I am associate professor of economics at the University of Graz, Austria (Department of Economics). My research focuses on dynamic macroeconomics, public economics and social comparisons, and non-standard preferences. I am also member of the editorial boards of  Macroeconomic Dynamics and Studies in Microeconomics.  I spent four years  as a research scholar / visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), Stanford University, and Harvard University. I have published in many leading international journals on issues relating to social comparisons and public policy, including in the International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Oxford Economic Papers, Economic Theory, Journal of Macroeconomics, and Macroeconomic Dynamics.

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(Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement Address)