List of experts on the economic crisis

A few years ago, the financial and economic crisis was what everyone was talking about. From a situational evaluation to ethical questions, experts from the University of Hohenheim were prepared to support journalists. (As of: 2008)

Package of measures, managers’ salaries and the banking landscape of the future

How promising are the crisis management and rescue plans put forward by politicians? What developments is the banking sector currently experiencing and what developments is it likely to experience in the future? Of what significance are managerial salaries and how can they be better controlled? As an analyst and commentator on the banking crisis, Prof. Hans-Peter Burghof has made a name for himself nationwide.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Burghof, Department of Business Administration: Banking and Financial Services, +49 711 459 22901, E-mail

Effects of the crisis on other companies

How do economic developments impact on companies? Where does the banking crisis actually act as brake on production; where is it used as an excuse for other failings? Given his close connections with many industrial companies, Prof. Markus Voeth will help you better evaluate the supposed effects on the real economy.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Markus Voeth, Department of Business Administration: Marketing & Business Development, +49 711 459 22925, E-mail

Effects on growth and employment

How is the labor market affected by the economic crisis? How could these effects by counteracted by employment policies? Will the current crisis help Keynesianism make a great comeback? Answers to these questions are available from Prof. Dr. Thomas Beißinger, whose research concentrates on service economics and labor economics, and from Prof. Dr. Harald Hagemann, who is an expert on growth and structural change, as well as on globalization and employment.

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Beißinger, Department od Business Administration: Service Economics and Labor Economics, +49 711 459 22593, E-mail

Prof. Dr. Harald Hagemann, +49 711 459 23592, E-mail

Effect on the health system, pension provision & co

How are social security systems affected by the current crisis? How secure are my private supplementary pension benefits on the capital markets?
Should I change my provision strategy? What effects will the crisis have on the health system? As a specialist in economics & management of social services, Prof. Christian Ernst will answer your questions.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Christian Ernst, Institute of Health Care & Public Management, +49 711 459 23855, E-mail

Cross Border Leasing

How does cross-border leasing work? What are the dangers involved for cities that start making such arrangements? The best person for discussing these issues is tax expert Prof. Dr. Holger Kahle.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Holge Kahle, Department of Business Administration: Business Taxation and Accounting, +49 711 459 22904, E-mail

Global economy and European Monetary Union

How are global financial currents connected to unemployment, inflation and exchange rates? What medium and long-term strategies should guide monetary and currency policy? What historical parallels exist between current and past economic crises? Prof. Dr. Peter Spahn, a specialist on monetary macro economics, is happy to help you with these and related questions.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Peter Spahn, Department of Economics: Economic Policy, +49 711 459 22591, E-mail

Bank crisis and internal revenue

How does the financial crisis affect the government's tax revenues and financial policy? Tax experts Prof. Dr. Rolf Caesar and Prof. Dr. Holger Kahle can answer these questions from an economics and business management point of view.

Contact:
Prof Dr. Rolf Caesar, +49 711 459 22990, E-mail
Prof. Dr. Holge Kahle, Department of Business Administration: Business Taxation and Accounting, +49 711 459 22904, E-mail

Internationalisation of crises/future role of the International Monetary Fund

To what extent did globalisation contribute to making the crisis an international one? Via what channels do financial market shocks in one country spill over to other countries? And of what significance is unilateral action by individual countries when it comes to dealing with the crisis? Will the financial crisis ultimately lead to the International Monetary Fund being revived and equipped with new tasks and powers? For answers to these questions, contact Gabriel Felbermayr, PhD., of the Chair of Economics: International Economics.

Contact: Gabriel Felbermayr, Chair of Economics: International Economics, +49 711 459 23454, E-mail

Merger fever and future competition

Is the fever surrounding banking mergers the right way to solve current problems? Or do the larger institutions only continue to create new ones? And how do national rescue plans impact on the competitiveness of banks in different countries? Feel free to contact Prof. Ulrich Schwalbe from the Chair for Micro-Economics who specializes in Industrial Economics for questions relating to bank competition.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwalbe, Department of Microeconomics: Industrial Organization, +49 711 459 22992, E-mail

Bookkeeping, accounting and corporate values

Why were book-keeping and accounting not able to prevent the banking crisis? What should corresponding regulations look like in the future? How does the banking crisis impact on the financing opportunities particularly in relation to medium-sized companies? As an expert in accounting, finance and corporate evaluation, Prof. Dirk Hachmeister will provide you with all details on this subject. Tax expert Prof. Dr Holger Kahle will help you in relation to amendments to the law concerning future accounting regulations.

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Dirk Hachmeister, Department of Business Administration: Accounting and Finance, +49 711 459 22913, E-mail

Prof. Dr. Holge Kahle, Department of Business Administration: Business Taxation and Accounting, +49 711 459 22904, E-mail

Early warning systems and risk controlling

Could the current crisis have been predicted by employing good controlling systems? Can future crises be avoided through improved risk controlling? And are large companies with huge financial departments not exposed to similar risks as the banks that have hit choppy waters? These are questions that are best put to Prof. Ernst Troßmann from the Chair for Controlling.

Environmental policy and ecological management during times of crisis

In view of the current economic situation, how important are values such as sustainability and protection of resources in the economy? And why does the crisis buoy up ethical investors such as the Ökobank? Business economist Prof. Werner F. Schulz from the Chair for Environmental Management is available as a contact person to talk about the tension that exists between economics and ecology at the moment.

Environmental policy, developing countries and international sustainability during times of crisis

How does the financial crisis impact on people in developing countries? How are problems of humanity intensified by the banking crisis? And to what extent could there be a backlash if all the resources are only used to rescue the banking sector? Economist Prof. Michael Ahlheim from the Chair for Economics who specializes in environmental economics and regulatory, structural and consumer policy, will help you gain insight into what is happening outside of the confines of the industrial nations.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim, Department of Economics: Environmental Economics, Regulatory and Consumer Policy, +49 711 459 23596, E-mail

Business ethics and managers of tomorrow who possess integrity

Of what importance are ethical considerations and principles in business following the banking crisis? To what extent do we need ethical integral game rules for business? What does the new generation of managers have to do in the future and how should training be improved so that managers act in the interest of society and do not become a cost factor?

Prof. Michael Schramm, a specialist in business ethics and a dean who is well acquainted with issues of training in the Economic and Social Sciences, will help you with these questions.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Michael Schramm, Department of Catholic Theology and Its Didactics as well as Business Ethics, +49 711 458282 502, E-mail

Matter for negotiation: only concerned about its own interests?

Negotiation processes are some of the most complex processes in business. What strategies can be used to reach a negotiation result? How can business relations be revived in terms of banks and economic ties? As negotiating experts with experimental experience, Prof. Mareike Schoop and Prof. Markus Voeth from the Chairs for Business Information Technology and Marketing will help you with the added dimension of international and electronic negotiations.

The value of trust

Of what value is trust in business? How can banks regain the confidence it has lost in the eyes of its customers and partners? What errors did banks make in terms of sales and marketing? What do they need to change in the future? Prof. Markus Voeth from the Chair for Marketing will help you in relation to questions on the crisis of confidence.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Markus Voeth, Department of Business Administration: Marketing & Business Development, +49 711 459 22925, E-mail

Lessons from the past?

To what extent is the current banking crisis similar to the events that occurred during the global economic crisis at the start of the 1930s? To what extent is the current crisis unique? As an economic historian, Prof. Jochen Streb is your contact person, particularly in relation to all historical comparisons.

Financial market crisis as crisis of confidence – the role of crisis communication

Few things are as well researched as the fundamental rules of crisis communication. Public relations expert Prof. Dr. Claudia Mast and communications analyst Prof. Frank Brettschneider explain the extent to which governments and companies miss opportunities to restore confidence in due time as a result of false signals.

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Mast, Department of Communication Science: Journalism, +49 711 +459 22639, E-mail

Effects on insurance economics and social insurance systems

What effect does the economic crisis have on private insurance economics and, in particular, on German life insurance companies which have to generate guaranteed profits for their customers? Why has the crisis not (yet) focused on German Insurance Economics? How does the crisis influence the financing of statutory health insurance and other social security systems? As an expert in insurance economics and social systems, Prof. Jörg Schiller will answer your questions.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Jörg Schiller, Department of Insurance and Economics and Social Systems, +49 711 459 22869, E-mail

Crises as media events

What role do the mass media play during crises? Can crises become a self-fulfilling prophecy? Is there a parallel between the current financial market crisis and the 1972/73 oil crisis, which was primarily instigated by media reports? In hindsight, why do many crises, which remain completely unnoticed, suddenly erupt of their own volition? As a communications scientist, Prof. Frank Brettschneider will analyze current media coverage on the financial crisis and its effects, drawing historical comparisons.

Contact: Prof. Dr. Frank Brettschneider, Department of Communication Science: Communication Theory, +49 711 459 24030, E-mail