Dr. Nadja Dwenger

Dr. Nadja Dwenger
(Last Update: April 14, 2015)
Personal Data:
Name:
Dr. Nadja Dwenger
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Marstallplatz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Birth:
January 14, 1981
Current Research Interests:
Empirical Public Economics and Applied Microeconometrics, in particular in the areas of
Tax Compliance and Tax Enforcement
Corporate Taxation and
Economics of Education
Professional Experience:
Since 06/2015
Visiting professor of Economics and Head of the research group
Public Economics (Lehrstuhlvertretung) at University of Hohenheim
Since 02/2010
Senior researcher at Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public
Finance, Department of Public Economics (Prof. Kai A. Konrad)
05/2011
Offer as an assistant professor, Free University Berlin (declined)
12/2006 – 12/2009
Researcher at German Institute for Economic Research Berlin
(DIW Berlin), Department of Public Economics (Prof. Viktor Steiner)
10/2005 – 03/2006
Researcher at Technical University Berlin,
Institute of Microeconomics (Prof. Dorothea Kübler)
Research Visits:
01/2015 – 05/2015
Harvard University (sponsor: Prof. Raj Chetty)
11/2014 – 12/2014
University of California, Berkeley (sponsor: Prof. Alan J. Auerbach)
04/2014 – 05/2014
University of Bergen (sponsor: Prof. Bertil Tungodden)
08/2012 – 12/2012
University of California, Berkeley (sponsor: Prof. Alan J. Auerbach)
Academic Education:
2006 to February 2010
Ph.D. in Economics, Free University Berlin
Title of the thesis: Corporate income taxation and firms’ investment
and financing decisions, grade: summa cum laude
2000 to 2005
Dr. Nadja Dwenger
Studies in Business Management at University of Tübingen
(Germany) and at IECS Grande École de Commerce Strasbourg
(France)
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Grants and Honors:
2014
Schmölders Prize, Verein für Socialpolitik (€ 3.000)
2014
Research grant, Research Council of Norway (€ 3 700)
2014
Research grant, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (€ 1.800)
2013
Best paper award, Society of Friends of DIW Berlin (€ 2 500)
2013
Research Fellow, Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Foundation (€ 20 000)
2013
Research grant, Robert Bosch Foundation (€ 2 400)
2013
Research grant, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (€ 1 800)
2012
Research grant, Fritz Thyssen Foundation (€ 7 000)
2006 to 2009
Doctoral scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2008
Travel grant, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (€ 500)
2007
Travel grant, Society for Economics and Management at Humboldt
University Berlin, Friends of Technical University Berlin, and Berlin
Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (€ 1 500)
2006
Werner-Diez-Preis for outstanding academic performance
(best Franco-German degree), University of Tübingen (€ 500)
2001 to 2005
Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Teaching:
Ph.D.
Empirical Public Economics (lecture and tutorial), 2012,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Evaluation of the course by participants: outstanding
Master
Empirical Public Economics (tutorial), 2009/10,
Freie Universität Berlin
Introduction to Microeconometrics (tutorial), 2008/09,
Freie Universität Berlin
Bachelor
Economics of Public Policy (lecture), 2011,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Methods of Empirical Economic Research (tutorial), 2007/08,
Freie Universität Berlin
Workshops Hosted:
2013
Tax Compliance in Field and Laboratory Experiments
2012
Empirical Methods in Public Finance
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Professional Activities:
Since 2013
Since 2010
Government Service
Scientific expert in the committee on „Best Practices in Tax
Collection“ held by the European Commission
Member in the committee „Public Economics“ of the German Federal
Ministry of Finance
Referee for Journals
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Economics of
Education Review, Economics of Governance, European Economic
Review, Finanzarchiv, Fiscal Studies, International Tax and Public
Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of
Economic Geography, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of
Public Economics, Labour Economics, National Tax Journal, Review
of Economic Studies, World Tax Journal, Zeitschrift für Soziologie.
2014
Since 2010
Since 2014
Since 2014
Referee for Scientific Organizations
Member of the Scientific Committee, 70th Annual Meeting of the
International Institute for Public Finance (IIPF) in Lugano
Member of the Selection Committee of the Studienstiftung des
deutschen Volkes
Other Academic Services
Post-Doctoral Mentor in the Ph.D. program “Evidence-Based
Economics“
Elected Member of the Scientific Council of the Max Planck Society
Professional Networks and Memberships
Professional Networks
CESifo, Research Affiliate
SFB Transregio 15 Gesy
Berlin Network of Labor Market Research
Memberships
Verein für Socialpolitik
American Economic Association
National Tax Association
International Institute for Public Finance
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Conferences (Selection):
2014: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in Cambridge (USA)
Arqus, Anniversary Meeting in Bayreuth (Germany)
Credible Identification and Structural Modeling, Ohlstadt (Germany)
Verein für Socialpolitik, Meeting of the Standing Field Committee Public Economics in
Bremen (Germany)
Collaborative Research Center Transregio 15, Meeting in Mannheim (Germany)
Taxation, Social Norms and Compliance, Meeting in Nuremberg (Germany)
American Economic Association, Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (USA)
2013: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in Cambridge (USA)
Verein für Socialpolitik, Annual Meeting in Düsseldorf (Germany)
International Institute for Public Finance, Annual Meeting in Taormina (Italy)
Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, Summer Symposium in Oxford (UK)
2012: American Economic Association, Annual Meeting in Chicago (USA)
National Tax Association, Annual Meeting in Providence (USA)
Royal Economic Society, Annual Meeting in Cambridge (UK)
2011: American Economic Association, Annual Meeting in Denver (USA)
Institut d’Économie Publique, Meeting in Marseille (France)
Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, Summer Symposium in Oxford (UK)
2010: International Institute for Public Finance, Annual Meeting in Uppsala (Sweden)
Econometric Society, World Congress in Shanghai (China)
16th International Conference on Panel Data in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, Summer Symposium in Oxford (UK)
Verein für Socialpolitik, Economics of Education Group in Trier (Germany)
2009: Verein für Socialpolitik, Annual Meeting in Magdeburg (Germany)
European Economic Association, Annual Meeting in Barcelona (Spain)
Econometric Society, European Annual Meeting in Barcelona (Spain)
2008: 7th Workshop on Public Economics in Berlin (Germany)
Verein für Socialpolitik, Annual Meeting in Graz (Austria)
International Institute for Public Finance, Annual Meeting in Maastricht (Netherlands)
Invited Seminar Presentations (Selection):
2015: Harvard University
2014: University of California, Berkeley, University of Copenhagen, University of Bochum,
University of Bergen, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, VATT Finland
2013: University of Mannheim, ETH Zürich, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation,
Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), WHU Vallendar, European
Commission
2012: University of California, Berkeley, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg,
TU Dortmund University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2011: University of Mannheim
2010: Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim
2009: WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
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Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals:
Implementing quotas in university admissions: An experimental analysis (with S. Braun, D. Kübler,
and A. Westkamp), Games and Economic Behavior, 85, 232-251, 2014.
User cost elasticity of capital revisited, Economica, 81, 161-186, 2014.
Financial leverage and corporate taxation. Evidence from German corporate tax return data
(with V. Steiner), International Tax and Public Finance, 21(1), 1-28, 2014 (lead article).
Debt and Equity in Domestic and International Tax Law. A Comparative Policy Analysis
(with W. Schön and others), British Tax Review, 2, 146-217, 2014
Profit taxation and the elasticity of the corporate income tax base. Evidence from German corporate
tax return data (with V. Steiner), National Tax Journal, 65(1), 117-150, 2012.
Do tuition fees affect the mobility of university applicants? Evidence from a natural experiment
(with J. Storck and K. Wrohlich), Economics of Education Review, 31(1), 155-167, 2012.
Telling the truth may not pay off: An empirical study of centralized university admissions in Germany
(with S. Braun and D. Kübler), B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Advances tiers), 10(1),
Article 22, 2010.
Success in the university admission process in Germany: regional provenance matters?
(with S. Braun), Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational
Planning, 58(1), 71-80, 2009.
Die kurzfristigen Steuereffekte der 'Thesaurierungsbegünstigung' – eine mikrofundierte Analyse
(with M. Broer), Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, 4, 422-437, 2009.
Monograph:
Corporate income taxation and firms’ investment and financing decisions, Freie Universität Berlin,
Ph.D. thesis, http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/diss/receive/ FUDISS_thesis_000000016178?lang=en
Discussions Papers (only unpublished manuscripts):
Extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for tax compliance: Evidence from a field experiment in Germany
(with H. Kleven, I. Rasul, and J. Rincke), mimeo.
Do taxes crowd out intrinsic motivation? Field-experimental evidence from Germany (with P. Boyer
and J. Rincke), 2014, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Working Paper No. 201423.
Flipping a coin. Theory and evidence (formerly: Preference for randomization: Empirical and
experimental evidence) (with D. Kübler and G. Weizsäcker), 2012, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law
and Public Finance, Working Paper No. 2012-14.
Sharing the burden: Empirical evidence on corporate tax incidence (with P. Rattenhuber and
V. Steiner), 2011, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance Working Paper No. 2011-14.
Tax losses and firm investment: Evidence from tax statistics (with F. Walch), mimeo.
From financial to real economic crisis. Evidence from individual firm-bank relationships in Germany
(with F. Fossen and M. Simmler), mimeo.
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In Collected Volumes:
Die Besteuerung von Fremd- und Eigenkapital aus ökonomischer Sicht (with Johannes Becker), in:
Eigenkapital und Fremdkapital. Steuerrecht, Gesellschaftsrecht, Rechtsvergleich, Rechtspolitik,
Hrsg.: Wolfgang Schön, Springer Verlag, 2013, 101-124.
Keyword „Geschäftsberichte, Prüfung von“ (with Barbara Echinger), in: Vahlens Großes Auditing
Lexikon, Hrsg.: Carl-Christian Freidank, Laurenz Lachnit, Jörg Tesch, Verlag C.H. Beck / Vahlen,
2007, 533-534.
Policy Reports (in German):
Chancen auf einen Studienplatz: Regionale Herkunft erheblich (with Sebastian Braun and Thomas
Oechsle), Kiel Policy Brief, 16, 2010.
Studiengebühren erhöhen die Mobilität von Studienbewerbern kaum (with Johanna Storck and
Katharina Wrohlich), Wochenbericht, 76(43), 744-747, 2009.
Sollen Studienplätze zentral vergeben werden? Fünf Fragen an Nadja Dwenger (gestellt von Erich
Wittenberg) Wochenbericht, 75(16), 199, 2008.
Studienplatzvergabe: die cleversten Bewerber kommen zum Zug (with Sebastian Braun and Dorothea
Kübler), Wochenbericht, 75(16), 198-202, 2008.
Unternehmensteuerreform 2008: Selbstfinanzierungseffekte von knapp 3 Milliarden Euro
Viktor Steiner), Wochenbericht, 75(47), 745-748, 2008.
(with
Aufkommens- und Verteilungseffekte der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008: eine Analyse mit dem
Unternehmensteuer-Mikrosimulationsmodell BizTax (with Stefan Bach, Hermann Buslei and Frank
Fossen), Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research,
76(2), 74-85, 2007.
Unternehmensteuerreform 2008: positives Signal auf Kosten der Steuersystematik (with Stefan Bach
and Hermann Buslei), Wochenbericht, 74(18), 293-301, 2007.
Verbesserung der steuerstatistischen Informationssysteme zur Folgenabschätzung und Evaluierung
steuerpolitischer Maßnahmen im Bereich der Unternehmensbesteuerung: Studie im Auftrag des
Bundesministeriums der Finanzen (with Stefan Bach, Hermann Buslei, Frank Fossen and Viktor
Steiner), 2008, DIW Politikberatung kompakt, Nr. 43.
Dokumentation des Mikrosimulationsmodells BizTax zur Unternehmensbesteuerung in Deutschland
(with Stefan Bach, Hermann Buslei and Frank Fossen), 2008, DIW Data Documentation, Nr. 29.
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