CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE
May 2016
Harald Oberhofer
Department of Economics
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Welthandelsplatz 1
1020 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43/1/31336-4984
Fax: +43/1/31336-4984
E-Mail: [email protected]
www.wu.ac.at/ie/mitarbeiter/harald-oberhofer
Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Arsenal, Object 20
1030 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43/1/7982601-468
E-Mail: [email protected]
www.wifo.ac.at/harald oberhofer
Personal
Date and place of birth: April 26th, 1983 in St. Johann in Tyrol, Austria
Civil status: Married, one child
Nationality: Austrian
Current Positions
Professor of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU
Wien), Department of Economics, since March 2015
Senior Researcher at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Research Group Industrial Economics, Innovation and International Competition, since
March 2015
Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Salzburg, Department of
Economics and Social Sciences, since October 2014 (currently on leave)
Research Affiliations & Other Professional Positions
Member of the Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS), University
of Salzburg, since March 2010 (currently on leave)
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Past Positions & Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Salzburg, Department of
Economics and Social Sciences, October 2009 - September 2014
Research Affiliate at the National Research Center The Austrian Center for Labor
Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Austrian Science Funds (FWF),
November 2010 - November 2014
Short-Term Consultant to the World Bank: May 2014 - December 2014, April 2013
- June 2013, May 2012 - June 2012, May 2011 - November 2011
Short-Term Consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), December 2012 - June 2013 November 2011 - May 2012
External OeNB Project Assistant at the University of Innsbruck, Department of
Economics, December 2009 - December 2011
OeNB Project Assistant at the University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics,
February 2008 - September 2009
FWF Project Assistant at the University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance, November 2006 - February 2008
Tutor in Macroeconomics at the University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics, March 2005 - July 2006
Education
Habilitation in Economics (venia docendi), University of Salzburg, July 2014
PhD Program in Economics, University of Innsbruck, October 2006 - July 2009
(Graduation with distinction)
Master Studies in Political Science, University of Innsbruck, October 2002 - October 2008
Master Studies in Economics, University of Innsbruck, October 2002 - September
2006
Teaching
Vienna University of Economics and Business (since 2015)
Graduate level: Applied Microeconometrics: Program Evaluation, Econometrics,
Economic Policy
Undergraduate level: Advanced Microeconomics, Econometrics II
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University of Salzburg (2009 - 2015)
Graduate level: Economics of Small Firms and Entrepreneurship, European Economic Integration, Econometrics of Policy Evaluation, Research Seminar, Sports
Economics
Undergraduate level: Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics, Micro- and Macroeconomics
University of Innsbruck (2006 - 2009)
Undergraduate level: Introductory Economics, International Economics, Public
Economics
Research Interests
Applied Econometrics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, International Economics, Empirical Political Economy
Articles in Refereed Journals
A Note on Merger and Acquisition Evaluation (with Benjamin Furlan and Hannes
Winner), Industrial and Corporate Change, 25(3), 2016, 447-455.
Democratization and real exchange rates (with Benjamin Furlan, Martin Gächter
and Bob Krebs), Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 63(2), 2016, 216-242.
The Occurrence of Tax Amnesties: Theory and Evidence (with Ralph-C Bayer and
Hannes Winner), Journal of Public Economics, 125(1), 2015, 70-82
Performance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Services Trade: Evidence
from French Firms (with Iza Lejárraga), Small Business Economics, 45(3),
2015, 673-702
Firm Survival in Professional Sports: Evidence from the German Football League
(with Tassilo Philippovich and Hannes Winner), Journal of Sports Economics
16(1), 2015, 59-85
Two-Part Models for Fractional Responses Defined as Ratios of Integers (with
Michael Pfaffermayr), Econometrics 2(3), 2014, 123-144
Firm Growth and Productivity in Belarus: New Empirical Evidence from the Machine Building Industry (with Jesus Crespo Cuaresma and Gallina A. Vincelette),
Journal of Comparative Economics 42(3), 2014, 726-738
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Institutional Barriers and Job Creation in Central and Eastern Europe (with Jesus
Crespo Cuaresma and Gallina A. Vincelette), IZA Journal of European Labor
Studies 3(3), 2014, 1-29
Job Creation and the Intra-distribution Dynamics of the Firm Size Distribution (with Peter Huber and Michael Pfaffermayr), Industrial and Corporate
Change 23(1), 2014, 171-197
Firm Growth in Multinational Corporate Groups (with Michael Pfaffermayr), Empirical Economics 44(3), 2013, 1435-1453
Employment Effects of Acquisitions: Evidence from Acquired European Firms,
Review of Industrial Organization 42(3), 2013, 345-363
Fractional Response Models - A Replication Exercise of Papke and Wooldridge
(1996) (with Michael Pfaffermayr), Contemporary Economics 6(3), 2012, 5664
Firm Growth, European Industry Dynamics and Domestic Business Cycles, Scottish Journal of Political Economy 59(3), 2012, 316-337
The Wage Premium of Foreign Ownership: Evidence from European Mergers and
Acquisitions (with Matthias Stöckl and Hannes Winner), Economics: The OpenAccess, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 6, 2012, 2012-21
FDI versus Exports: Multiple Host Countries and Empirical Evidence (with Michael Pfaffermayr), The World Economy 35(3), 2012, 316-330
Oil and the Duration of Dictatorships (with Jesus Crespo Cuaresma and Paul A.
Raschky), Public Choice 148(3-4), 2011, 505-530
Distance Matters in Away Games: Evidence from the German Football League
(with Tassilo Philippovich and Hannes Winner), Journal of Economic Psychology 31(2), 2010, 200-211
Creative Disasters? Flooding Effects on Capital, Labour and Productivity Within
European Firms (with Andrea M. Leiter and Paul A. Raschky), Environmental
and Resource Economics 43(3), 2009, 333-350
Recent Working Papers
Who Creates Jobs? Econometric Modeling and Evidence for Austrian Firm Level Data (with Peter Huber and Michael Pfaffermayr), Department of Economics
Working Paper Series No. 205, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Policy Reports and Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Eine Analyse der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Österreichs im bilateralen Handel mit den
USA (TTIP) (with Andreas Reinstaller, Elisabeth Christen and Peter Reschenhofer), Study for the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna: Austrian Institute of
Economic Research (WIFO) Monographs, March 2016
Die Bedeutung von unternehmensbezogenen Individualdaten für die empirische
Wirtschaftsforschung und wirtschaftspolitische Beratung (with Martin Falk and
Werner Hölzl), WIFO-Monatsberichte 88(11), 2015 845-857
Handelseffekte der österreichischen EU-Integration (with Hannes Winner), FIW
Policy Brief, No. 28, Vienna: FIW, 2015
Evaluierung “go international” (with Elisabeth Christen et. al), Study for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Vienna: Austrian Institute of Economic Research, 2015
Die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der österreichischen Exportwirtschaft: Die Rolle der
KMUs, FIW Policy Brief, No. 25, Vienna: FIW, 2014
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Global Markets: A Differential Approach
for Services? (with Iza Lejárraga, Humberto López Rizzo, Susan Stone and Ben
Shepherd), OECD Trade Policy Papers, No. 165, Paris: OECD Publishing,
2014
Determinants of Job Creation in EU11: Evidence from Firm Level Data (with
Gallina A. Vincelette), in The World Bank, EU11 Regular Economic Report, Issue
27, Washington DC: The World Bank, 2013, 55-77
Drivers of Convergence in EU11 (with Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Karlis Smits and
Gallina A. Vincelette), in The World Bank, EU11 Regular Economic Report: Coping with External Headwinds, Issue 25, Washington DC: The World Bank, 2012,
53-78
Belarus Country Economic Memorandum: Economic Transformation for Growth
(with Gallina A. Vincelette et. al), Washington DC: The World Bank, 2012
Contributions to Books
TTIP and the Bilateral Trade Relationships between Austria and the US: Evidence
from a Product Space Augmented Gravity Model for Manufacturing Industries
(with Elisabeth Christen, Andreas Reinstaller, Peter Reschenhofer), in Ernest
Gnan and Ralf Kronberger (eds.), Schwerpunkt Außenwirtschaft 2015/2016: Produktivität im Dienstleistungssektor und Außenwirtschaft, Vienna: facultas, forthcoming
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When Helping the Small Hurts the Middle: Beer Excise Duties and Market Concentration (with Simon Loretz), in Iganzio Cabras, David Higgins and David Preece
(eds.), Beer, Brewing and Pubs: A Global perspective, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 97-119
Handelseffekte der EU-Integration Österreichs (with Hannes Winner), in Stefan
Griller, Arno Kahl, Benjamin Kneihs und Walter Obwexer (eds.), 20 Jahre EUMitgliedschaft Österreichs, Vienna: Verlag Österreich, 2015, 771-790
Fairness lohnt sich - Psychologische Facetten von Gerechtigkeit und ihr Beitrag zu
Kooperation und Widerstand in sozialen Interaktionen: Ein Kommentar, in Minas
Dimitriou and Gottfried Schweiger (eds.), Fairplay und Fairness, Wien: Springer,
2015, 51-58
Lohnentwicklung in einer globalisierten Welt (with Hannes Winner), in Walter
J. Pfeil and Clemens Sedmak (eds.), Arm trotz Erwerbsarbeit. Working Poor in
Österreich, Wien: ÖGB-Verlag, 2012, 25-35
Kehren neue Besen wirklich besser? Der Einfluss von Führungswechseln im Management auf den Unternehmenserfolg am Beispiel von Fußballvereinen (with Walter Scherrer and Hannes Winner), in Katharina Kaltenbrunner and Sabine Urnik
(eds.), Unternehmensführung: State of the art und Entwicklungsperspektiven, München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2012, 383-403
Lohn- und Beschäftigungseffekte von Europäischen Unternehmensfusionen (with
Michael Pfaffermayr), in Josef Nussbaumer, Gerald Pruckner, Rupert Sausgruber
and Hannes Winner (eds.), Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik im Diskurs, Festschrift
für Engelbert Theurl zum 60. Geburtstag, Wien et al.: Springer, 2011, 59-80
Monographs
Essays on the Economics of Multinational Enterprises, Innsbruck: 2009 (PhDthesis)
Presentations
International Conferences
Asociación Libre de Economı́a, Applied Economics Meetings: Alicante, Spain, June
2015; Granada, Spain, June 2013
Austrian Economic Association (NOeG), Annual Meetings: Vienna, Austria, May
2014;Innsbruck, Austria, May 2013; Graz, Austria, June 2011; Linz, Austria, May
2009; Vienna Austria, May 2008
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Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade, Annual Meeting, Barcelona,
Spain, October 2013
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Annual Meetings:
Stockholm, Sweden, September 2011; Istanbul, Turkey, September 2010; Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2009; Toulouse, France, September 2008; Valencia, Spain,
September 2007
European Economic Association, Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, August 2009
European Network on the Economics of the Firm, Annual Meeting, Bologna, Italy,
September 2012
European Trade Study Group, Annual Meetings: Warsaw, Poland, September 2008;
Athens, Greece, September 2007
FIW Research Conference International Economics: Vienna, Austria, April 2012;
Vienna, Austria, December 2010; Vienna, Austria, December 2007
German Economic Association (Verein fuer Socialpolitik), Annual Meeting, Graz,
Austria, September 2008
International Association for Applied Econometrics, Annual Conference, London,
United Kingdom, June 2014
International Conference on Economic Modeling (EcoMod2012), Annual Conference, Seville, Spain, July 2012
Jornadas de Economı́a Industrial, Valencia, Spain, September 2011
Spanish Economic Association, Annual Meetings: Malaga, Spain, December 2011;
Madrid, Spain, December 2010; Valencia, Spain, December 2009; Zaragoza, Spain,
December 2008
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, Annual Meeting, Lucerne, Switzerland,
June 2011
Invited Lectures, Seminars and Workshops
Research Seminar, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim,
Germany, May 2016
Internal Research Seminar in Economics, Vienna University for Economics and
Business, Vienna, Austria, December 2015
Research Seminar in Economics and Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, November 2015
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18th AW Lecture, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy,
Vienna, Austria, October 2015
Research Seminar in Economics and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, June 2015
Research Seminar WIFO-Intern, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO),
Vienna, Austria, April 2015
15th AW Lecture, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy,
Vienna, Austria, January 2015
Empirical Economics and Econometrics Seminar, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, December 2013
Research Seminar in Economics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, November 2013
3rd ISW-Workshop Empirical Economics, Austrian Institute of Economic Research,
Vienna, Austria, September 2013
Research Seminar in Economics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, June 2013
FIW-wiiw-Seminar in International Economics, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna, Austria, April 2013
Research Seminar in Economics, Vienna University for Economics and Business,
Vienna, Austria, April 2013
Workshop on Firm Growth and Innovation, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona,
Spain, June 2012
5th Workshop on Applied Industrial Organization, Austrian Institute of Economic
Research, Vienna, Austria, March 2012
Research Seminar in Economics and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, December 2011
Workshop on High-Growth Firms, Ratio Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2011
Research Seminar in Economics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, March
2011
Research Seminar in Economics and Social Sciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, November 2010
Workshop of the National Research Network: The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Salzburg, Austria, May, 2010
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Research Seminar in Economics, Vienna University for Economics and Business,
Vienna, Austria, March 2010
Research Seminar in Economics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, January 2010
Research Seminar WIFO-Extern, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna, Austria, November 2009
4th Workshop on Applied Industrial Organization, Austrian Institute of Economic
Research, Vienna, Austria, April 2009
4th FIW Workshop on Foreign Direct Investment - Determinants and Home Market
Effects, Vienna, Austria, March 2008
FWF-Research Seminar, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, October 2006
Grants & Awards
Research grant from the Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Grantnumber: 16736,
Propagation of Economic Shocks: Macro- and Microeconomic Evidence for the European Union, Vienna, 2016-2018 (EUR 179,000; Principal investigator; Project
Lead: Peter Egger)
Research grant from the Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Grantnumber: 14383,
Wage and Employment Effects of European Mergers and Acquisitions, Vienna,
2011-2014 (EUR 109,140; Project Lead)
Research grant from the Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Grantnumber: 12831,
The Economics of Multinational Enterprises: A Firm Level Approach, Vienna,
2008-2011 (EUR 84,000; Principal investigator; Project lead: Michael Pfaffermayr)
Klaus Liebscher Award of the Austrian National Bank, Vienna, 2012
Young Economist Award of the Austrian Economic Association, Graz, 2011
Award of Excellence of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research,
Vienna, 2009
Research Award of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce Tyrol (Wissenschaftspreis
der Wirtschaftskammer Tirol), Innsbruck, 2007
Merit sholarship, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, 2005
Membership
American Economic Association, Austrian Economic Association
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Editorial Positions
Contemporary Economics, Member of the Editorial Board, since May 2012
Empirica – Journal of European Economics, Special Issue “Challenges for Europe
2050” forthcoming, Guest Editor (with Michael Böheim)
Referee
Journals: Acta Oeconomica (2), Annals of Economics and Statistics, AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Canadian Journal of Economics (2), Comparative Economic Studies, Contemporary
Economics (3), Economics Bulletin, Economics E-Journal, Empirica (6), Empirical
Economics (3), European Journal of Political Research (2), Journal of Econometric
Methods, Journal of Sports Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Labour
Economics, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Public Choice (4), Regional
Studies, Review of Development Economics, Review of Industrial Organization,
Review of International Economics, Review of World Economics (4), Small Business Economics (5), World Economy
Conferences: Austrian Economic Association (NOeG): Annual Meeting 2016
(University of Economics, Bratislava); Annual Meeting 2014 (Vienna University
of Economics and Business); Annual Meeting 2013 (University of Innsbruck), FIW
Research Conference International Economics 2015, German Economic Association
(Verein für Socialpolitik) Annual Meeting 2012 (Göttingen)
Research Funds: Jubiliaeumsfonds of the Austrian National Bank (3), National
Science Centre of Poland (5)
Universities: University of Adelaide, University of Botswana, Vienna University
of Economics and Business
Other Institutions: Statistics Austria
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