Public Economics
Department of of Economics and
Social Sciences
Research Catalogue
Brief Description of Professorship
„Public finance explores the fiscal tools of
the state and how they can best be used to
meet the goals of public policy. It is not surprising therefore to find different theories
of state to be associated with different approaches to public finance. How fiscal instruments function is a matter of economics, but
the purposes to which they are put depend
on the image of a ‚good society‘ and the
state’s role therein. Fiscal theory, therefore,
is not a matter of economics only; and that,
I will add, is its particular appeal.“ (Richard
A. Musgrave)
Research Scope
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Taxation of the family
Economics of crime (esp. corruption and tax evasion)
Defence economics (esp. economics of conflict)
Economics of higher education
Happiness economics
We focus on a modern approach to the field
that is based on solid microeconomic theory and empirical work, but also embraces
institutional factors and interdisciplinary
links (especially in the areas of conflict economics and happiness research).
Research Projects
Additional Services
• Conflict dynamics
Transdisciplinary project (with historians,
psychologists, political theorists) to document and to explain patterns in conflicts
that are independent of the object of conflict.
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Lecturing and consulting in the fields of
change management and leadership
Consulting services for HEIs
• Taxation of families
An exercise in rational taxation theory that
embraces a holistic view of the tax instruments (child benefits, property taxes, estate
and inheritance taxes, income tax rebates)
typically used while explicitly modelling decision-making processes in the household.
• Happiness economics
A critique of the Easterlin paradox and a
second look at some standard results in the
literature.
Institutional economics of higher
education
CONTACT
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Beckmann
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+49 40 6541- 2844
+49 40 6541- 2253
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The research conditions are exemplary and
reflect the high technical standard of the laboratories and the excellent libraries.
The university‘s central concern is the advancement of prospective scientists. Helmut Schmidt University (HSU) has been
granted the right to award doctoral and
post-doctoral degrees. In the field of research, Helmut Schmidt University closely
cooperates with other universities, nonuniversity research institutes and industry
in Hamburg and the metropolitan region: It
is part of the Hamburg aviation cluster, one
of the first leading-edge clusters honoured
by the German Federal Ministry of Education
and Research and sponsored with funds totalling 80 million euros. It is a partner in the
“Biocatalysis 2021” research cluster, within
which biotechnological methods for industrial production methods – the so-called
“white biotechnology” – are being developed.
Helmut Schmidt University cooperates with
the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (Centre
for Materials and Coastal Research) in materials research, a field in which both institutes are global leaders in their respective
domains. Together with Hamburg University,
Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology,
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
and Hamburg HafenCity University, a “Renewable Energy” research association has
been established, one of the focal points
of research at Helmut Schmidt University.
Other focal points are mobility and logistics,
medical and biotechnology, transformation,
knowledge and technology management,
globalization and markets, or conflict dynamics.
In 2012, over 12 million euros from thirdparty resources were spent on research. Almost half the amount came from industry.
Department of Economics and Social Sciences
The Department of Economics and Social
Sciences is the largest department at Helmut Schmidt University when judged by
both the number of students and the
number of lecturers. The department currently has 39 university professors, over 70
research assistants and almost 1,000 students. The department is divided into the
subject-based groups, the subjects being
business administration, economics, social
sciences, law, public administration, mathematics and statistics.
It can thus cover the entire range of disciplines of relevance in economics.
The Department of Economics and Social
Sciences offers BSc and MSc courses in
business administration and economics as
well as BA and MA courses in political science. The department also participates in
the industrial engineering course together
with the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.