Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede

Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede

School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Economics and Social Policy

Room: Room FG 4.016 (Findelgasse 7/9)

Office hours

by appointment (per email)

Links: CV and Publications

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2010 – Chair of Economics and Social Policy, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

2007 – Chair of Public Economics, Universität Marburg

2002 – Professor of Public Economics, RWTH Aachen

1998 – Habilitation and Venia Legendi, Universität Bamberg

1993 – Promotion (Dr. rer. pol.), Universität Bamberg

1989 – Diplom Volkswirtschaftslehre (Economics), Universität Heidelberg

Research Areas

Matthias Wrede conducts research in the fields of regional and urban economics, public finance, and social policy.

Current Research Focus

  • Housing
  • Regional living conditions and production conditions
  • Cooperatives

Selected Publications /Working papers

  • Housing Cooperatives, Housing Affordability, and Rent Control. CESifo Working Paper No. 11452. 2024.
  • Affordable Housing and Individual Labor Market Outcomes [with Wolfgang Dauth and Andreas Mense]. IZA DP No. 17359. 2024. [PDF]
  • Public Acceptance of Regional Redistribution in Germany: A Survey Experiment on the Perceived Deservingness of Regions [with Jan Gniza]. Journal of Social Policy. www.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279422000903. 2022. [DOI]
  • Political Alignment and Project Funding [with Luisa Schneider and Daniela Wech]. International Tax and Public Finance. 29. 1561-1589. DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09758-6. 2022. [DOI]
  • The Influence of State Politics on Solar Energy Auction Results. Energy Policy 168. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113130. 2022. [DOI]
  • How short-term Rentals are Changing the Neighborhood. International Regional Science Review. doi.org/10.1177/01600176211059981. 2022. [DOI]
  • Voting on Urban Land Development. Journal of Regional Science. DOI:10.1111/jors.12565. 2022 [DOI]
  • Collusive Tax Evasion and Social Norms [with M. Abraham, K. Lorek, F. Richter]. International Tax and Public Finance 24. 179-197. 2017. [DOI]
  • Urban Land Use, Sorting, and Population Density: A Continuous Logit Model. Transportation Research Part B-Methodological 101. 283–294. 2017. [DOI]

Professional Affiliations