Dr. Gunther Markwardt
Academic Staff | Post-Doc Project Staff Energy Innovation Center
Teaching Building 10 R.416 Erich-Weinert-Straße 1 03046 CottbusCurrent Position | Other Affiliations
- Research Assistant at the Chair of Economics, esp. Finance, Dresden University of Technology - CESifo Research Network Fellow, Center of Economics Studies, Munich
Education and previous positions
- Visiting Professor of Economics, in particular Economic Policy at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (2013 - 2016) - Research Assistant at the Chair of Economics, esp. Finance, Dresden University of Technology (2008 - 2013) - Dr. rer. pol., Dresden University of Technology (2008) - Visiting Lecturer at the St.-Kliment-Ohridski University Sofia, Bulgaria (2005 - 2011) - Lecturer at the Saxon Academy of Management and Economics (since 2003) - Research Assistant at the Chair of Economics, esp. Finance, Dresden University of Technology (2002 - 2008) - Diplom-Volkswirt, Dresden University of Technology (2002) - Studies of Economics, Dresden University of Technology (1996 - 2002) - Basic military service (1995 - 1996) - Abitur (1995)
Selected publications
| Development and pollution in the Middle East and North Africa: Democracy matters" (with Mohammad Farzanegan), Journal of Policy Modeling 40(2), 350-374, 2018. | |
| Natural resource rents and internal conflicts - Can decentralization lift the curse?" (with Mohammad Farzanegan and Christian Leßmann), Economic Systems 42(2), 186-205, 2018. | |
| Self-preserving Leviathans - Evidence from local-level data" (with Jan Kluge and Chris-tian Thater), Kyklos 70(4), 594-621, 2017. | |
| Aid, growth, and devolution: Considering aid modality and different types of decen-tralization" (with Christian Leßmann), World Development 84, 118-130, 2016. | |
| Decentralization and the shadow economy: Oates meets Allingham-Sandmo" (with Andreas Bühn and Christian Leßmann), Applied Economics 45, 2567-2573, 2013. | |
| Federalism and Developing Countries: Is Decentralization an Appropriate Instru-ment of Development Policy?" (with Christian Leßmann), Perspectives on Economic Policy 13(4),337-356, 2012. | |
| Aid, growth and devolution" (with Christian Leßmann), World Development 40(9), 1723-1749, 2012. | |
| The role of political institutions for the effectiveness of central bank independence" (with Kai Hielscher), European Journal of Political Economy 28, 286-301, 2012. | |
| One size fits all? Decentralization, corruption and the monitoring of bureaucrats" (with Christian Leßmann), World Development 38(4), 631-646, 2010. | |
| The effects of oil price shocks on Iranian economy" (with Mohammad Reza Farzane-gan), Energy Economics 31, 134-151, 2009. | |
| The value of non-binding announcements in public goods experiments. Some theory and experimental evidence" (with Michael Berlemann and Marcus Dittrich), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 38(3), 421-428, 2009. | |
| Unemployment and inflation consequences of unexpected election results" (with Michael Berlemann), Journal of Money Credit and Banking 39, 1919-1945, 2007. | |
| Variable rational partisan cycles and electoral uncertainty" (with Michael Berlemann), European Journal of Political Economy 22, 874-886, 2006. |