Dipl.-Volkswirt Oskar Krohmer

Contact

ifo Dresden, Einsteinstr. 3

email:   krohmer[...]ifo.de
phone:  +49(0)351 / 26476-18
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Doctoral Thesis

Working title:
Effectiveness and Efficiency of Public Expenditures
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum

Abstract:
Demographic and political changes put pressure on public funds. Reforms are needed to make spending in the public sector more efficient. One broadly discussed proposition is to make public budgets more flexible. In my first paper I address the time dimension of budget flexibility. I present a theoretical model on the mechanism of multi-period public budgets. On the one hand, welfare improvements may be achieved if multi-period budgets are adopted as funds can be allocated more efficiently over time. On the other hand, this would allow politicians to engage in excessive expenditures to increase their chance of winning the election. Such behavior might result in a welfare loss. The goal is to analyze the total impact on welfare given these two opposing effects. The results of this theoretical discussion are evaluated empirically in my second paper.
Focusing on the expenditure side of public budgets, it is crucial to understand how subsidies shape economic development. In my third paper, I conduct an empirical analysis of the effects of EU subsidies on the competitiveness of NUTS-2 regions. Possible indicators for the regional competiveness are the amount of tradable goods or the export share.
The results of my thesis will contribute to the current discussion of political reforms of budgeting processes and of expenditures.

CV

Education

Since 01/2010
associated doctoral candidate of the Dresden Leibniz Graduate School (DLGS)
Since 2010
Doctoral studies in Economics at Technische Universität Dresden (completion expected in December 2012)
2010
Academic Degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. M.A. in Economics)
2005 - 2010
Studies in Economics, Technische Universität Dresden

Professional Experience

Since 2/2010
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student at Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Branch Dresden
08/2009 - 11/2009
Internship at Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Branch Dresden

Research Interests

Political Economy especially Aid policy, Managerial Economics, Regional Science

Publications

Krohmer, Oskar (zusammen mit Stefan Arent, Alexander Eck, Michael Kloss), "Income Risk, Saving and Taxation: Will Precautionary Saving Survive?",
Ifo Working Paper Nr. 125, 2012

Steinbrecher, Johannes, Thater, Christian; Thum, Marcel und Krohmer, Oskar (2010): Langfristige Prognose der Einnahmeentwicklung für den Landeshaushalt des Freistaates Sachsen bis zum Jahr 2025: Gutachten im Auftrag des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums der Finanzen, ifo Dresden Studien 57, ifo Inst. für Wirtschaftsforschung, Dresden.

Arent, Stefan; Eck, Alexander; Krohmer, Oskar; Lehmann, Robert; Nagl,  Wolfgang; Ragnitz, Joachim und Thum, Marcel (2011): Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Sachsens im Ländervergleich: Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven: Gutachten im Auftrag der Sächsischen Staatskanzlei, ifo Dresden Studien 59, ifo Inst. für Wirtschaftsforschung, Dresden.

Krohmer, Oskar, "Zur Verdrängungswirkung staatlicher FuE-Förderung", ifo Dresden berichtet 17 (04), 2010, 49-51.

Krohmer, Oskar, "Wachstumsanalyse für Sachsen auf Landes- und Kreisebene", ifo Dresden berichtet 16 (06), 2009, 37-41.