Gabriel Felbermayr

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Gabriel Felbermayr (born June 24, 1976 in Steyr ) is an Austrian economist . Since March 1, 2019, Felbermayr has succeeded Dennis J. Snower as President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).

Life

Felbermayr studied economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz from 1995 ( Magister with distinction 2000). He then did research at the European University Institute in Florence , where he received his Ph.D. received his doctorate . From July 2003 to May 2004 Felbermayr held a position as a university assistant at the University of Linz; He then worked as an Associate Consultant for McKinsey & Company in Vienna until March 2005 . In April 2005 he became a temporary advisor at the chair of Wilhelm Kohler at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . There he completed his habilitation in 2008 and accepted a professorship for economics, especially foreign trade , at the University of Hohenheim .

Felbermayr has been working for the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich since 2010 , where he has been an endowed professor since April 2011. Felbermayr is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy .

Positions

As head of the Ifo Center for Foreign Trade , he also researches the effects of the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TTIP) and has basically positive comments on the agreement, but criticizes the lack of transparency in the negotiations. Felbermayr also described the strong movement against TTIP in Germany as "hysterical".

Felbermayr criticizes Germany's climate policy , it does not work and harms the German economy , which is in competition with countries that pursue less ambitious or even no climate protection . He is therefore in favor of a European solution, e.g. B. through a European system of CO 2 pricing . He said, "that are imported into the economy in goods, should according to the [sic] in the production of CO caused 2 -content [sic] as well as domestic goods with a CO 2 are occupied prize." According to He discusses the Idea of ​​a climate tariff .

Felbermayr speaks out against the burgeoning protectionism - especially in the USA - and advocates a European solution with a strong counterweight to the American trade policy of Donald Trump's government .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Officially: Felbermayr succeeds Snower. In: KN-online.de (Kieler Nachrichten). September 10, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Trade conflict : "Europe has much better cards than China" . Deutschlandfunk, May 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ On sanctions and tariffs: Trade as a diplomatic weapon . Deutschlandfunk, August 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ Gabriel Felbermayr: Der Antreiber (zeit.de from May 17, 2018, accessed on January 6, 2020)
  5. ↑ How Gabriel Felbermayr wants to restore the IfW to its former glory (handelsblatt.com from June 4, 2018, accessed on January 6, 2020)
  6. ↑ SWR1 BW, SWR1 BW: Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
  7. ↑ The TTIP Agreement and the Consequences "Free Trade Leads to Inequality" (n-tv.de of February 18, 2014, accessed on January 6, 2020)
  8. ↑ Free trade agreement TTIP “Do not demonize large corporations” (deutschlandfunk.de from December 1, 2014, accessed on January 6, 2020)
  9. ↑ "Climate policy is expensive, but it doesn't bring anything" (welt.de, June 18, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020)
  10. ↑ Economic expert warns: Germany cannot save the climate on its own (focus.de, August 3, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020)
  11. ↑ Petra Pinzler, Mark Schieritz: CO 2 -renzausgleich: Klimazoll . In: The time . December 11, 2019 ( zeit.de [accessed December 27, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Is protectionism a good deal, Prof. Dr. Gabriel Felbermayr? (insm-oekonomenblog.de from September 30, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Felbermayr, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Felbermayr, Gabriel J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economist
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Steyr