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Günther Rehme

Contact Information

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

Current Position

Assistant Professor of Economics

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

Fellow of the German American Academic Council (GAAC) Summer Institute on "Institutions and Economic Performance in Advanced Economies since 1945" held at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) in 1998 and at NBER and CASBS, Stanford, California, in 1999.
Young Scholars Award, International Institute of Public Finance, 1998.
Member of Nuffield College and Oxford University since 1995.
Distinction before the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce, 1985.
First Prize in National Student Contest chaired by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany on 'German History from 1933 to 1945', 1981. (Prize: Official visit to the State of Israel.)
Exchange Student, German-American Partnership Program (GAPP), Gymnasium Philippinum, Marburg, and Conard High School, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1979.

Scholarships and Research Grants

Castor Endowment, CESifo and the European Union Center at the University of Washington, research project "Growth and Inequality: Issues and Policy Implications", Munich 2001 and Schloss Elmau 2002.
German American Academic Council (GAAC), Summer Institute 1998 and 1999.
ERASMUS grant for Nuffield College, Oxford, 1995.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), doctoral studies at the European University Institute, 1992-1995.
Bundesausbildungsförderung im Ausland BAföG, graduate studies at the London School of Economics, 1990-1991.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), graduate studies at the London School of Ecnomics, 1989-1990.
Kurt A. Körber Foundation, research project "German History from 1933 to 1945", 1982.

Travel Grants

Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, presentation award, annual meeting in Madrid, 2002.
Royal Economic Society, presentation award, annual meeting in Warwick, 2002.
United Nations University / World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), WIDER Development Conference on "Growth and Poverty", Helsinki, 2001.
Verein für Socialpolitik, conference presentation awards in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

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:

American Economic Review
Annals of Regional Science
Economica
Economic Journal
Economics-EJournal
FinanzArchiv
German Economic Review
International Tax and Public Finance
Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis
Journal of Economics
Journal of Economic Growth
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
Journal of Macroeconomics
Journal of Public Economics
Metroeconomica
MIT Press
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Social Science Quarterly

Referee Services for grant awarding bodies:

Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Articles

"Why Run a Million Regressions? Endogenous Policy and Cross-Country Growth Empirics", accepted for publication in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2009.

"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.

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

European Economic Association (EEA), Prague, 1995
European Economic Association (EEA), Istanbul, 1996
Theories and Methods in Macroeconomics (T2M), Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997
German Economic Association (GEA), Bern, 1997
Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM), Toulouse, 1997
North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (NASM), Montreal, 1998
Society of Social Choice and Welfare (SSCW), Vancouver, 1998
International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Cordoba, Argentina, 1998
European Economic Association (EEA), Berlin, 1998
European Economic Association (EEA), Santiago de Compostela, 1999
Theories and Methods in Macroeconomics (T2M), Paris, 2000
8th World Congress of the Econometric Society (ES), Seattle, 2000
International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Sevilla, 2000
CESifo Conferences on "Growth and Inequality: Issues and Policy Implications", CESifo, Munich, 2001 and Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, 2002
WIDER Development Conference on "Growth and Poverty", United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Helsinki, 2001
Royal Economic Society (RES), Warwick, 2002
Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade (DEGIT), VII, Cologne, 2002
European Economic Association (EEA), Venice, 2002
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), Madrid, 2002
International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Prague, 2003
North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (NASMES), Providence, Rhode Island, 2004
European Economic Association (EEA), Madrid, 2004
Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM), Madrid, 2004
German Economic Association (GEA), Dresden, 2004
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), Paris, 2005
Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM), Vienna, 2006
German Economic Association (GEA), Bayreuth, 2006
CES Conference: A bright future at the age of 50 - The CES production function in the theory and empirics of economic growth, Training Center of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Eltville, 2006
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), Mexico City, 2006
Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM), Budapest, 2007
German Economic Association (GEA), Munich, 2007
International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Maastricht, 2008
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), Rio de Janeiro, 2008
Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (LAMES), Rio de Janeiro, 2008
Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society (FESAMES), Tokyo 2009

Presentations

University of Dortmund, November 1999
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, May 2000
Staatswissenschaftliches Seminar, University of Cologne, December 2000
Humboldt University Berlin, November 2001
University of Mannheim, December 2001
University of Hannover, April 2002
Saarland University, June 2003
Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitut Österreich (WIFO), Vienna, March 2006
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, May 2006
Hertie School of Governance, (HSoG), Berlin, June 2006
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brown Bag Seminar, November 2007
Leibniz Universität Hannover, November 2007
Paris School of Economics (PSE), ENS, Paris-Jourdan, December 2007
Universität Hamburg, February 2008
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, May 2008
Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) und Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, November 2008
Technische Universität Dresden, November 2008

Contributions to Interdisciplinary Research

Forschungskolleg der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 435, „Wissenskultur und gesellschaftlicher Wandel“, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Teilprojekt D7 „Der Beitrag der Neuen Wachstumstheorie zur Erklärung der Koevolution von Wissenskultur und technischem Fortschritt“, 2007. Joint with political scientists, sociologists, philosophers, EU politicians and economists.

German American Academic Council (GAAC) Summer Institute on "Institutions and Economic Performance in Advanced Economies since 1945", Summer Institue 1998 and 1999. Joint with political scientists, sociologists and economists.

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.)