Projects 2011
In the second funding period 2011 the following eight projects will be funded within the SEEK research programme:
Project 1: Fostering Competitiveness of the European Car Industry
Research Team:
- Dr. Nina Leheyda, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Industrial Economics and International Management
- Prof. Frank Verboven, PhD, Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics
- Laura Grigolon, Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics
Project 2: Estimating the Macroeconomic Elasticity of Substitution Between Clean and Dirty Production
Research Team:
- Dr. Marianne Saam, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Research Group Information and Communication Technologies
- Chris Papageorgiou, PhD, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Project 3: The Division of Tasks, Offshoring and the Competitiveness of Europe’s Knowledge Economy
Research Team:
- Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Research Group Information and Communication Technologies
- Jan Hogrefe, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Research Group Growth and Business Cycles
- Dr. Marianne Saam, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Research Group Information and Communication Technologies
- Bas ter Weel, PhD, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Department of Labour Market and Welfare State and Maastricht University, Department of Economics
- Prof. Dr. Lex Borghans, Maastricht University, Department of Economics and Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA)
- Semih Akçomak, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Department of International Economics and Maastricht University, Network Social Innovation (NSI)
Project 4: The Effect of (Relative) Wages and Human Capital on Fertility Choices: Lessons From East Germany’s Fertility Decline After Unification
Research Team:
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Melanie Arntz, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
- Jun.-Prof. Christina Gathmann, PhD, University of Mannheim, Public Finance and Economic Policy Group and Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
- Prof. Martha Bailey, PhD, University of Michigan, Department of Economics
Project 5: Incentives and Creativity – Enhancing Innovation in Europe’s Knowledge Economies
Research Team:
- Dr. Susanne Neckermann, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
- Christiane Bradler, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Bruno S. Frey, University of Zurich, Department of Economics and CREMA – Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts
- Prof. Michael Gibbs, PhD, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Department of Economics
Project 6: Diffusion of Climate-Friendly Technologies – The Role of Intellectual Property Rights, Human Capital and Environmental Policy
Research Team:
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management
- Sebastian Voigt, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management
- Valentina Bosetti, PhD, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
- Enrica De Cian, PhD, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
- Elena Verdolini, PhD, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Project 7: How Philanthropy Affects Corporate Competitiveness in Europe
Research Team:
- Sarah Borgloh, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
- Manuel Halter, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
- Dr. Diana Heger, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Industrial Economics and International Management
- Associate Prof. Dr. René Bekkers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Philanthropic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Dr. Dick de Gilder, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Organization Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Prof. Dr. Theo Schuyt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Philanthropic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Project 8: Private Funding of Higher Education – Human Capital as an Asset Class
Research Team:
- Dr. Grit Mühler, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
- Dr. Peter Westerheide, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of International Finance and Financial Management
- Tim-Alexander Kröncke, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of International Finance and Financial Management
- Dr. Michael Schröder, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of International Finance and Financial Management
- Dr. Maresa Sprietsma, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Department of Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
- Prof. Dr. Hessel Oosterbeek, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Economics
- Assistant Prof. Miguel Palacios, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management