Regina-Pacis-Weg 5 53113 Bonn Germany Tel. +49 (0)228 731890 E-Mail: kstaal@uni-bonn.de Ph.D. in Economics born March 17th, 1975 in Renkum, the Netherlands Dutch citizen married two children
Work Experience since 2011/10 Senior Lecturer (Akademischer Oberrat), University 2006 2011 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for International Economic Policy, Bonn, Germany, SFB/TR15 (Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 15), Subproject Prof. Dr. J. von Hagen 2004 2006 Postdoctoral fellow, Center for European Integration Studies, Bonn, Germany, SFB/TR15 (Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 15), Subproject Prof. Dr. J. von Hagen 1999 2004 Research fellow, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands 1998 1999 Product consultant, software company Baan, Barneveld, the Netherlands Education 1999 01/2005 Ph.D. in Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Dissertation title: Voting, Public Goods and Violence (supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Goyal - now: Cambridge University, Great Britain-) 1999 2001 M.Phil. in Economics, Tinbergen Institute, the Netherlands 1993 1998 M.Sc. in Econometrics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Research visits 12/2008, 07/2005, 11/2004 Research Unit Market Processes and Governance, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Germany 05/2007 Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands 10/2003 11/2003 Faculty of Economics, Essex University, Great Britain
Teaching experience 2014 2014 2014 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013 2013 2013 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012 2012 2011/12 2011/12 Dr. Klaas Staal Lecture Macroeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Macroeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Heavy Impact: North American Culture in a Globalized Economy (mit PD Dr. E. Schäfer-Wünsche), BA in English Studies, University Lecture Microeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Microeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Economics 1, BA in Political Science, University of Bonn, Germany Seminar Magic Space? Literary, Cultural, and Economic Perspectives on 'the Market' (with PD Dr. E. Schäfer-Wünsche), BA in English Lecture Microeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Political Economy and Public Economics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Heavy Impact: North American Culture in a Globalized Economy (mit PD Dr. E. Schäfer-Wünsche), BA in English Studies, University Lecture Macroeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Macroeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Research Colloquium in Economics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Literature, Culture, and Money (with Dr. E. Schäfer- Wünsche), BA in English Studies, University Seminar Family Fiction: Changing Accounts of Family in North American Cultural Narratives (mit PD Dr. E. Schäfer-Wünsche), BA in English Studies, University Lecture Microeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Microeconomics, MA in North American Studies, University Seminar Finance and Decisions, MA in North American Studies, University Research Colloquium in Economics, MA in North American Studies, University
2011/12 2011/12 2010/11 2008/09 2003/04 2002/03 2002/03 2001/02 2001/02 2000/01 2000/01 1999/2000 Seminar Poverty in America (with Dr. E.-S. Zehelein), BA in English Studies, University Seminar Black Power: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on African American Cultures (with Prof. Dr. S. Sielke), BA in English Studies, University Lecture Applied Public Economics, MSc in Economics, University of Bonn, Germany Seminar in Political Economics: Public Economics: Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal Competition (with Prof. Dr. J. von Hagen), BSc in Economics, University Lecture Statistics, MSc in Maritime Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Lecture Game Theory, BSc in Econometrics (with Prof. Dr. S. Goyal), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Lecture Statistics, MSc in Maritime Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Lecture Game Theory, BSc in Econometrics (with Prof. Dr. S. Goyal), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Lecture Statistics, MSc in Maritime Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Tutorial Game Theory, BSc in Econometrics (with Prof. Dr. S. Goyal), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Lecture Statistics, MSc in Maritime Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Tutorial Game Theory, BSc in Econometrics (with Prof. Dr. S. Goyal), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Supervision of BA, MA, MSc, PhD Theses Dr. Klaas Staal 08/2014 Iris Müller; Title: Chimerica The Chinese Currency Policy and its Impact on the U.S. Economy (Theory and Empirics) MA North American Studies 02/2014 Vera Sauermann; Title: WTO Dispute Cases between the USA and China Can the Stolper-Samuelson and the Ricardo-Viner Models be Applied to Real World Trade Issues? (Empirics) MA North American Studies 12/2013 Denis Lübke; Title: Athlete s funding and its impact on success A comparison between Canada and Germany (Empirics) MA North American Studies 11/2012 Franziska Thomas; Title: The American Ownership Policy and the Financial Crisis - Mortgages, Foreclosures and in the End Higher Divorce Rates? (Empirics) MA North American Studies 08/2012 Barbara Klein; Title: The Efficacy of the Government Intervention in the Market during the Financial Crisis - Evidence from he American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Empirics) MA North American Studies 09/2011 Robert Schmitz; Title: Verteilungskonfklikte und staatliche Organisationsprinzipien (Theory) MSc Economics 01/2011 Erhan Kar; Title: Konflikte, Verteidigungsausgaben und die Größe der Länder (Theory and Empirics) MSc Economics 01/2010 Sebastian Jelden; Title: Eine Analyse der Volatilität des Steueraufkommen in Deutschland (Empirics) MSc Economics 06/2009 Boris Schneider; Title: Die Trennung und der Zusammenschluss von Staaten (Theory and Empirics) BA Economics 01/2009 Christophe Darley; Title: Dezentralisierung der Arbeitsmarktpolitik (Theory) MSc Economics 09/2007 Janos Feidler; Title: Zentral oder dezentral? Über die Bereitstellung lokaler öffentlicher Güter bei externen effekten, Heterogenität und Assymetrie (Theory) MSc Economics 02/2007 Mani Hasan; Title: Fiscal Decentralization and Good Governance: A Cross-Country Analysis (Empirics) MSc Economics
Publications in refereed journals Dr. Klaas Staal 2013 Size, spillovers and soft budget constraints (with Ernesto Crivelli, IMF USA), International Tax and Public Finance 20, 338-356 2012 Centralization of public goods provision (with Janos Feidler, Germany), Economics of Governance 13, 73-93 2012 How organizational structure can reduce rent-seeking (with Johannes Münster, Cologne University, Germany), Public Choice 150, 579-594 2011 War with outsiders makes peace inside (with Johannes Münster), Conflict Management and Peace Science 28, 91-110 2010 Incentives for separation and incentives for public good provision, Public Choice 145, 531-546 2010 Nationalizations and efficiency (with Ernesto Crivelli), International Advances in Economic Research 16, 239-240 2008 Local public good provision, municipal consolidation, and national transfers (with Robert Dur, Rotterdam University, Netherlands), Regional Science and Urban Economics 38, 160-173 2004 The political economy of regionalism (with Sanjeev Goyal, University of Cambridge, UK), European Economic Review 48, 563-593 Book Chapters 2013 Was Osama bin Laden succesfull? An economic perspective on 9 11 and beyond, in: Beyond 9 11: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Twenty-First Century U.S. American Culture, Editors: C. Klöckner, S. Knewitz, and S. Sielke. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag Other publications 27-09-2013 Oplossing van de crisis ligt bij burger, Reformatorisch Dagblad 2005 Voting, public goods and violence, Dissertation, Thela Thesis Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2005 Borders in Europe, FM Corporate 1(2), 8-9 1999 Regionalism and Nationalism, Medium Econometrische Toepassingen 7(4), 4-6 Current research projects Nationalizations, bailouts and efficiency (with Ernesto Crivelli) submitted to Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services Soft budget constraints, public goods and debt (with Zarko Kalamov, TU Berlin Germany) Defense spending: Ratio or Logistics? On the coherence of Council votes (with Marco Fantini, EU Brussels) Country size and publicly provided goods
Grants and awards Dr. Klaas Staal 02/2012 Ranked second on the appointment list for a professorship in economics at the University of Hamburg 2004 2011 Collaborative Research Centre SFB TR15 funded by DFG, Project Prof. Dr. J. von Hagen, Germany 2007 The Stuart A. Bremer Award for the paper War with outsiders makes peace inside (with Johannes Münster) at the Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference in Amsterdam 2005 Nomination by the Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staatshuishoudkunde for the award for the best Dutch Ph.D. thesis in 2005-2006 2000 2003 Several travel grants of the Vereniging Trustfonds 2000, 2001 Two travel grants of the Econometric Society 1999 2004 Scholarship for academic expenses, tuition fees, and living expenses Reviewer activities European Economic Review International Economic Review Journal of Public Economics Ph.D. Thesis (University of New South Wales) IAES Best Undergraduate Paper Award Conflict Management and Peace Science Economic Modelling Economics of Government European Journal of Political Economics FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis Government and Policy Institute of Economic Studies Journal of Economics and Statistics Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics Journal of Public Economic Theory Journal of Urban Economics Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy Public Choice Public Finance Review Review of Economic Design Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Other activities 05/2014 Candidate (Nr. 24) for election to the European Parliament for the Dutch Christian Democrats 2013 Member of the council of the department of English, American and Celtic Studies 2010 Member of the editorial board Research in World Economy 2010 Organisation of the 6 th SFB/TR15 Conference for Young Researchers (with Oliver Gürtler and Thomas Giebe), Germany 2009 Organisation of the 5 th SFB/TR15 Conference for Young Researchers (with Oliver Gürtler and Thomas Giebe), Germany 2008 Organisation of the 4 th SFB/TR15 Conference for Young Researchers (with Oliver Gürtler and Thomas Giebe), Germany 2007 Organisation of the 3 rd SFB/TR15 Conference for Young Researchers (with Oliver Gürtler and Thomas Giebe), Germany 2001 2003 Member of the Ph.D. Council, Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam / Rotterdam, the Netherlands Memberships Econometric Society European Economic Association Verein für Socialpolitik International Institute of Public Finance Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik Deutscher Hochschulverband CDA (Dutch Christian Democratic Party)
Invited Talks 2014 Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany 2013 University of Cottbus, Germany 2013 Bard College Berlin, Germany 2012 University of Bayreuth, Germany 2011 University of Applied Sciences Rhein-Waal, Germany 2011 Forum 9 11 Ten Years After, Looking Ahead, University of Bonn, Germany 2010 Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany 2009 Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) in the Hague, the Netherlands 2005 Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Germany 2004 Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2004 Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn, Germany Presentations 2014 70 th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance in Lugano, Switzerland 2014 European Public Choice Society Meeting in Cambridge, England 2013 69 th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance in Taormina, Italy 2013 50 th Congress of the Public Choice Society in New Orleans, United States of America 2012 68 th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance in Dresden, Germany 2012 2 nd World Congress of the Public Choice Societies in Miami, United States of America 2011 Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2011 Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics Annual Meeting 2011 in Luzern, Switzerland 2011 European Public Choice Society Meeting in Rennes, France 2011 71 st International Atlantic Economic Conference in Athens, Greece 2010 Association of Public Economic Theory Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey 2010 Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics Annual Meeting 2010 in Fribourg, Switzerland 2010 European Public Choice Society Meeting in Izmir, Turkey
2009 68 th International Atlantic Economic Conference in Boston, United States of America 2009 24 th Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association in Barcelona, Spain 2009 64 th European Meeting of the Econometric Society in Barcelona, Spain 2009 65 th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance in Cape Town, South Africa 2009 European Public Choice Society Meeting in Athens, Greece 2009 MPI-MIP Workshop on The Provision of Public Goods in Zürich, Switzerland 2008 64 th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance in Maastricht, the Netherlands 2008 European Public Choice Society Meeting in Jena, Germany 2007 62 nd Congress of the International Institute of Economic of Public Finance in Warwick, Great Britain 2006 2009 Several presentations at SFB/TR15 conferences, Germany 2006 Association of Public Economic Theory Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam 2006 Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2006 21 st Annual Congress of the European Economic Association in Vienna, Austria 2006 61 st European Meeting of the Econometric Society in Vienna, Austria 2006 62 nd Congress of the International Institute of Economic of Public Finance in Paphos, Cyprus 2005 Netherlands Networks of Eonomists Research Day in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2005 61 st Congress of the International Institute of Economic of Public Finance, Jeju Island, Korea 2004 Association of Public Economic Theory Meeting in Peking, China 2004 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society in Melbourne, Australia 2004 2010 Several presentations at the University 2005 2006 Several presentations at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn, Germany 2003 18 th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association in Stockholm, Sweden 2003 58 th European Meeting of the Econometric Society in Stockholm, Sweden 2003 Association of Public Economic Theory Meeting in Durham, United States of America 2003 European Public Choice Society Meeting in Aarhus, Denmark
2002 European Public Choice Society Meeting in Belgirate, Italy 2001 16 th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association in Lausanne, Switzerland 2001 56 th European Meeting of the Econometric Society in Lausanne, Switzerland 2001 6 th Spring Meeting of Young Economists in Copenhagen, Denmark 2000 8 th World Congress Econometric Society in Seattle, United States of America 1999 2004 Several presentations at the Tinbergen Institute in Amsterdam / Rotterdam, the Netherlands 1999 2004 Several presentations at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Languages English German Dutch French Russian Fluent Fluent Native Basic Basic