ Kai Konrad Bruegel.
- ↑ Scientific Advisory Board Wirtschaftsdienst.
External links
- Kai A. Konrad in the German National Library catalogue
- Kai A. Konrad at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance