Hans-Hermann Francke

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Hans-Hermann Francke (born August 12, 1943 in Posen ) is a German economist and professor emeritus for finance and money management at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg .

Life

Hans-Hermann Francke studied at the University of Hamburg from 1965 to 1970. He graduated with a diploma in economics . His doctorate at the University of Freiburg took place in 1974, followed by his habilitation in 1980. Five years later he became an associate professor for economics, especially finance, at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg . The University of Freiburg finally appointed him Professor of Finance and Money Management in 1988. Here he gave lectures on the subjects of economics, public finances and money economy. In 2000 he received an honorary doctorate in economics from the University of Basel .

He is a member of the Society of Social Policy, the Western Economic Association, the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) and the Société Universitaire Européenne de Recherches Financières (SUERF).

Research priorities and other academic activities

Francke worked on projects with a focus on theoretical and empirical problems of national debt and monetary policy . He was also the managing editor of the financial journal “ Kredit und Kapital” . In the meantime he was also the Academic Director of the Administration and Business Academy and the German Real Estate Academy at the University of Freiburg , of which he is now Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Francke was one of the signatories of the Euro-critical manifesto The Monetary Policy Decisions of Maastricht: A Danger for Europe (1992) and the Hamburg Appeal (2005).

Fonts (selection)

As an author

  • Bank liquidity and interest rates as orientation variables in monetary policy. Duncker & Humblot , Berlin 1975
  • Public borrowing portfolio effects: their implications for d. private real wealth formation u. their financing. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1981
  • Interest Effects of National Debt: An Empirical Study for the Federal Republic of Germany. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1984
  • Future problems of European integration - from Maastricht to a European financial equalization system? Institute for Finance, Freiburg 1993

Involved in

  • Handbook of Public Credit in Europe. Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart 1994
  • European monetary union: from conception to design. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1998
  • Financial markets in transition. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2000
  • Real estate markets and real estate valuation. Vahlen, Munich 2005

Dedicated to him

  • After the economic and financial crisis: Approaches for a successful monetary, financial and real estate policy: Festschrift for Hans-Hermann Francke on his 70th birthday. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2013

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see list of signatories for the online reproduction of the manifesto in the economic blog Wirtschaftliche Freiheit , blog entry from December 11, 2016; accessed July 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ see list of signatories of the “Hamburg Appeal” (PDF), website of the Hamburg World Economic Institute ; accessed July 13, 2020.

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personal data
SURNAME Francke, Hans-Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses