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JOHANNES RINCKE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH
Last updated April 13, 2010
PERSONAL DATA
Date of birth
Family status
Citizenship
Home address
Postal address (office)
October 21, 1972
married, one child
German
Schulstr. 31, D-80634 Munich
University of Munich, Department of Economics,
Seminar for Economic Policy, Akademiestr. 1/II,
D-80799 Munich
Phone: ++49/89/2180-6753,
Email: [email protected]
CURRENT POSITIONS
Since 04/2006:
Assistant Professor, University of Munich, Department of Economics
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2009:
Visiting Research Fellow, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
2008:
Visiting Research Fellow, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh
2001-2006: Research Fellow, Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim
2003-2006: Lecturer, University of Mannheim
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Finance, Urban Economics, Political Economy, Law and Economics
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics (2006, Summa cum laude), University of Göttingen, Germany
Dissertation Title: Competition in the Public School Sector: Strategic Interaction and Policy
Innovation Among US School Districts
Supervisors: Robert Schwager (University of Göttingen, Germany) and Thiess Büttner
(University of Munich, Germany)
Diploma-Degree in Economics (2001, equiv. M.A. in Economics), Free University of Berlin,
Germany. Supervisor: Kai A. Konrad
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Johannes Rincke, Assistant Professor, University of Munich
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
Enforcement Spillovers (with C. Traxler), forthcoming in Review of Economics and Statistics.
A Commuting-Based Refinement of the Contiguity Matrix for Spatial Models, and an
Application to Local Police Expenditures, forthcoming in Regional Science and Urban
Economics.
Competition from Low-Wage Countries and the Decline of Corporate Tax Rates - Evidence
from European Integration (with M. Overesch), World Economy 32, 2009, 1348-1364.
Politicians' Outside Earnings and Electoral Competition (with J. Becker and A. Peichl), Public
Choice 140, 2009, 379-394.
The Impact of Ballot Access Restrictions on Electoral Competition: Evidence from a Natural
Experiment (with M. Drometer), Public Choice 138, 2009, 461-474.
Yardstick Competition and Public Sector Innovation, International Tax and Public Finance
16(3), 2009, 337-361.
Policy Diffusion in Space and Time: The Case of Charter Schools in California School
Districts, Regional Science and Urban Economics 37, 2007, 526-541.
Labor Market Effects of Economic Integration - The Impact of Re-Unification in German
Border Regions, (with Thiess Büttner), German Economic Review 8(4), 2007, 536-560.
Competition in the Public School Sector: Evidence on Strategic Interaction Among US
School Districts, Journal of Urban Economics 59 (3), 2006, 352-369.
Policy Innovation in Local Jurisdictions: Testing for Neighborhood Influence in School
Choice Policies, Public Choice 129, 2006, 189-200.
Papers in German
Hochschulranglisten als Qualitätsindikatoren im Wettbewerb der Hochschulen (mit T. Büttner
und M. Kraus). Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 72, 2003, 252–270.
Wer trägt bei der Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik vor? Eine empirische Analyse
(mit A. Haufler), Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 10(2), 2009, 123–145.
Recent Working Papers
Rate Cutting Tax Reforms and Corporate Tax Competition in Europe (with M. Overesch and
F. Heinemann), ZEW Discussion Paper 08-028, 2008, revise and resubmit.
What Drives Corporate Tax Rates Down? A Reassessment of Globalization, Tax
Competition, and Dynamic Adjustment to Shocks (with M. Overesch), CESifo Working Paper
No. 2535, 2009, revise and resubmit.
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The Design of Political Institutions: Electoral Competition and the Choice of Ballot Access
Restrictions in the United States (with M. Drometer), CESifo Working Paper No. 2406, 2008,
submitted.
Fiscal Competition over Taxes and Public Inputs: Theory and Evidence (with S. Hauptmeier
and F. Mittermaier), CESifo Working Paper No. 2499, 2008, submitted.
Do Countries Compensate Firms for International Wage Differentials (with F. Mittermaier),
Mimeo, June 2009, submitted.
REFEREEING
Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban
Economics, International Tax and Public Finance, Public Choice, German Economic Review,
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Peggy and Richard Musgrave Prize of the International Institute of Public Finance, 2006
Research Grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the period 09/2008-06/2009
MEMBERSHIPS
CESifo Network, International Institute of Public Finance, Royal Economic Society, German
Economic Association, Urban Economics Association
REFERENCES
Prof. Andreas Haufler
Department of Economics, University of Munich
Akademiestr. 1/II
D-80799 Munich
Phone: ++49/89/2180-3858
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Thiess Büttner
Department of Economics, University of Munich & Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Poschingerstr. 5
D-81679 München
Phone: ++49-89-9224 1319
E-Mail: [email protected]
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