Gersbach, Hans, Prof. Dr.

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Detailed List of Publications: (download here)

List of Working Papers at SSRN: (click here)

Academic Experience

• Professor, ETH Zurich (since 2006)
• Professor, University of Heidelberg (1995-2006)
• Assistant Professor, University of Basel (1992 and 1994-1995)
• Research Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute, Washington (1992-1993)
• Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Basel (1987-1990)

Education

• Habilitation, University of Basel, 1995
• Dr. rer. pol., University of Basel, 1990
• Economics (Lic. rer. pol.), University of Basel, 1986
• Actuarial Science (Dipl. vers. math.), University of Basel, 1985
• Physics/Mathematics (Dipl. math.), University of Basel, 1984

Fellow Positions

• Research Fellow of CEPR (Center of Economic Policy Research), London
• Research Fellow of CESifo (Münchener Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Munich
• Research Fellow of IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), Bonn

Recent Publications

Area P: Design of new Organizations/Institutions and their Foundations

• Tax Contracts and Elections, European Economic Review, 56(7), 2012, 1461-1479
  (with Maik Schneider)
• Contractual Democracy, Review of Law and Economics, 8(3), 2012, 823-851.
• Groups, Collective Decisions, and Markets, Journal of Economic Theory, 146(1), 2011, 275-299.
  (with Hans Haller)
• Bargaining cum Voice, Social Choice and Welfare, 36(2), 2011, 199-225.
  (with Hans Haller)
• Minority Voting and Long-term Decisions, Games and Economic Behavior, 69(2), 2010, 329-345.
  (with Theresa Fahrenberger)
• Democratic Mechanisms, Journal of the European Economic Association, 7(6), 2009, 1436-1469.
• Club Theory and Household Formation, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 46, 2010, 715-724.
  (with Hans Haller)
• Flexible Pensions for Politicians, Public Choice, 145(1-2), 2010, 103-124.
  (with Markus Müller)
• On Higher Hurdles for Incumbents, Economics Bulletin, 30(1), 2010, 774-785.
• Power to Youth: Designing Democracy for Long-term Well-being, Mathematical Social Sciences, 58(2), 2009, 158-172.
  (with Tobias Kleinschmidt)
• The Affectionate Society: Does Competition for Partners Promote Friendliness?, Economic Theory, 40, 2009, 389-403.
  (with Hans Haller)
• Competition of Politicians for Wages and Office, Social Choice and Welfare, 33(1), 2009, 51-71.

Area I: Innovation, the Engines of Growth and Long-term Well-Being

• Basic Research, Openness and Convergence, Journal of Economic Growth, 18(1), 2013, 33–68.
  (with Maik T. Schneider and Olivier Schneller)
• Product Markets and Industry-Specific Training, RAND Journal of Economics, 43(3), 2012, 475-491.
  (with Armin Schmutzler)
• Raising Juveniles, Games and Economic Behavior, 74(1), 2012, 32-51.
  (with Clive Bell and Maik T. Schneider)
• International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding, European Economic
  Review, 55(6), 2011, 759-773.
  (with Ralph Winkler)
• Collective Bargaining, Awareness of General Equilibrium Effects and Unemployment, International Economic Review, 52(3), 2011, 693-712.
  (with Achim Schniewind)
• Land Reforms and Economic Development, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 14(4), 2010, 527-547.
  (with Lars Siemers)
• Child Labor and the Education of a Society, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 13(2), 2009, 220-249.
  (with Clive Bell)
• The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic, Journal of Health Economics, 28(1), 2009, 54-72.
  (with Clive Bell)
• High Compensation Creates a Ratchet Effect, Economic Journal, 119, 2009, 1208-1224.
  (with Amihai Glazer)

Area M: Macroeconomic Thinking and Economic Policy

• Preventing Banking Crises - with Private Insurance? CESifo Economic Studies, 2013, doi: 10.1093/cesifo/ifs043.
• Aggregate Investment Externalities and Macroprudential Regulation, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 44, 2012, 73–109.
• Monetary Policy Inclinations, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 43(8), 2011, 1707-1717.
  (with Volker Hahn)
• Sophistication in Risk Management, Bank Equity, and Stability, International Review of Finance, 10(1), 2010, 63-91.
  (with Jan Wenzelburger)
• Voting Transparency in a Monetary Union, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 41(5), 2009, 831-853.
  (with Volker Hahn)
• Flexible Majority Rules for Central Banks, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 41(2-3), 2009, 507-516.
  (with Bernhard Pachl)

Policy Proposals of Prof. Gersbach

• On Vox: click here
• On Ökonomenstimme: click here
• On CEPR: click here
• In Policy Window at CER-ETH: click here

Other Publications of General Interest

• Zur Stabilität des Europäischen Finanzsystems, Brief des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie an Bundesminister Dr. Philipp Rösler vom 16. Oktober 2012. (English version)
• Gutachten zur Realwirtschaftliche Weichenstellungen für einen stabilen Euro, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi), Berlin, 2011.
• Gutachten zur Reform von Bankenregulierung und Bankenaufsicht nach der Finanzkrise, Gutachten Nr.03/10, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi), Berlin, 2010.
• Wir brauchen Verträge für Wahlversprechen, Bild am Sonntag Beitrag, September 2009.
• Banking on the average - a new way to regulate banks, The London Summit 2009, http://www.londonsummit.gov.uk/en/join-the-debate/the-economists-debate/hans-gersbach.
• Brief des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie an Bundesminister Michael Glos vom 23. Januar 2009, Schlaglichter der Wirtschaftspolitik - Monatsbericht März 2009, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi), Berlin, 2009, 19-30.
  (mit Martin Hellwig)
• Brief des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie an Bundesminister Michael Glos vom 10. Oktober 2008, Schlaglichter der Wirtschaftspolitik - Sonderausgabe Finanzkrise, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi), Berlin, 2008, 15-18.
  (mit Martin Hellwig)
• A New Way to Address Climate Change: A Global Refunding System, The Economists' Voice, 5(4), 2008, Article 2.
• Anreize für Weitsicht und Wiederwahlschwellen: Wege zur besseren Demokratie, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 8(4), 2007, 389-397.
• Ernsthaften Politikern sollten Verträge mit dem Volk gelegen kommen, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 196, 2007.
• Economic Growth, Education and AIDS in Kenya, Development Outreach, 9(2), 2007, 16-19.