Xenia Frei

Xenia Frei
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Ifo Institute
Dresden Branch
Einsteinstr. 3
01069 Dresden
Phone: +49(0)351/26476-18
Fax: +49(0)351/26476-20
Email: frei @ ifo.de (nur mit aktiviertem Javascript anklickbar)
Website: http://www.cesifo-group.de/frei-x
Main focus
Public Finance, Fiscal Competition.
Professional Experience
Academic Background
10/2012 - 10/2014 Dresden University of Technology, Studies in Economics, M.Sc.
10/2009 - 03/2010 Nicolaus Kopernikus University, Thorn, Studies in Economics
10/2007 - 06/2011 University of Erfurt, Studies in Economics and Law, B.A.
06/2007 Humpis-Schule Ravensburg, Abitur (equiv. A-Level)
Languages
German, English.
Professional Experience
since 2014
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student, Ifo Dresden
01/2014 - 10/2014 Student Assistant, Dresden University of Technology, Chair for Public
Economics
08/2012 - 09/2013 Student Assistant, Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Environment
and Climate
04/2012 - 06/2012 Intern, Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Environment and Climate
08/2011 - 02/2012 Intern, UmweltBank AG
05/2011 - 07/2011 Intern, Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG., Consulting and Privatisation
02/2010 - 03/2010 Intern, Praktikantin, Deutsche Bundesbank, Munich
05/2009 - 08/2009 Student Assistant, University of Erfurt, Chair of Public Economics
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Publications
Papers in academic volumes
Xenia Frei (with Felix Rösel), "Die Verteilung kommunaler Schulden in Deutschland", in: Martin Junkernheinrich, Stefan
Korioth, Thomas Lenk, Henrik Scheller, Matthias Woisin (Hrsg.): Verhandlungen zum Finanzausgleich, Jahrbuch für
Öffentliche Finanzen 1-2016, Schriften zur öffentlichen Verwaltung und öffentlichen Wirtschaft 233, Berliner
Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, 2016, 211-222
Articles in non-refereed journals
Xenia Frei (with Jan Kluge), "Die Wohnsitzauflage als kostspielige Integrationsbremse für Flüchtlinge", ifo Dresden berichtet
23 (06), 2016, 30-34
Xenia Frei, "Es weihnachtet unterschiedlich im europäischen Einzelhandel", ifo Dresden berichtet 22 (06), 2015, 47-50
Xenia Frei (with Felix Rösel), "Geballte Schuldenlast: Wie ungleich sind die kommunalen Schulden in Deutschland verteilt?",
ifo Dresden berichtet 22 (03), 2015, 03-12
Xenia Frei (with Alexander Eck and Felix Rösel), "Immer mehr Bedürftige: Die Entwicklung der Sozialhilfeausgaben
zwischen 2006 und 2013 ", ifo Dresden berichtet 22 (01), 2015, 21-32
Working Papers
Frei, Xenia (with J. Kowalewski), "Sektorale und regionale Betroffenheit durch den Klimawandel am Beispiel der
Metropolregion Hamburg", HWWI Research Paper 139, Hamburg, 2013
Projects
Current projects
Demographic Change, Urbanization, and the Costs of Public Services in Municipalities
Client: KfW Group • Project period: September 2016 – March 2017 • Department: Dresden Branch
Concluded projects
Calculating the Fiscal Effects of Reform Proposals by Schäuble and Scholz Considering the Fiscal Relations
between the Federal Government and the Laender
Client: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin • Project period: November 2014 - December 2014 • Department: Dresden Branch •
Evaluating the Effects of the Proposed Fiscal Equalization Scheme of the German State Prime Ministers
Client: Social Democratic Group in the Deutsche Bundestag • Project period: February 2016 – March 2016 • Department:
Dresden Branch
Work in Progress
Regional Aspects of Fiscal Competition
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Presentations
Xenia Frei, "The President and the Deficit" | Oct 21, 2016 | Presentation
Xenia Frei (Kowalewski J.), "Developing an index for the economic susceptibility to climate change: the example of the
Hamburg Metropolitan Region", European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2013.
Teaching
University of Erfurt, Tutorial in Economics, Bachelor, Summerterm 2009
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