Hauptspalte
Ph.D. Alexander Fink
Institute for Economic Policy
University of Leipzig
Grimmaische Straße 12
D-04109 Leipzig
Email: alexander.fink@uni-leipzig.de
Website: www.alexander-fink.com
Phone: +49 (0) 341-9733564
Fax: +49 (0) 341-9733569
Room: 242
Office hours: by appointment
Publications
Journal Articles
The Impact of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics: Mainline vs. Mainstream (with Peter J. Boettke and Daniel J. Smith). The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 71(5) 2012: 1219-1249. [Download]
Political Entrepreneurship and the Formation of Special Districts (with Richard E. Wagner). European Journal of Law and Economics, forthcoming. [Download]
Free Banking as an Evolving System: the Case of Switzerland Reconsidered. The Review of Austrian Economics, forthcoming. [Download]
The Effects of Party Campaign Spending under Proportional Representation: Evidence from Germany. European Journal of Political Economy, 28(4) 2012: 574-592. [Download]
The Hanseatic League and the Concept of Functional Overlapping Competing Jurisdictions. Kyklos, 65(2) 2012: 194-217. [Download]
Bandit Heroes: Mythical, Social, or Rational? (with Nicholas A. Curott). The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 72(2) 2012: 470-497.[Download]
Norms in Sports Contests: The Tour de France (with Daniel J. Smith). Journal of Sport Management, 26(1) 2012: 43-52. [Download]
Institutionalized Bailouts and Fiscal Policy: Consequences of Soft Budget Constraints (with Thomas Stratmann). Kyklos, 64(3) 2011: 366-395. [Download]
Under What Conditions May Social Contracts Arise? Evidence from the Hanseatic League. Constitutional Political Economy, 22(2) 2011: 173-190. [Download]
Comments and Shorter Papers
"Governance Without a State? Policies and Politics in areas of Limited Statehood meets Positive Political Economy of Anarchy: A Review Essay." The Review of Austrian Economics, forthcoming. [Download]
Institutions First (with Peter J. Boettke). Journal of Institutional Economics, 7(4): 499-504. [Download]
Book Chapters
Agent Type, Social Contract, and Constitutional Mythologies (with Peter J. Boettke). In: Alain Marciano (ed.) Constitutional Mythologies. New York: Springer, 2011: 25-37.
Working Papers
Fields of Interest
- Political Economy
- Institutional Economics
- Law and Economics
- Economic History
Curriculum Vitae
Current Position | |||||
Since 11/11 | Assistant Professor, Institute for Economic Policy, University of Leipzig | ||||
Past Employment | |||||
06/11 - 10/11 | Postdoc, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group, Jena, Germany | ||||
Education | |||||
05/11 | Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States | ||||
03/07 | M.A. in Economics, Universitiy of Hamburg Germany | ||||
Fall 2006 | Visiting Fellow, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States | ||||
Fall 2005 | Visiting Student, University Sorbonne-Panthéon Paris I, France | ||||
10/04 | M.A. in Business Administration, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||||
03/04 | Visiting Student, Claremont Graduate University, CA, United States | ||||
10/03 | Visiting Student, University of Lausanne, Switzerland | ||||
03/2001 | B.A. in Business Administration, March 2001, University of Lüneburg, Germany | ||||
Other Experience | |||||
01/11 - 05/11 | Teaching assistant with Dr. Thomas Stratmann, Econometrics I | ||||
08/09 - 05/10 | Research assistant with Dr. Richard Wagner, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States | ||||
08/08 - 05/09 | Research assistant with Dr. Peter Boettke, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States | ||||
05/08 - 06/08 | Teaching assistant with Dr. Thomas Stratmann, “Intermediate | ||||
08/07 - 05/08 | Research assistant with Dr. Thomas Stratmann, George Mason | ||||
03/07 - 08/07 | Project collaborator with CatCap GmbH, Hamburg, Germany: | ||||
03/07 - 07/07 | Teaching assistant with Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Allgoewer, “Economic | ||||