Klaus M. Schmidt

Klaus M. Schmidt (born June 16, 1961 in Koblenz ) is a German economist and university professor . He has been Professor of Economics at LMU Munich since 1995 .

Life

Klaus Schmidt studied economics, mathematics and political science at the University of Hamburg as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation , both of which he completed in 1987 with a diploma . In 1991 he received his doctorate in political science and economics (Dr. rer. Pol.) At the University of Bonn . For his dissertation he received the Walter Adolf Jöhr Prize for the best doctoral thesis. In 1995 he also received his habilitation in economics there.

Schmidt was at times visiting professor at the

• Harvard University (2013)
• University of California at Berkeley (2009)
• Yale University (2004-2005)
• Stanford University (2000)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1992)

Klaus Schmidt is a member of

• Scientific advisory board at the Federal Ministry of Economics
• Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy (EAGCP)
• Scientific Council of the Social Science Research Center
• Council of the European Economic Association

Klaus Schmidt is married to Monika Schnitzer and has three daughters.

Publications (selection)

• Schmidt, Klaus M. (1994), Contracts, Competition, and the Theory of Reputation, Habilitation thesis, submitted to the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Bonn, October 1994.
• Schmidt, Klaus M. (1991), Commitment in Games with Asymmetric Information, Ph.D. dissertation, submitted to the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Bonn, July 1991.

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus M. Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website with curriculum vitae and publications
• Video on Klaus M. Schmidt's research (Latest Thinking)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences: Yearbook 2007 , p. 26 in the Google book search
2. ^ German National Academic Foundation: Annual Report 2017 , p. 78.