Nationality German Name Wolfgang Franz Education University of Mannheim | Influenced by Heinz Konig Influences Heinz Konig Notable students Reinhard Selten | |
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Born January 7, 1944 (age 80) ( 1944-01-07 ) Nassau an der Lahn, Germany Books Youth Unemployment in the Federal Republic of Germany: Theory, Empirical Results, and Policy Implications : an Economic Analysis Fields Labour economics, Macroeconomics Similar People Klaus F Zimmermann, Reinhard Selten, John Forbes Nash - Jr, John Harsanyi, Albert W Tucker | ||
Alma mater University of Mannheim Institution University of Mannheim | ||
Wolfgang Franz (born January 7, 1944) is a German economist. He is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim. Franz also is the chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts since March 2009.
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Franz studied economics at the University of Mannheim and received his doctoral degree in 1974, under supervision of Heinz König. He held positions at the University of Mainz, the University of Stuttgart, and the University of Konstanz, before returning to University of Mannheim in 1997.
His research interests include labor markets, macroeconomics and empirical analysis of economics.
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