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Dieter Stiefel (2015)

Dieter Ferdinand Stiefel (born April 21, 1946 in Linz , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian economic historian.

Life

Dieter Stiefel completed his primary school education in Burghausen (Germany) and then did an apprenticeship in the hospitality industry. From 1968 he studied at the University of World Trade in Vienna, where he obtained a doctorate in social and economic sciences in 1974. From 1974 to 1978 he also studied history at the University of Vienna , where he obtained a relevant doctorate.

After his apprenticeship, Stiefel worked in the tourism industry in several countries, from 1973 to 1988 he worked as an assistant professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business . In 1981 he was a Research Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge University , England. In 1986 he completed his habilitation in social and economic history with a thesis on the effects of the global economic crisis on Austria. In 1989 he was Research Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University , and in 2000 Research Fellow at the Institute for European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley . From 1993 he was a full professor for social and economic history at the University of Vienna.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • In the laboratory of defeat. Bankruptcy Policy in International Comparison , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2008
  • Hoher Markt 12. On the history of the Schenker forwarding company in Austria , Erwin Bauer Verlag, Vienna 2008
  • Farewell to the shilling. An Austrian Economic History (together with Karl Bachinger / Felix Butschek / Herbert Matis), Styria Verlag, Graz 2001
  • The Austrian life insurance and the Nazi era. Economic development, political influence, Jewish police , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2001
  • With the combined strength of capital, credits and technology. The history of the Austrian building industry using the example of the Allgemeine Baugesellschaft - A. Porr Aktiengesellschaft , 2 volumes (together with Herbert Matis) Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1994.
  • The world economy. Structure and development in the 20th century (together with Herbert Matis). Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna, 1991
  • "Eta Countess Polesini". A biography , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna, 1991, 213 pp.
  • Financial diplomacy and the global economic crisis: The crisis of the Credit-Anstalt für Handel und Gewerbe 1931 , series of publications by the Institute for Research on Bank History, Volume 12, Fritz Knapp Verlag, Frankfurt 1989, 240 pp.
  • The big crisis in a small country. Austrian financial and economic policy 1929–1938, studies on politics and administration , Volume 26, Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1988
  • Denazification in Austria , Europa Verlag, Vienna 1980

Web links

Commons : Dieter Stiefel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Boots, Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stiefel, Dieter Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economic historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz