Roland Kirstein

Roland Kirstein ( born August 10, 1965 in Bremen; Birth Name: Schroeder ) is a German economist and professor of business administration at the Otto -von- Guericke- University Magdeburg.

Life

Roland Kirstein graduated after high school in Bremen training as an industrial clerk. He studied law and economics at the University of the Saarland with completion Economics - diploma in 1994. His dissertation in 1998 Dieter Schmidtchen in Saarbrücken addressed the issue of " Imperfect Courts and contract compliance. An economic theory of judicial decisions. " This work was in 2000 awarded the " Eduard- Martin Award" of the Association of Friends of the University of Saarland.

The cumulative habilitation in 2004 included contributions to banking regulation, environmental economics and constitutional economics as well as to " strategic insurance ". Since October 2006, Roland Kirstein took the economics professor " Business Economics" at the Otto -von- Guericke- University Magdeburg. In August 2007 he was appointed professor of "Economics of Business and Law". In October 2012, he was elected Chairman of the Association of Law and Economics.

In 2002, Roland Kirstein, at the invitation of Prof. Bob Cooter the University of California, Berkeley Law School and at the invitation of Prof. Ted Bergstrom the Economics Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara, to do research on asymmetric information in consumer goods markets. In the years 2003 and 2005 he attended as a visiting professor to the University of California, Santa Barbara and held courses on "Law and Economics" ( Economic Analysis of Law ).

Roland Kirstein is married and has two sons. He is a fan and a sustaining member of the Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen.

Research priorities

  • Law and Economics
  • Game theory, negotiation theory
  • Collective decisions ( "social selection " ) in organizations
  • Copyright
  • Regulation of banking and insurance, Islamic Finance

Appointments and Awards

  • In August 2010, appointed to the Chair of Economics Institutional Economics at the Philipps- University Marburg, rejected in February 2011.
  • Appointed Professor " Business Economics" at the Otto -von- Guericke University Magdeburg ( April 2007).
  • Spokesman for the research area "Decision and Institutions - Economic Analysis of Law ", Otto -von- Guericke- University Magdeburg.
  • Member of the Economic Policy Committee and the working group competition at the Association for Social Policy.
  • Editor of the New Economic Papers on the topics " Collective Decision-Making " and " Intellectual Property Rights ".
  • Member of the editorial board of the journals "The Reviews of Law and Economics " and " Banks and Bank Systems"
  • Member of the Selection Committee of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
  • Member of the Steering Committee (2001-2005) and of the Advisory Board of the European Association of Law and Economics.
  • President of the Society of Law and Economics eV / German Law and Economics Association ( Glea )
  • Eduard Martin Prize of the University of the Saarland for the dissertation.
  • Member of the Center for the Study of Law and Economics at the University of Saarland.

Memberships in scientific associations

  • American Economic Association (AEA), the Royal Economic Society ( RES), Association for Social Policy ( VfS ).
  • American Law and Economics Association ( ALEA ), Canadian Law and Economic Association ( CLEA ), Greek Association of Law and Economics ( GALE )
  • Advisory Board of the European Association of Law and Economics ( EALE ).
  • President of the Society of Law and Economics
  • Association of University Teachers Association for Business Research (VHB ), Schmalenbach Association for Business Economics, German Economic Association of Business Administration ( GEABA ).

Publications (selection )

  • . Haucap, J / Kirstein, R. ( 2003): Government Incentives When Pollution Permits are Durable Goods. In: Public Choice 115, 163-183.
  • . Kirstein, A / Kirstein, R. ( 2009): Collective Wage Agreements on Fixed Wages and Piece Council june Cartelize Product Markets. In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE 165 ( 2), 250-259.
  • . Kirstein, A / Kirstein, R. ( 2009): Iterative Reasoning in to Experimental " Lemons " Market. Homo economicus 26 ( 2), 179-213.
  • Kirstein, R. ( 2002): The New Basle Accord, Internal Ratings, and the Incentives of Banks. In: International Review of Law and Economics IRLE 21 ( 4), 393-412.
  • Kirstein, R. ( 2000): Risk - Neutrality and Strategic Insurance. In: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance. Issues and Practice 25 ( 2), 262-272.
  • Kirstein, R / Cooter, R. ( 2007): . Sharing and Anti- Sharing in Teams. In: Economics Letters 96 (3), 351-356.
  • . Kirstein, R / Rickman, N. ( 2004): " Third Party Contingency Contracts" in Settlement and Litigation. In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE 160 ( 4), 555-575.
  • . Kirstein, R / Schmidtchen, D. ( 1997): Judicial Detection Skill and Contractual Compliance. In: International Review of Law and Economics IRLE 17 ( 4), 509-520.
  • . Kirstein, R / Voigt, S. ( 2006): The Violent and the Weak. When Dictators Care about Social Contracts. In: American Journal of Economics and Sociology AJES 65 ( 4), 863-889.
  • Kirstein, R. / Will, B. ( 2006): Efficient Compensation for Employees ' Inventions. In: European Journal of Law and Economics EJLE 21 ( 1), 129-148.
  • Will, B / Kirstein, R. ( 2004).; Efficient compensation of employees' inventions. An economic analysis of a German law reform. In: Journal of Business ZfB, Supplement 4/2004, 25-49.

Expert opinions

  • American Economic Review, B.E. Journals in Theoretical Economics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Law and Economics, German Economic Review, homo economicus, Industrial Relations, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Review of Law and Economics, Journal of Cultural Economics, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Metroeconomica, Political Studies, Schmalenbach Business Review, Theory and Decision.
  • Cusanuswerk, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD ), Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the German National Academic Foundation.
  • Routledge Economics Books.
  • Association for Social Policy, 2006 Annual Meetings, 2007.
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