Frank Beckenbach
Frank Beckenbach (* 1950) is a German economist .
He completed his habilitation in 1999 and has been Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Kassel (Department of Environmental and Behavioral Economics) since October 1999 . He teaches and researches mainly in the areas of environmental economics , behavioral economics , ecological economics , limited rationality , evolutionary economics , multi-agent systems and innovation .
Beckenbach criticizes the fact that many mathematical models are unsuitable for mapping or explaining economic processes that are taught in economics and business administration. He criticizes the fact that many economics professors are sticking to "business as usual" despite the "blatant failure" in diagnosing the banking and financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area .
Beckenbach is a member of the Society for Socio-Economic Education and Science (GSÖBW).
In 2015, he conducted a project to ascertain how diverse economics courses are in Germany.
Web links
- Frank Beck Bach on the homepage of the University of Kassel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of the department. Homepage of the University of Kassel
- ^ A b Claudia Wessling: Economics students criticize theories: When in doubt, against teaching. spiegel.de, August 16, 2015, originally taken from: duz Magazin 8/2015
- ↑ Members | Society for Socio-Economic Education and Science. Retrieved March 13, 2018 .
- ↑ PluraloRanking Funded research projects, Hans Böckler Foundation
- ↑ One-sided economics? Kassel research team examines German economics courses. ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (uni-kassel.de, March 2015)
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| SURNAME | Beckenbach, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |