Manfred Weber (economist)

Manfred Weber (born December 18, 1950 in Altenkofen ) is a German financial scientist and was executive director of the Association of German Banks until September 2010 .

After receiving his diploma in economics in 1975, Weber was a research assistant at the University of Frankfurt am Main, where he received his doctorate in 1981 with a thesis on key assignments. He then worked for the Deutsche Bundesbank , initially in the economics department and from 1986 as the office manager of the Bundesbank Vice President. In 1991 he moved to Basel to work in the currency and economic department of the Bank for International Settlements . In 1992 he became managing director of the Association of German Banks, and since 1997 a member of the board. In March 2010 he announced his early resignation.

2004, ordered him University of Potsdam for honorary professor at its Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.

Publications (selection)

• National debt - without end? Darmstadt 1993 (together with Helmut Schlesinger and Gerhard Ziebarth )
• Europe on the way to monetary union . Darmstadt 1991 (Ed.)
• The public mandate of the savings banks is outdated . In: Orientations on economic and social policy , ISSN 0724-5246, Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung , Bonn, 3/2004.
• The Tobin Tax - a suitable “tamer” of globalization? , in: Securities Communications No. 1/2001.

Web links

• Brief curriculum vitae at the University of Potsdam
• Contributions to the banking association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Hesse: Too dogmatic - too little listened. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . March 12, 2010, accessed September 6, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Dr. Manfred Weber appointed honorary professor at the University of Potsdam. Uni Potsdam, February 2, 2004, accessed on September 6, 2018 (press release).