Dirk Bethmann


Department of Economics
Korea University
1, 5ga, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu
Seoul 136-701, Korea
Fon +82 2 921-4107
Fax +82 2 3290-2596
Email dirk.bethmann@gmx.de
Web http://ideas.repec.org/f/pbe237.html

Curriculum Vitae [PDF]



Education

10/2005

Ph.D. in Economics


Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Economic Theory II (Macroeconomics)
Thesis title: “Essays on Quantitative Economic Theory”



10/2004

Vordiplom in Mathematics


FernUniversität in Hagen, Distance Learning



09/1999

Diplom in Economics


Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Graduation with honors
Thesis title: “Business Cycles in Endogenous Growth Theory”



09/1997

Vordiplom in Economics


Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin



06/1995

Bank Management Assistant


Norddeutsche Landesbank Braunschweig, Vocational Training, Graduation with honors



Research Interests

Endogenous Growth Theory
Business Cycle Theory
Solution Methods
Differential Games
Household Economics



Books / Monographs

Dirk Bethmann (2006): "Essays on Quantitative Economic Theory", Aachen: Shaker Verlag.



Working Papers

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Dirk Bethmann and Michael Kvasnicka (2005): "Paternal Uncertainty and the Economics of Mating, Marriage, and Parental Investment in Children"



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Dirk Bethmann (2005): "Notes on an Endogenous Growth Model with two Capital Stocks II: The Stochastic Case"



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Dirk Bethmann (2004): "The Open-loop Solution of the Uzawa-Lucas Model of Endogenous Growth with N agents"



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Dirk Bethmann and Markus Reiß (2004): "A Simple Method to Study the Transitional Dynamics in Endogenous Growth Models"



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Dirk Bethmann and Markus Reiß (2003): "Transitional Dynamics in the Uzawa-Lucas Model of Endogenous Growth"



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Dirk Bethmann (2002): "Notes on an Endogenous Growth Model with two Capital Stocks I: The Deterministic Case"



Research in the Media

Trautmann, Katlen: "Die väterliche Unsicherheit" (in German), Sächsische Zeitung, 16 January 2006.



Grötker, Ralf: "Egoistische Gene treiben zur Ehe" (in German), Die Welt, 10 December 2005, reprinted in: Berliner Morgenpost, 11 December 2005.



Daveri, Francesco: "Matrimoni di interessi" (in Italian), Il Sole 24 ore, 4 December 2005.



Conference Presentations

09/2004

Tagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Dresden.



06/2004

Dynamics, Economic Growth, International Trade; Reykjavik.



08/2003

Econometric Society European Meeting, Stockholm.



09/2002

European Economic Association Summer School on Endogenous Fluctuations , Lisbon.



Work in Progress

Dirk Bethmann: "Transitional Dynamics in a North South Model of Knowledge Spillovers"

Dirk Bethmann: "On Inventory Fluctuations and Business Cycles"



Awards and Fellowships

Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Research Scholarship, The Economic Meaning of Paternal Uncertainty, Korea University (Seoul), 2006.

Travel Grants of the Society for Economics and Management at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, EEA Summer School on Enogenous Fluctuations, Lisbon, 2002, and DEGIT IX, Reykjavik, 2004.

Travel Grant of the Verein für Socialpolitik, ESEM, Stockholm, 2003.

EEA Summer School on Endogenous Fluctuations, Scholarship, 2002.

Ph.D. Mini Course on Knowledge, Productivity, and Aggregate Economic Activity by Gary D. Hansen and Edward C. Prescott, Stockholm School of Economics, Scholarship, 2000.

Member of the Norddeutsche Landesbank Kontaktkreis (A circle of former Bank Management Assistants that graduated with honors), 1995-1999.

Award by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Braunschweig, 1995.



Teaching

Employment and Business Cycle Theory

WS 01/02 WS 02/03 WS 03/04 WS 04/05



Other Qualifications

Software

Matlab, Octave, MapleV, Mathematica, GAUSS, MS-Office, StarOffice

Operating Systems

MS Windows, Linux, Solaris

Languages

German Mother Tongue, English good working knowledge, basic French



Personal

Place and Date of Birth

Helmstedt, 02. September 1972

Citizenship

German