Günther Rehme

 

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Contact Information

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Faculty of  Economics and Business Administration
Institute of Economic Policy I (Macroeconomics)
Spandauer Strasse 1
D-10178 Berlin
Germany


 Tel.:                     +49-30-2093-5927
                             +49-30-2093-5926 (secretary)
Fax:                      +49-30-2093-5934
Email:                  guenther.rehme@wiwi.hu-berlin.de
Web:                    www2.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/institute/wpol/



Technische Universität Darmstadt
FB 1 / VWL 1
Schloss
D-64283 Darmstadt
Germany

Tel.:                     +49-6151-162219
Fax:                      +49-6151-165553
Email:                  rehme@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de

(On leave from TU Darmstadt)

Current Position

Professor of  Economics, esp. Economic Policy at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Distribution, Globalization, Public Economics

Education and Academic Employment  

              2007-2009              Visiting Professor of Economics and director in charge of the Institute of  Economic Policy (Macroeconomics) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

              2005                         Temporary Full Professorship of Economics, esp. Economic Development and International Economics
                                                 at J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. (Summer Term 2005)

2004                         Temporary Full Professorship of Economics, esp. International Economic Relations (IWB) at
                                   Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken.  (Summer Term 2003 and 2004)

2003                         Habilitation in Economics at Technische Universität Darmstadt.

1999 - 2006             Assistant Professor at Technische Universität Darmstadt.

1998                          Ph.D. in Economics at the European University Institute, Florence.
1998 - 1995             Research Associate at Technische Universität Darmstadt.
1995                          Visiting Student at Nuffield College, Oxford.
1995 - 1992             Research Student at the European University Institute.
1992 - 1991             Research Assistant at the Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics
                                   and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School of Economics (LSE).
                                   Teaching Assistant at the London School of Economics (LSE).
1991 - 1990             M.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE).
                                   Tutor of macroeconomics at City University, London.
1990 - 1989             Diploma in Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE).
1989 - 1986             Studies in Economics and Philosophy at J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt.

1981 - 1972             Secondary education at Gymnasium Philippinum, Marburg an der Lahn.

Professional Employment

1986 - 1985             Management Planner at Nestle Corp., Germany.

                                   Military Service

1985 - 1982            Apprenticeship as industrial merchant  (Ausbildung zum Industriekaufmann)

Awards and Honours


Scholarships and Research Grants


Travel Grants


Research
 

Habilitationsschrift

             Title:                                           Education, Economic Growth and Income Distribution
 
 

Dissertation

Title:                                           Essays on Distributive Policies and Economic Growth
Defence Committee:              Sir Anthony B. Atkinson (Oxford, Co-Supervisor)
                                                       Sir James A. Mirrlees (Cambridge, Chairman)
                                                       Robert J. Waldmann (EUI, Supervisor)
                                                       Robert K.  von Weizsäcker (Mannheim)


Referee Services for academic journals and publishers:



Referee Services for grant awarding bodies:  


Articles

"Economic Growth and (Re-)Distributive Policies in a Non-Cooperative World", Journal of Economics, Vol. 91, No. 1, 2007, 1-40.
[Online Version]

"Education, Economic Growth and Measured Income Inequality", Economica, Vol. 74, 2007, 493-514.
[Online Version]

"Redistribution and Economic Growth in Integrated Economies", Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 28, 2006, 392-408.
[Online Version]

"Education Policies, Economic Growth and Wage Inequality", FinanzArchiv, Vol. 59, 2003, 479-503.
[Online Version]

"Distributive Policies and Economic Growth: An Optimal Taxation Approach", Metroeconomica, Vol. 53(3), 2002, 315-338.
[Online Version]

 

 

Working papers

Wissen und Neue Wachstumstheorie: Die Rolle von fachspezifischem Humankapital 
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 189, TU Darmstadt, 2008. 
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Optimal Capital Income Taxation, Investment Subsidies and Redistribution in a Neoclassical Growth Model
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 188, TU Darmstadt, 2007. 
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Endogenous (Re-)Distributive Policies and Economic Growth: A Comparartive Static Analysis 
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 185, TU Darmstadt, 2007. 
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Endogenous Policy and  Cross-Country Growth Empirics 
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 182, TU Darmstadt, 2007. 
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Advertising, Consumption and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation 
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 178, TU Darmstadt, 2007.  (with Sara-Frederike Weisser)
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Economic Growth and (Re-)Distributive Policies in a Non-Cooperative World 
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 175, TU Darmstadt, 2006.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Education and Economic Growth and Measured Income Inequality 
- Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 163, TU Darmstadt, 2006. [PDF-File]
- LIS Working Paper No. 428, Luxembourg Income Study, 2006. [PDF-File]
[Abstract]

Redistribution and Economic Growth in Integrated Economies
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 141, TU Darmstadt, 2004.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Why Run a Million Regressions? Endogenous Policy and Cross-Country Growth Empirics
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 140, TU Darmstadt, 2004.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Education, Research and Economic Growth
Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 138, TU Darmstadt, 2004.  (with Volker Caspari and Jens Rubart)
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Education, Economic Growth and Personal Income Inequality Across (Rich) Countries,
LIS Working Paper No. 300, Luxembourg Income Study, 2002.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

(Re-)Distribution of Personal Incomes, Education and Economic Performance Across Countries,
- WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2002/34, United Nations University / World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Helsinki, 2002. [PDF-File]
- LIS Working Paper No. 299, Luxembourg Income Study, 2002. [PDF-File]
- CESifo Working Paper No. 711, CESifo, Munich, 2002. [PDF-File]
[Abstract]

Economic Growth and (Re-)Distributive Policies: A Comparative Dynamic Analysis,
 EUI Working Paper ECO No. 00/13, 2000.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Why are the Data at Odds with Theory? Growth and (Re-)Distributive Policies in Integrated Economies,
EUI Working Paper ECO No. 99/43, 1999.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Education, Economic Growth and Personal Income Inequality Across Countries,
EUI Working Paper ECO No. 99/42, 1999.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Distributive Policies and Economic Growth: An Optimal Taxation Approach,
EUI Working Paper ECO No. 99/36, 1999.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Public Policies and Education, Economic Growth and Income Distribution,
EUI Working Paper ECO No. 99/14, 1999.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Economic Growth, (Re-)Distributive Policies, Capital Mobility and Tax Competition in Open Economies,
EUI Working Paper ECO No. 97/24, 1997.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Redistribution, Income cum Investment Subsidy Tax Competition and Capital Flight in Growing Economies,
EUI Working Paper ECO No. 95/16, 1995.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]

Redistribution, Wealth Tax Competition and Capital Flight in Growing Economies,
EUI Working Paper ECO No. 95/9, 1995.
[Abstract] [PDF-File]
 
 

Entries in Books


With refereeing process

Education, Research and Economic Growth, in:  S. Mundschenk, M. H. Stierle, U. Stierle-von-Schütz und
I. Traistaru-Siedschlag, eds., Competitiveness and Growth in Europe: Lessons and Policy Implications for the Lisbon Strategy,
London: Edward Elgar, 2006.  (With Volker Caspari und Jens Rubart)

(Re-)Distribution of Personal Incomes, Education and Economic Performance Across Countries, in: Theo Eicher and Stephen Turnovsky, eds.,
Inequality and Growth: Theory and Policy Implications, Cambridge, MIT Press, 2003.


Without refereeing process

Wissen und Neue Wachstumstheorie: Die Rolle von fachspezifischem Humankapital, in B. Schefold und T. Lenz, eds.,
Europäische Wissensgesellschaft. Leitbild europäischer Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik?, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 2008.

Wachstum und Verteilung. Ein Überblick über einige neuere Erklärungsansätze, in H.-C. Mager, H. Schäfer und K. Schrüfer, eds., Private Versicherung und Soziale Sicherung. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Roland Eisen, Metropolis Verlag, Marburg, 2001. (With Volker Caspari)

 

Invited Book Reviews

(2006) John E. Roemer: “Democracy, Education and Equality” – Graz-Schumpeter Lectures,
Series: Econometric Society Monographs (No. 40), Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in Journal of Economics .
[PDF-File]



Mimeos and Projects

Capital Depreciation Allowances and Redistribution in a Neoclassical Growth Model, Mimeo, HU Berlin, 2009.

Optimal Capital Income Taxcation, Investment Subsidies and Redistribution in a Neoclassical Growth Model, Mimeo, HU Berlin, 2009.
(revised version)

Why Run a Million Regressions? Endogenous Policy and Cross-Country Growth Empirics, Updated Mimeo, TU Darmstadt, 2007.

Are Foreign Direct Investments Strategic Substitutes or Complements? The Role of Managerial Investment, Mimeo, TU Darmstadt, 2006.
(with Volker Caspari)

The Welfare Effects of Technological Progress in a Simple Two-Class Endogenous Growth Model:
The Case of Constant Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution Utility, Mimeo, TU Darmstadt, 2006.

Frankfurt Lectures "Growth and Distribution Research in International Perspective: Theory and Empirics", Lecture Notes, J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, 2005. (In German.)

Why Run a Million Regressions? On Some Difficulties of Doing OLS in Cross-Country Analyses, Mimeo, TU Darmstadt and EUI, 1997.

Grab the Capital and Grow: Growth, Distribution, Tax Competition and Capital Flight in a Simple Model of Endogenous Growth, Mimeo,
EUI, 1994.
 
 
 

Conference Contributions



Presentations



Contributions to Interdisciplinary Research 




Other Works

'... mit Rumpf und Stumpf ausrotten.' Zur Geschichte der Juden in Marburg und Umgebung nach 1933;
Marburger Stadtschriften zur Geschichte und Kultur 6, Presseamt der Stadt Marburg, Marburg, 1982.
(With Konstantin Haase)

"Judenverfolgung in Marburg und Umgebung" in: D. Galinski, U. Herbert und U. Lachauer, eds.,
Nazis und Nachbarn: Schüler erforschen den Alltag im Nationalsozialismus, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbeck, 1982.
(With Konstantin Haase)

(Both publications document the holocaust of the Jewish community in Marburg an der Lahn.)