Die Zukunft des Europäischen Sozialmodells

Graduate School: “The Future of the European Social Model”
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37073 Göttingen
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Personal dates

Name: Peter Schwarz
Born: Speyer
Date of birth: 31.12. 1977

Education

  • Since 10/03 PhD-candidate at the Graduate School “Die Zukunft des Europäischen Sozialmodells” (“The Future of the European Social Model”).
    PhD-Thesis: “Tax Competition between Highly Developed Countries with Special Emphasis on Germany”.
  • 09/03 Diplom-Volkswirt (equivalent M. A. Economics)
  • 05/03 M. A. Political Science
  • 02/03- 06/03 Diploma thesis in Economics:
    Political Instability and Risk-Premia in Developing Countries.
  • 07/02- 01/03 Magister thesis in Political Science:
    The Impact of Interest Groups on Government Growth. A Time- series Analysis.
  • 09/00- 12/00 Exchange term at the University of Glasgow (Economics)
    Courses: International Economics; Financial Economics
  • 08/00 Intermediate examination in Economics
  • 04/00 Student in Economics
  • 08/99 Intermediate examination in Political Science
  • 04/98 Student at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. Major subject: Political Science;
    Minor subjects: Management Studies; Economics



Interests
Piano, Football, Music

Additional skills

  • Office XP
  • Windows 98/2000
  • SPSS
  • Stata
  • German (native language)
  • English
  • Greek
  • Spain



Teaching Experience

  • ST 2005 Game Theory: An Introduction. (Undergraduates; Political Science)



Fellowships

  • 09/00-12/00 DAAD: Erasmus Grant (University Glasgow)
    • 10/03-09/06 DFG (German Research Foundation): Dissertation Fellow



Conferences

  • 04/05 European Public Choice Society; Paper presented:
    Deficits and Divided Governments: The Case of the German “Bundesrat”.
  • 06/05 Working Group “Decision and Game Theory” of the German Political Science Foundation; Paper Presented:
    Wie bedeutend sind relative Präferenzen für das subjektive Wohlbefinden?(How Important Are Relative Preferences for Subjective Well-Being?)
  • 12/05 Working Group “Politics and Economics” of the German Political Science Foundation; Paper presented:Why Do Some Countries Exchange Information on Interest Income and Others Not?