I teach a variety of courses at the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, mostly aimed at students studying in the general B.Sc. in Business or the B.Sc. Sustainability in Business & Economics, and in the M.Sc. Taxation. At WU Vienna, I teach PhD courses in the interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation (DIBT).
Information for current students is available on my university homepage.
KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Bachelor Courses
Öffentliche Finanzen und Nachhaltige Wirtschaftspolitik (Public Finance and Sustainable Economic Policy)
A "standard" introductory public finance with a special focus on what the field can say about intergenerational conflicts.
Wissenschaftliche Schlüsselqualifikationen (Academic Key Qualifications)
A "flipped classroom" course that teaches the basics of scientific work, from finding and citing literature and other sources, to making good graphs and writing up and presenting research.
Ringvorlesung Nachhaltige Wirtschaft (Lecture Series Sustainable Economy)
A lecture series offering different perspectives on the interaction between sustainability and business & economics, from academics and practitioners. Open to everyone (more info here).
Political Institutions, the Economy, and Financial Markets
In this course, we introduce basic political economy concepts (median voter theorem, probabilistic voting, political agency models...) and study how political decisions affect financial markets and the economy more broadly.
Master Courses
Tax Policy
A course based on optimal tax theory and empirical work, accessible for students in our M.Sc. Taxation, who may have a background in business, economics or business law.
Tax Research
In this flipped classroom course, Reinald Koch and I provide a basic introduction to research methods used to study corporate taxes - with a focus on data-driven methods (simulations and quasi-experimental methods).
Multinationale Unternehmen und ihre Besteuerung (Multinational Firms and their Taxation)
A few firms — large multinationals — have an outsized influence on the economy. They are also very hard to tax. We cover theories of multinational firms and FDI, tariffs, profit shifting and countermeasures, and newer developments like Pillar II.
Seminar Current Issues in Tax Policy
A seminar on different current tax policy topics.
Steuerpolitik in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Eine Exkursion ins politische Berlin (Tax Policy: Excursion to Berlin)
We go to Berlin and talk to the people who make or influence tax policy - in ministries, in the Bundestag, and in lobby organizations.
PhD Courses
Theoretical and Empirical Modelling
A joint course of the Ingolstadt economics group, a big picture "how to" for different research methods.
Research Agenda Management
Also joint course of the Ingolstadt economics group, covering more the "soft skills" of being a PhD student.
WU Vienna
PhD Courses
Public Economics
A course aimed at PhD students in the Doctoral Program International Business Taxation (DIBT), who have a background in either economics, accounting or law.
Academic Writing
An intensive two-day course for economics and accounting PhD students, covering everything from publication strategy, finding a storyline, introduction "formulas" and some tips on writing style.
Slides: 1 (Academic Journals & Publication Process), 2 (Title Page), 3 (Abstracts), 4 (Writing a Paper), 5 (Introduction), 6 (Main Body), 7 (Conclusion, References and Appendices), 8 (Referee Reports)
Former Courses
Bachelor Courses
Decision Theory
Multinationale Unternehmen und ihre Besteuerung (Multinational Firms and their Taxation)
Political Economy
Seminars on various topics
Economic Policy (tutorial)
Master Courses
Public Economics (tutorial)
Corporate Tax Avoidance
Other
Tax Policy and Administration (Part of a one-week course for the IMF's Africa Training Institute)