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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.

Exams offered by the chair

The following exams are offered by the chair this semester:

Name ID Date Place
Marktversagen und Wirtschaftspolitik BA
PNR 211561

18. February 2026, 2:00-3:00 pm

(centralized exam)

SP
Advanced Microeconomics MA
PNR 271040
12. February 2026, 12:30-2:00 pm NK 412
Natural and Field Experiments MA
PN 271100
27. February 2026, 10:00-11:30 am NK 412
Public Finance (Retry-Exam) BA
PNR 212118
06. March 2026, 10:00-11:30 am NK 412

Registration takes place via the campus portal.

News from the chair

Geske Rolvering completes her doctorate with summa cum laude

Geske Rolvering completes her doctorate with summa cum laude

Research Visit: Prof. Bauerschuster visits the University of Sydney and the Monash University in Melbourne

He presented his project "The Impact of Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control Clinics on Early 20th Century U.S. Fertility and Mortality" in their Research Seminars

Research Visit: Prof. Bauerschuster visits the University of Sydney and the Monash University in Melbourne

He presented his project "The Impact of Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control Clinics on Early 20th Century U.S. Fertility and Mortality" in their Research Seminars

Prof. Bauernschuster gives a talk in the Research Seminar of the Charles University Prague

He presented his new research project "Birthright Citizenship and Youth Crime"

Prof. Bauernschuster gives a talk in the Research Seminar of the Charles University Prague

He presented his new research project "Birthright Citizenship and Youth Crime"

Dr. Benedikt Janzen presents at the FSR Climate Conference in Florence

11th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies held at the European University Institute

Dr. Benedikt Janzen presents at the FSR Climate Conference in Florence

11th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies held at the European University Institute

Prof. Bauernschuster in scientific commission of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)

Meeting of the commission Sciences Humaines et Sociales-5 (SHS-5) in Brussels
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Prof. Bauernschuster in scientific commission of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)

Meeting of the commission Sciences Humaines et Sociales-5 (SHS-5) in Brussels
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