Lars Feld

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Lars Peter Feld (born August 9, 1966 in Saarbrücken ) is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Freiburg and head of the Walter Eucken Institute there . Since 2011 he has been a member of the Expert Council for the Assessment of Macroeconomic Development (“Council of Economic Wise Men ”), of which he was elected chairman in March 2020.

Life

In 1985 he passed the Abitur at the Illtalgymnasium in Illingen . After passing his diploma in economics at Saarland University in 1993 , he received his doctorate in 1999. oec. at the University of St. Gallen . In 2002 he completed his habilitation there in economics.

From 2002 to 2005 he was a visiting professor at the Economics Faculty of the University of Rennes I . At the same time he was C4 professor for economics with a focus on finance at the University of Marburg from 2002 to 2006 and since 2002 private lecturer for economics at the University of St. Gallen .

He has been a member of the Kronberg Circle of the Market Economy Foundation since 2008 and in this context called for more private liability in the European Banking Union.

From 2006 to 2010 he held the chair for public finance at Heidelberg University . At the same time, in 2006, he held a research professorship at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. He has also been a permanent visiting professor at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim since 2007. During this period he also worked as a curator for the student management consultancy GalileiConsult eV in Heidelberg.

Since September 2010 he has been Professor of Economic Policy and Regulatory Economics at the University of Freiburg and Head of the Walter Eucken Institute.

In January 2011 he was proposed by the then Minister of Economic Affairs, Rainer Brüderle, to succeed Wolfgang Wiegard in the Advisory Board for the assessment of macroeconomic development, and he took up the post on March 1, 2011. In the council he is responsible for the topic of public finances. After the previous chairman Christoph M. Schmidt left the council, Feld was elected its new chairman in March 2020.

Feld is married and has three sons.

Scientific work

Feld represents ordoliberal positions as a whole , and therefore advocates a social market economy, competition and a strong but lean state. In order to solve the euro crisis , he is of the opinion that one must “move from the rescue package to an insolvency order ”. He is described as a staunch opponent of government debt and expansionary fiscal policy. “ Consolidation cannot stop at social spending either ”. As an advocate of the “ debt brake ”, he was involved in drafting it in the Federalism Commission II and advocates a tightening of the “debt brake” at the state level. Feld believes that general tax cuts are possible. In return, financial aid and tax breaks, such as the reduced sales tax rate, have to be canceled.

His academic work also includes studies of the effects of direct democracy.

“ The empirical studies for the Swiss cantons and municipalities (as well as for the US federal states) essentially indicate that less is spent in direct democratic local authorities, less taxes are collected, there is lower national debt, fewer taxes are evaded and one higher economic power, measured in terms of GDP per capita, results. "

He is also involved in the board of trustees of Mehr Demokratie . He also said that the citizens should be asked about important issues such as the euro in a nationwide referendum .

In 2016 he was listed in the TOP 10 of the most influential economists in Germany .

In an article entitled "The fairy tale of the investment gap", Feld describes the discussion about an "investment gap" in Germany in 2017: This began in the 2013 federal election campaign, and behind this discussion were "tough interests" from parties, the federal government, the federal states and internationally Organizations like the IMF. Germany should be moved to more indebtedness. The real need for state infrastructure investments is unknown. There is evidence such as the slow outflow of federal funds for infrastructure that funding is not the main problem. At the same time, there is an excess of infrastructure, for example at loss-making regional airports.

Memberships and offices

Honors

Fonts (selection)

Books and monographs

  • Tax Competition and its Impact on Allocation and Distribution: An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland . Dissertation No. 2222, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, 1999
    Tax competition and its effects on allocation and distribution: An overview and an empirical analysis for Switzerland . In: Contributions to Public Finance 10, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2000, ISBN 3-16-147385-X
  • Direct democracy: modern, successful, capable of development and export . Helbing and Lichtenhahn / Vahlen, Basel / Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7190-1837-7 and 3-8006-2517-2 (with Gebhard Kirchgässner and Marcel R. Savioz).
  • The municipal cash credit between securing liquidity and the risk of abuse . In: ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, ZEW series of publications , Volume 93, Nomos, Baden-Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-3919-9 (with Friedrich Heinemann, Benny Geys, Christoph Gröpl, Sebastian Hauptmeier and Alexander Kalb)

Editorships

  • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftsppolitik , journal of the Verein für Socialpolitik, 2004 co-editor, since 2005 editor-in-chief
  • Economic Models in Politics, special edition of the Swiss Political Science Review / Swiss Journal for Political Science / Revue suisse des sciences politiques 11 (4), 2005 (with Simon Hug)
  • Economic Models in Politics , Rüegger, Zurich, 2006, ISBN 3-7253-0835-7 , ISBN 978-3-7253-0835-4 (with Simon Hug).
  • New studies on political economy , series of publications by Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden, since 2006 (with Charles B. Blankart , Reiner Eichenberger , Bruno S. Frey , Gebhard Kirchgässner , Christian Kirchner , Friedrich Schneider , Alois Stutzer and Hannelore Weck-Hannemann)
  • The Future and Past of European Union Finances , special edition of the journal Public Finance and Management 9 (4), 2009 (with Friedrich Heinemann)
  • Yearbook for Direct Democracy , Volume 1, 2009, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8329-4860-3 (with Peter M. Huber, Otmar Jung, Christian Welzel , Fabian Wittreck (editor at Fabian Wittreck)) .
  • (Macro-) Economic Policy and Public Choice: Essays in Honor of Gebhard Kirchgässner , special edition of the journal Public Choice 144 (3-4), 2010 (with Marcel R. Savioz and Jan Schnellenbach).
  • Ed. Et alii: The age of Herbert Giersch . Economic policy for an open world. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2013.

Web links

Commons : Lars P. Feld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage Market Economy Foundation: Prof. Dr. Lars P. Feld (speaker)
  2. ↑ Kronberger Kreis calls for more private liability in the European Banking Union, press release Market Economy Foundation December 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b A business clerk with Swiss glasses . In: FAZ , January 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ Lars Feld: New economic expert expects Greece to reschedule . In: Spiegel Online , January 19, 2011
  5. ↑ Lars P. Feld elected as the new chairman of the Expert Council . In: Sachvermigenrat-Wirtschaft.de, March 17, 2020.
  6. ^ The debt brake in: FAZ of August 27, 2011, page C2
  7. ↑ http://www.schweizermonat.ch/subscription_visitor/freiheit-von-freiheit-zu
  8. ^ A financial referendum at the federal level - opportunities, risks and structure . On behalf of the Commission for Economic Issues (KfK) as part of the 2004 annual report
  9. ↑ FAZ Economists Ranking - Germany's Most Influential Economists , accessed on September 4, 2016
  10. ↑ Lars P. Feld: The fairy tale of the investment gap in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, June 4, 2017, page 22
  11. ^ Member entry by Lars P. Feld at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 29, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Field, Lars
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feld, Lars Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist, professor of economic policy
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken