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Public and Regional Economics

About us

Welcome to the chair for Public and Regional Economics

 

Professor
Dr. Thushyanthan Baskaran

 

Building GD, Room 03/343
Consultation on appointment

Address:
Chair of Public Finance and Economic Policy
Building GD, Floor 03, Room 347
Ruhr University Bochum
44780 Bochum

 

Tel: +49 (0)234 32 25336
Office Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9:00 am to 14:00 pm

 

E-mail: Sabrina.Ackermann@rub.de

New Bachelor Module "Seminar Political Economy"
Further information is available here: Information

Date for resit exam for the module "Grundlagen der Mikroökonomik" in summer semester 2023:
Further information is available here: Resit Exam

New Scholarship for economics students at Hertie School:
Further information is available here: Scholarship

 

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Advance Confirmation Bachelor Thesis
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Team

Alexander Sohl
Scientific assistant
Dr. Kim Leonie Kellermann
Post-Doc
Patrick Hufschmidt
Scientific assistant
Sabrina Ackermann
Employee in technology and administration
Prof. Dr. Thushyanthan Baskaran
Chair of the department
Dr. Bodo Knoll
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Teaching

Here you can find information regarding the courses offered by the chair for Public Finance and Economic Policy. For detailed course information choose a semester.

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Information about the courses in winter semester 2022

 

 

Please note the continuously updated information from the university and the Faculty of Economics.

 

Bachelor

 

Grundlagen der Mikroökonomie

  • Lecture: Wednesday, 12-14 p.m., Audimax; Thursday 12-14 p.m., Audimax.
    (Different content will be discussed in two lectures per week. Both lecture dates should be visited.)
  • Tutorial: Several exercises and tutorials are offered. The dates will be announced shortly before the start of the winter semester
  • Office Hours: Registration via Moodle
  • Moodle Course: https://moodle.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/course/view.php?id=47360

Seminar Finanzwissenschaft

  • Registration via Moodle from September 1st to October 10th
    (If a seminar place has been assigned, an additional registration in Flexnow is mandatory).
  • Block Seminar: Dates and rooms will be announced after assignment of seminar places.
  • Moodle Course: https://moodle.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/course/view.php?id=47358

Seminar Regional Economics

  • Registration via Moodle from September 1st to October 10th
    (If a seminar place has been assigned, an additional registration in Flexnow is mandatory).
  • Block Seminar: Dates and rooms will be announced after assignment of seminar places.

 

Master

 

Seminar Public Choice

  • Registration via Moodle from September 1st to October 10th
    (If a seminar place has been assigned, an additional registration in Flexnow is mandatory).
  • Block Seminar: Dates and rooms will be announced after assignment of seminar places.
  • Moodle Course: https://moodle.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/course/view.php?id=47404

 

A binding and valid exam registration (regardless of any additional selection procedure at the examining chair) must always be made via FlexNow within the published registration period. If there is no registration in FlexNow, there is no entitlement to an examination and no performance can be booked. The deadlines (separate for bachelor and master examinations) are published on the website http://www.wiwi.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pruefungsamt/termine/sose.html.de from the beginning of the semester. Changes and updates will also be posted on this page.

General information for seminar papers

 

 

On this website you can find some vitally important information for the preparation of your seminar papers as well as your Master thesis. We strongly advise you to read them carefully and respect the contained information while writing your paper.

Submission: The completed master/bachelor thesis has to be handed in twice as hard copy as well as electronically (CD, DVD) at the examination office.
The date of delivery has to go on file. Mind to burn do-Files and data on CD/DVD as well.
Please take into account the examination regulation.

 

 

 

Teaching offers

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Seminar Political Economy
Block Seminar
2 contact hours
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Grundlagen der Mikroökonomik
Lecture and Tutorial
6 contact hours
WS
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Seminar Public Choice
Block Seminar
2 contact hours
irregular
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Seminar Regional Economics
Block Seminar
2 contact hours
irregular
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Seminar Finanzwissenschaft
Block Seminar
2 contact hours
irregular
The course starts with a brief introduction to the German tax system, in particular giving an overview of the types of tax, the scope of taxation and the structure of tax rates in Germany. Furthermore, possible normative criteria for a “good” design of tax systems (especially with regard to efficiency and fairness) are discussed. Against this background, questions of positive tax analysis (who bears the economic tax burden? How do individuals and companies react to taxation?). And questions of normative tax theory (how should a tax system be designed to keep the economic costs of taxation as low as possible?) are dealt with . The theoretical knowledge imparted in the course is supplemented by empirical evidence. The course consists of a lecture and an exercise part. Based on the tasks and examples discussed in the exercise, the lecture material should be repeated and deepened.
Introduction to Public Economics
Lecture and Tutorial
3 contact hours
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Publications

Cross-Border Effects of R&D Tax Incentives (2019), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3484384 (zusammen mit N. Riedel, T. Schwab, M. Todtenhaupt und J. Voget).

Patent Shifting and Anti-Tax Avoidance Legislations, in: CESifo DICE-Report, Bd. 17, Nr. 4 (2019), S. 25-29 (zusammen mit N. Riedel).

Der Minimalstaat. Zum Staatsverständnis von Robert Nozick, Baden-Baden 2018 (Hrsg.).

Cross-Border Effects of R&D Tax Incentives (2019), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3484384 (zusammen mit N. Riedel, T. Schwab, M. Todtenhaupt und J. Voget).

Patent Shifting and Anti-Tax Avoidance Legislations, in: CESifo DICE-Report, Bd. 17, Nr. 4 (2019), S. 25-29 (zusammen mit N. Riedel).

Der Minimalstaat. Zum Staatsverständnis von Robert Nozick, Baden-Baden 2018 (Hrsg.).

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Public and Regional Economics

Chair for Public Finance and Economic Policy
Building GD, Floor 03, Room 347
Ruhr University Bochum
44780 Bochum

Phone:

+49 (0)234 32 25336

Fax:

+49 (0)234 32 14311

E-Mail:

Sabrina.Ackermann@rub.de
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