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Prof. Dr. Davud Rostam-Afschar

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 2022Professor (W2), University of Mannheim
2021–2022Visiting professor (Vertretungsprofessor), University of Mannheim
2016–2022Assistant professor (Akademischer Rat), University of Hohenheim
2015–2016Postdoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
2015–2016Visiting Lecturer, University of Potsdam
2010–2015Predoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
2010–2015PhD (summa cum laude), Supervisors: Viktor Steiner (FU Berlin), Richard Blundell (UCL)
2005–2010Diplom (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

Master Courses

Course nameCreditsDetailsTerm
Master­arbeit24Course detailsSpring semester/Fall semester

Bachelor Courses

Course nameCreditsDetailsTerm
Grundlagen des externen Rechnungs­wesens6Course detailsSpring semester
Bachelor­arbeit12Course detailsSpring semester