DR. FLORIAN BUCK
OCTOBER 2015
Current Position
2015 (Oct.) - present Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen), Berlin
Consultant, Directorate-General I (Economic and Fiscal Policy Strategy;
International Economy and Finance; Division I A 1).
Academic Education
2015
Research Associate, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Chair in Economics and Public Finance (Hans-Werner Sinn).
2008 - 2014
Ph.D. in Economics (Dr. oec. publ.), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Thesis: “The Rents of Banking – A Public Choice Approach to Bank Regulation”.
Advisors: Hans-Werner Sinn (main) and Stephen H. Haber (Stanford University).
2013
Visiting Researcher (VSR), Stanford University, USA
Department of Political Science (Invitation by Stephen H. Haber).
2008
Master in Economics (Diplom), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Thesis: “The Welfare-Effects of Multi-Unionism in Germany”.
Research Visits
2015
University of California, San Diego, USA
Department of Economics (Invitation by Marc-Andreas Muendler & Jim Rauch).
2013
Princeton University, USA
Princeton Initiative: Macro, Money and Finance 2013 (Invitation by Markus
Brunnermeier & Yuliy Sannikov).
2011
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Visiting Student: Barcelona Banking Summer School (Xavier Freixas).
Relevant Work Experience
2009 - 2015
Center for Economic Studies (CES), Munich
Academic Coordinator.
2010 – 2012
European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) at CESifo
Research Assistant, CESifo GmbH, Munich.
2006 – 2008
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Student Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Accounting and Auditing.
2007 (Oct. - Nov.)
Central Organization of the Cooperative Banking Group in Germany (BVR)
Internship at the Economic Research Department, Berlin.
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Publications
2013
“The Regulator’s Trade-off: Banking Supervision vs. Minimum Capital” (joint with
Eva Schliephake), Journal of Banking and Finance 37, pp. 4584-98.
“Financial Regulation and the Grabbing Hand”, CESifo DICE Report 2013 (4),
pp. 3-13.
Books
2015
“The Rents of Banking – A Public Choice Approach to Bank Regulation”,
(Inaugural Dissertation 2014), ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung 59.
Conference Organization
2015
”Re-Thinking Sovereign Debt”
Co-Organizer of the CESifo Conference, Munich.
2013
”Quo Vadis Europe”
Co-Organizer of the CES conference at the 20th Munich Lectures in Economics.
2012
”The Banking Sector and the State”
Co-Organizer of the ifo/CESifo/Bundesbank Conference, Munich.
Invited Talks
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (2015); Deutsche Bundesbank (2012; 2014),
University of Mainz (Workshop in Financial Economics 2014); Oesterreichische Nationalbank
(Transatlantic Conference 2013), DIW Berlin (2012), ifo Institute (2012), Norges Bank (2012), Walter
Eucken Institut (Workshop: „Besteuerung in einer globalisierten Welt” 2010).
Conference Presentations
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
European Public Choice Society, Cambridge, UK; CESifo Venice Summer Institute,
Venice, Italy; European Economic Association, Toulouse, France; European Finance
Association, Lugano, Switzerland; International Institute of Public Finance, Lugano,
Switzerland; Verein für Socialpolitik, Hamburg, Germany.
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European Public Choice Society, Zurich, Switzerland ; Association for Public
Economic Theory, Lissabon, Portugal; European Economic Association,
Gothenburg, Sweden; Transatlantic Conference, Vienna, Austria; European
Association of Law and Economics, Warsaw, Poland.
INFINITI Conference on International Finance, Dublin, Ireland; Western Economic
Association, San Francisco, USA; International Institute of Public Finance, Dresden,
Germany; European Economic Association, Malaga, Spain; Verein für Socialpolitik,
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Göttingen; European Association of Law and Economics, Stockholm, Sweden .
European Public Choice Society, Rennes, France; Ruhr Graduate School,
Conference in Economics, Dortmund, Germany; Association for Public Economic
Theory, Bloomington, USA; European Association of Law and Economics, Hamburg,
Germany; German Association of Law and Economics, Bonn, Germany.
European Public Choice Society, Izmir, Turkey; Verein für Socialpolitik, Kiel,
Germany; European Association of Law and Economics, Paris, France.
European Public Choice Society, Athens, Greece; Association for Public Economic
Theory, Galway, Ireland; International Conference on Policy Modeling, Ottawa,
Canada; European Association of Law and Economics, Rome, Italy.
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Teaching Experience
Reading-Course: Banking Regulation (summer 2015), Honors-Seminar in Economics (summer 2015;
winter 2014), Seminar: The Green Paradox (summer 2015), Seminar: The Euro-Crisis (summer 2014),
Microeconomics (winter 2013, 2012, 2010), Public Finance and Public Policy (summer 2013), Taxation
and Taxation Policy (summer 2012, 2011), Issues of Regulation in the European Union (summer 2011),
Social Policy and Social Security Systems (summer 2010), The Influence of Interest Groups on Policy
Making (summer 2010), Fiscal Policy (winter 2009), Policy Responses on the International Financial
Crisis (winter 2009), Theory of Allocation (winter 2008), Cost Accounting (summer 2007, 2006 at
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin).
Referee Experience
Journal of Banking and Finance; International Tax and Public Finance (ITAX); Economics Bulletin;
CESifo Economic Studies.
Software Skills
LaTeX, MatLab, Stata, R.
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