Hanns Abele

Hanns Abele (* 23. December 1941 in Vienna , † 27. July 2016 ibid ) was an Austrian jurist and university professor of economics .

Life

Hanns Abele grew up in modest circumstances in the 15th district of Vienna . He attended elementary school from 1947 to 1951 and then the Bundesrealgymnasium Vienna 7 , where he graduated with excellent results in 1959 . He then studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1963. iur. He then did a legal internship for a short time , but broke off the court year to accept a position as an assistant at the Institute for Economics at the University of Vienna.

In 1973, Hanns Abele was appointed full professor of theoretical economics at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) , where he worked successfully as a representative of the law, economics and social science faculties in reforming the university status. Finally, in 1977 he accepted an appointment as full professor of economics (political economy) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business , to which he remained after his retirement in 2010 until his death.

Research activity

Abele's research focused on money , growth , distribution , industrial economics , and economic policy . The research tradition of the Austrian School of Economics shaped his basic understanding of economics. His musical disposition and his humanistic attitude also led to work on culture and the media as well as to collaboration with representatives of theology . In succession to Florian Fleck, he was a member of the Friborg Working Group for the Economy of Broadcasting (FAR) together with Hermann Fünfgeld , Peter Voss and Antonio Riva .

Publications

Abele's publications include both model-based, formally correct theories and application-oriented studies with concrete and easily communicable results and judgments. His intensive contacts with a large number of top international economists were reflected in both research and teaching. Abele tried again and again in teaching to update the economics study programs in the interests of the students and to raise them to an international level.

Publications (selection)

• Card payments in the euro payment area. Springer Science & Business Media, 2006.
• The federal theaters in the Austrian economy. Austrian Federal Theater Association, 1984.
• The future of theoretical economic policy in view of the mood of economic crisis and criticism of the national economic theory. In: Contributions to economic and social policy, Festschrift for Theodor Pütz , Berlin, 1975, p. 21.
• Comments on an economic history of the present: Austria since 1945. In: Handbook of Austrian economic policy. Vienna, 1989, pp. 57-74.
• Towards a Neo-Austrian Theory of Exchange. In: Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in Economic Theory. Springer Netherlands, 1977. pp. 203-212.
• Corruption . In: Georges Enderle, Karl Homann , Martin Honecker, Walter Kerber and Horst Steinmann (eds.): Lexikon der Wirtschaftsethik, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Vienna, 1993, pp. 571–577.
• When does the National Bank react? An attempt to determine a “lag” in Austrian monetary policy. Vienna Studies on Economic and Social Policy, 1968, No. 7.
• Corporate culture and marketing of cultural institutions (theater, opera) and broadcasting organizations. Corporate culture and marketing of broadcasting companies , ed. v. U. Saxer, Stuttgart-Berlin-Mainz, 1989, pp. 109-124.
• Economic incentives and their effects on housing subsidies: The Kyoto target as an impetus for reform (together with Andrea Höltl). In: Hanns Abele / Michael Cerveny / Stefan Schleicher / Karl Weber (eds.): Reform of housing subsidies (= series of publications by the Austrian Climate Council, Innovations for Economy and Climate Protection). Pp. 21-40.
• Housing market (together with Georg Winkler). Urban Research Institute, 1976.
• On the political economy of the North-South dialogue and the position of the Church. In: On the way to unity: Festschrift for Heinrich Stirnimann , 1980, p. 134.
• Proving Causation in Private Antitrust Cases (together with Georg E. Kodek and Guido K. Schaefer). Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2011, 7th vol., No. 4, pp. 847–869.
• Employment Policy in Crisis . Vienna Catholic Academy, 1997.
• The Austrian capital market and the shaping of interest rate policy . Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 1977, Volume 3, pp. 16–28.

Web links

• Employee site at WU Vienna