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Prof.
Dr. Wolfgang Franz is a Chief Executive Officer at Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH.
After his studies he worked as a research associate at the University of Mannheim As a research fellow he spent two years at Harvard University and at the National Bureau of Economic Research, USA.
In 1981 he habilitated on the problem of youth unemployment.
He accepted a professorship at the University of Mainz and then a chair at the University of Stuttgart in 1984.
In 1988 he accepted a chair at the University of Konstanz.
Although he was offered a chair at the University of Zürich and Berlin and he stayed in Konstanz until April 1st, 1997 when he became the President of the Center for European Economic Research, Mannheim and accepted a chair for economics at the University of Mannheim.
He is a member of various international research institutes and a member of the German Council of Economic Experts.
He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.
His main research areas are macroeconomics, labour economics, and empirical methods in economics.
Professor Franz has published numerous books and scientific articles on these topics.
Dr. Franz studied economics at the University of Mannheim.
He got a doctoral degree in 1974 on a macroeconometric analysis of the German labour market.
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Founded in 1990, the firm conducts research in the field of applied and policy-oriented economics and provides national and international research with important data sets via its research data center. They support politicians, companies and administrations at national and European level in overcoming economic policy challenges through in-depth advice. ZEW pursues the economic analysis of functioning markets and institutions in Europe as an overarching research guiding principle. Their main research interests are in the areas of competition and regulation. Methodologically, research at ZEW is based in particular on microeconomic and micro econometric approaches. | President | 28/02/2013 |
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Founded in 1990, the firm conducts research in the field of applied and policy-oriented economics and provides national and international research with important data sets via its research data center. They support politicians, companies and administrations at national and European level in overcoming economic policy challenges through in-depth advice. ZEW pursues the economic analysis of functioning markets and institutions in Europe as an overarching research guiding principle. Their main research interests are in the areas of competition and regulation. Methodologically, research at ZEW is based in particular on microeconomic and micro econometric approaches. | Finance |
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