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Chair of Public Economics

Chair of Public Economics

Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauernschuster

Chair holder

Stefan Bauernschuster is a Full Professor of Public Economics at the University of Passau, Research Professor at the Ifo Institute Munich, CESifo Research Fellow, and IZA Research Fellow.

Forschung

Research

We apply microeconometric methods to answer policy relevant questions in the areas of labor, family, environmental and health economics. We work with administrative data, survey data, data from experiments, and newly digitized historical data. 

Studium

Students

We teach on the role of the state in a market economy, interventions in the event of market failures, and the effects of taxes. A further focus is on the empirical evaluation of political measures in the areas of population, education, health and the environment.

Inspection of decentralized exams

Registration for inspecting our decentralized exams is possible from 23. April – 5. May 2025. Within this period, please write an email to bianca.bittner@uni-passau.de with the following information: the exam(s) in question, your name, your matriculation number. Registrations without the matriculation number will not be processed.

The inspection will take place from 12. May 2025. You will receive an appointment by email.

Teaching Evaluations

Thank you very much for participating in the teaching evaluations of the winter semester 2024/25. We are happy about the very good results for our courses.

  • Marktversagen und WirtschaftspolitikLecture
  • Behavioral Public Economics: Lecture
  • Advanced Microeconomics: Lecture

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