Graduate School: “The Future of the European Social Model”
Humboldtallee 3
37073 Göttingen
Mobil: +49 (0)178/6898452
Tel.: 49 (0)551/ 392281
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?