Johann Eekhoff
Johann Eekhoff (born July 25, 1941 in Boekzetelerfehn , East Frisia , † March 3, 2013 ) was director of the Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Cologne from 2001 until his death .
Career
The study of economics at the University of Saarland , the University of Philadelphia and the University of Bochum closed Eekhoff with the diploma. In 1971 he completed his doctorate and in 1979 his habilitation . From 1979 to 1984 Eekhoff was a private lecturer at the Saarland University. From 1979 to 1983 he headed the planning group at the Prime Minister of Saarland. From 1983 to 1991 he headed the “Housing Policy” department in the Federal Ministry for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development. From 1991 to 1994 Eekhoff was State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics . In 1995 he took over the chair for economic policy, and together with Achim Wambach he was director of the Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Cologne . He was also director of the Institute for Housing Law and Housing Management at the University of Cologne and the Otto Wolff Institute for Economic Regulation.
Eekhoff was a representative of the regulatory approach of economic policy . He examined questions of social security, the labor market (creative urge model), health care ( concept of individual retirement provisions ) and the real estate industry.
Until the end of 2010 he was the spokesman for the Kronberger Kreis , the scientific advisory board of the Market Economy Foundation . From December 2009 to July 2011 Eekhoff was President of the Institute for SME Research in Bonn. He was an ambassador for the New Social Market Economy Initiative .
Awards
Works (selection)
- since 1996 editor of the magazine for economic policy
- Employment and social security. 4th, thoroughly revised edition Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-16-149688-2 .
- Citizen Private Insurance . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-16-149636-3 (together with Vera Bünnagel, Susanna Kochskämper, Kai Menzel).
- Housing policy. 2nd, revised edition Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2002, ISBN 3-16-147744-8
(translated into Russian and Chinese).
- With creative urge in progress . vbv, Munich 2006 (together with Vera Bünnagel and Steffen J. Roth)
- Benefit-cost analysis of urban redevelopment. Methods, theories . Lang, Frankfurt / M. 1972, ISBN 3-261-00756-7 (also dissertation, University of Bochum 1971).
- " No exports at any price " (Eekhoff in Handelsblatt 2004 on the disadvantages of a foreign trade surplus )
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Eekhoff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Johann Eekhoff at perlentaucher.de
- University of Cologne: curriculum vitae in tabular form ( memento from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the death of Prof. Dr. Johann Eekhoff
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Johann Eekhoff (* 1941 † 2013) ( Memento from February 11, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The institute and the sponsoring company ( Memento of February 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ With creative urge in work (2006)
- ↑ 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 | Eekhoff, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist, professor of economic policy at the University of Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boekzetelerfehn |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 2013 |