Prof. Dr. Davud Rostam-Afschar

Prof. Dr. Davud Rostam-Afschar is a professor at the University of Mannheim and Academic Director of the German Business Panel. He has previously held visiting research positions at UC Berkeley and Harvard University, and has conducted research and taught at the University of Hohenheim, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Potsdam. He is a consultant to the European Commission and the OECD. Besides accounting and taxation, his research focuses on macroeconomics, public economics, labor economics, and industrial economics, in particular the analysis of corporate taxation and regulation. He has also a research interest in econometrics and survey methods.
Curriculum vitae
Since 2022 | Professor (W2), University of Mannheim |
2021–2022 | Visiting professor (Vertretungsprofessor), University of Mannheim |
2016–2022 | Assistant professor (Akademischer Rat), University of Hohenheim |
2015–2016 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin |
2015–2016 | Visiting Lecturer, University of Potsdam |
2010–2015 | Predoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin |
2010–2015 | PhD (summa cum laude), Supervisors: Viktor Steiner (FU Berlin), Richard Blundell (UCL) |
2005–2010 | Diplom (German equiv. to M.Sc.), Economics, Freie Universität Berlin |
Prizes, awards, honors
- 2023: Principal Investigator, German Research Foundation
- 2020: University of Turin Fellowship
- 2020: Excellence in Reviewing Award, Labour Economics
- 2019–2020: Best Teaching Award, University of Hohenheim
- 2019: Best Teaching Award, University of Hohenheim
- 2011–2013: Ph.D. Fellowship, German National Academic Foundation
- 2009–2010: Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation
Teaching
PhD Courses
Course name | Credits | Details | Term |
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E 703: Advanced Econometrics | 8 | Course details | Fall semester |
MET: Advanced Sampling Methods: Design and Causal Inference | 5 | Course details | Spring semester |
MET: Applied Data Science: Machine Learning for Economics and Business Data | 5 | Course details | Fall semester |
Master Courses
Course name | Credits | Details | Term |
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Masterarbeit | 24 | Course details | Spring semester/ |
Bachelor Courses
Course name | Credits | Details | Term |
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Grundlagen des externen Rechnungswesens | 6 | Course details | Spring semester |
Bachelorarbeit | 12 | Course details | Spring semester |