Peter Egger (economist)
Peter Egger (born September 23, 1969 in Steyr ) is an Austrian economist . He is Professor of Applied Economics at ETH Zurich .
Life
Peter Egger studied philosophy and economics in Linz. 2001 also followed in Linz the doctorate in economics and the habilitation at the University of Innsbruck. Stations of his activity were:
- 1996–1997 research activity at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW).
- 1997–2001 research activity at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO).
- 1997–2001 lecturer in macroeconomics and microeconomics at the University of Linz.
- 2001–2002 assistant professor at the University of Innsbruck.
- 2002–2004 Associate Professor at the University of Innsbruck.
- 2003–2004 visiting researcher at the Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
- 2004–2009 Professor of Economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.
- 2004–2008 Head of Environment and Transport at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich.
- 2008–2009 Head of Foreign Trade and Foreign Direct Investment at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich.
Peter H. Egger has been Professor of Applied Economic Research at the Business Cycle Research Center (KOF) in the Department of Management, Technology and Economics since 2009. In the same year he took over the management of the KOF research area Structural Change and Innovation.
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Peter H. Egger's research focuses on applied and theoretical panel econometrics, applied and theoretical international and regional economic research, industrial organization and multinational corporations.
He has published in major journals, including the European Journal of Political Economy , the European Economic Review and Regional Science and Urban Economics .
In the Handelsblatt Ökonomen Ranking 2008, which has been analyzing the research performance of economists in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland based on the quality of publications since 2004, it came in third.
In 2013, Peter Egger published a study on a possible nuclear phase-out in Switzerland on behalf of Economiesuisse, which caused a lot of waves in the media, as it predicted a drop in real GDP of 25 percent in the event of Switzerland abandoning nuclear energy. The study was criticized in particular because of incorrect assumptions about the role of technological progress and the use of outdated data.
Prizes and awards
controversy
In 2015, Peter Egger led the Handelsblatt Ranking, but without a publication in the category with an A + rating. With a score of 0.11 points per publication, he ranks 73rd among the 100 most productive economists in German-speaking countries in terms of the average relevance of his articles in the Handelsblatt ranking.
Web links
- Website Peter Egger at the ETH Zurich
- Handelsblatt Ranking 2015
- Peter Egger (economist) in the catalog of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics (ZBW)
- Energy transition in Switzerland: simulation results on the federal energy strategy
- "As if we still had rotary phones"
- Interview with Pascal Gentinetta on the energy transition study by Peter Egger
- Interview with Nick Beglinger on the energy transition study by Peter Egger
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.wifo.ac.at/wwa/servlet/wwa.upload.DownloadServlet/documentpool/WIFO_CV_PETER_EGGER_EN.PDF ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Handelsblatt Ökonomen-Ranking VWL 2007 ( Memento from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Gossen Prize Winner. socialpolitik.org , accessed December 25, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egger, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd September 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steyr |