Alexander Karmann is professor emer. of economics, honorary board member and founding director of GÖZ/Center for Health Economics, TU Dresden, research professor at ifo Dresden and also Profesor Invitado (Categoria Docente Especial), Universidad de la Habana. Before, he was Senior Professor and heading the 1993 established Chair in Monetary Economics at TU Dresden, he served as dean of faculty (5 yrs) and as board member of the economic faculties association WiSoFT (8 yrs). He held positions as professor in Economics at University of Hamburg and as lecturer (Privatdozent) at University of Karlsruhe (KIT). He denied a call of the University of the Allied Forces, Munich. He was visiting professor at several universities (University of Tokyo, Ohio State University, USI Lugano, University of Urbino, University of Havanna) and was rewarded with the "Sello CUJAE" of TU Havanna. He holds academic degrees in Mathematics (diploma University of Erlangen), Musics (concert pianist, Konservatorium Nürnberg) and Economics (Dr. rer. pol. and Habilitation (Econometrics & Statistics), KIT). He wrote several books and published in international journals, e.g. Mathematical Economics, Regional Sciences & Urban Economimcs, Journal of Banking & Finance, Review of International Economics, Review of Development Economics, Journal of Economics, Journal of International and Theoretical Economics, as well as Health Economics, European Journal of Health Economics, International Journal of Health Economics and Management.
About 20 research assistents were supervised by Prof. Karmann, who accompanied 16 doctorates and 3 habilitations as first reviewer. He also supervised around 200 diploma, bachelor's and master's theses.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Academic degrees and award
Honorary award of excellence "Sello CUJAE" of TU Havanna (2016)
Dr. habil. (2nd Ph.D.) and venia legendi for Economics and Statistics at University of Karlruhe (1983)
Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.) at University of Karlsruhe (1979)
Studies of Mathematics (diploma 1975) at University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and of Musics (Konzertpianist: exam 1971) at the Konservatorium Nürnberg
Current positions
Professor em. of Economics at TU Dresden (since 2013)
ifo-research professor (since 2022)
Honorary Member of the Board of Gesundheitsökonomisches Zentrum der TU Dresden (GÖZ) / Center for Health Economics at the TU Dresden (since 2016)
Profesor Invitado (Categ Docente Especial), Universidad de la Habana (since 2018)
Previous positions
Senior Professor and Head of the Chair of Monetary Economics at TU Dresden (2013-2020 resp 1993-2013)
Head of Young Scientists Selection Board, Section German speaking countries, for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Economic Sciences Meeting 2017 (2016-2017)
Vorstand Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultätentags (WISOFT e.V.) / Board of Economic and Social Sc. Faculties Association in the German Speaking Countries (2008-2016, president 2012-2014)
Executive Director of Gesundheitsökonomisches Zentrum der TU Dresden (GÖZ) / Center for Health Economics at the TU Dresden (2007-2016)
Dean of Faculty of Business and Economics at TU Dresden (2006-2011)
Spokesman of the Deparment of Economics (1997-2006)
Visiting Professor at Universities of Lugano (winter term 2004/2005), Urbino (2014) and Tokyo (2016)
Offer of a Chair for Macroeconomics, Universität der Bundeswehr München (1997)
Professor of Economics at University of Hamburg (1986-1993)
Assistant lecturer/assistant professor at University of Karlsruhe (1975-1986)
Verein fuer Socialpolitik (Elected Member of the Executive Council 2007-2010, Member of the Research Committees on Health Economics and on Regional Science)
Editorial Board of "Annals of Financial Economics" (since 2005)
Gesundheitsoekonomisches Zentrum (GOEZ), TUD: founding director and honorary member of the board (since 2016)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ)
Previous Memberships
German National Educational Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes): Kommission Hochschulauswahl (1994-2016), Summerschools (1997/2010/2014)
Roland-Ernst-Stiftung für Gesundheitswesen: Stiftungsrat (2005-2015, Deputy Director 2010-2015)
International Health Economic Association (iHEA): Standing Committee (2002 - 2005)
Mitteleuropa Zentrum (MeZ) / Center for Central European Studies: scientific board (2000-2013) and Zentrum für Deutschland- und Europe-Studien ZeDES, University of Sofia (in cooperation with MeZ and German Academic Exchange Service DAAD): scientific board (2001-2010)
Enquete Commission "Educational Policy" of the State of Hamburg (1992/1993); member of the Commission
Schneider, M., Ostwald, D., Karmann, A., Henke, K.-D., Braeseke, G. (2016): Gesundheitswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnungen 2000-2014, Reihe Europäische Schriften zu Staat und Wirtschaft, Band 40, Nomos, Baden-Baden.
Schneider, M., Karmann, A., Braeseke, G. (2014): Produktivität der Gesundheitswirtschaft, Springer, Heidelberg.
Karmann, A. (2008): Mathematik für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, 6. Erweiterte Auflage, Oldenbourg-Verlag, München.
Karmann, A., J. Klose (2006): Geld regiert die Welt - wirtschaftliche Reflexionen, Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg.
Frenkel, M., A. Karmann, B. Scholtens (2004): Sovereign Risk and Financial Crisis, Springer-Verlag Berlin, New York.
Karmann, A. et al. (2003): Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre, 2. Auflage, Springer-Verlag, Berlin u.a.
Karmann, A. (2000): Financial Structure and Stability, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, New York.
Karmann, A., G. Uebe (1995): Environmental Systems and Economics, Special Issue of AOR, Basel.
Karmann, A., K. Mosler et al. (1993): Operations Research 1992, Proceedings of the 17. Symposium on OR, Heidelberg.
Karmann, A. (1985): Die Permanente Einkommenshypothese - kritische Analyse einer monetaristischen Position mit Hilfe ökonometrischer Verfahren, Berlin.
Karmann, A. (1981): Competitive Equilibria in Spatial Economies, Cambridge/MA., Königstein.
Festschrift:
Maltritz, D., Berlemann, M. (Eds.) (2013): Financial Crises, Sovereign Risk and the Role of Institutions. Festschrift for Alexander Karmann, Springer, Heidelberg.
Wende, D.; Karmann, A.; Weinhold, I. (2024): "Deprivation as a fundamental cause of morbidity and reduced life expectancy: an observational study using German statutory health insurance data", International Journal of Health Economics and Management,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-024-09374-3.
Wende, D.; Karmann, A.; Sugawara, S. (2024): "Does the Design of Welfare Programs Stipulate Nursing Home Utilization? A Comparative Analysis of Long-Term Care Systems in Japan and Germany", Review of Economics, 75(1), 43–61, https://doi.org/10.1515/roe-2024-0011.
Schoffer, O; Werblow, A.; Karmann, A. e.a. (2023): "Modelling the effect of demographic change and healthcare infrastructure on the patient structure in German hospitals – A longitudinal national study based on official hospital statistics", BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 1081, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10056-y.
Schoffer, O.; Gottschalk, A.; Liang, L. A.; Werblow, A.; Schriefer, D.; Peschel, P.; Karmann, A.; Kugler, J.; Klug, S. J. (2021): "Ranking of the most relevant hospital inpatient diagnoses by age and diagnostic group based on DRG statistics in Germany", Journal of Public Health (Berl.) 29, 541–551 (2021), doi: 10.1007/s10389-019-01155-4.
Karmann, A.; Weinhold, I.; Wende, D. (2019): Area Deprivation and its Impact on Population Health: Conceptual Aspects, Measurement and Evidence from Germany,Review of Economics, 70(1), pp. 69 - 98.
Karmann, A.; Schmid, A. (2019): Krankenhausplanung heute - komplexe Herausforderungen planerischer Praxis, Gesundheitsökonomie und Qualitätsmanagement, 24, pp. 119 - 120.
Plaul, C.; Karmann, A. (2018): Patient Mobility within the Palliative Care System in Germany, European Journal of Palliative Care 24 (6), pp.251-255.
Karmann, A.; Rösel, F. (2018): Effizienz im Krankenhaussektor - Ein Langzeit-Benchmark der Länder, Wirtschaftsdienst 2018(1), pp. 50-55.
Karmann, A.; Roesel, F. (2017), Hospital Policy and Productivity – Evidence from German States, Health Economics 26 (12), 1548–1565.
Karmann, A.; Plaul, C.; Rösel, F. (2017): Zum Wohle! Produktivitätswachstum in der Gesundheitswirtschaft, Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter 64(1), pp. 81-90.
Plaul, C.; Karmann, A. (2017): Überlebensvorteil Palliativversorgung? - Eine empirische Analyse von Krebspatienten mittels Kaplan-Meier-Überlebensfunktionen, Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin 18(1), pp. 46-50.
Karmann, A.; Rösel, F.; Schneider, M. (2016): Produktivitätsmotor Gesundheitswirtschaft: Finanziert sich der medizinisch-technische Fortschritt selbst?, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 17(1), pp. 54-67.
Karmann, A.; Liebig, T. (2015): The stability of the European financial system and the real economy in the shadow of the crisis, Journal of Financial Stability, 16, pp. 152-153.
Karmann, A.; Jurack, A.; Lukas, D. (2014): Recommendation of rotavirus vaccination and herd effect: a budget impact analysis based on German health insurance data, European Journal of Health Economics, 14(8), pp. 1-13.
Karmann, A.; Herrera, R. (2014): Volatility contagion during the Asian crisis: New evidence of volatility tail dependence, Review of Development Economics, 18(2), pp. 354-371.
Karmann, A.; Ludwig, A. (2014): A two-step approach to examine the dynamics of market convergence, Applied Economics Letters, 21(4), pp. 284-288.
Lucke, N.; Karmann, A., Eichler, S. (2013): The impact of institutional and social chracteristics on foreign direct investment: evidence from Japan, Annals of Financial Economics, 8(2).
Bühn, A.; Karmann, A.; Pedrotti, M. (2013): What determines the interest margin? An analysis of the German banking system, Credit and Capital Markets/Kredit und Kapital, 46(4), pp. 467-494.
Karmann, A.; Maltritz, D. (2012): Sovereign Default Risk and Recovery Rates: What Government Bond Markets Expect for Greece, Review of International Economics, 20(4), pp. 723-739.
Karmann, A.; Robra, B.-P.; Topf, T.; Werblow, A. (2012): Technische Effizienz deutscher Krankenhäuser. Einfluss von Trägerschaft, Rechtsform und regionalem Wettbewerb, in: Klauber, J., Geraedts, M., Friedrich, J., Wasem, J. (Ed.), Krankenhaus-Report 2012, Schattauer, Stuttgart, pp. 165-180.
Buehn, A.; Karmann, A. (2011): Shadow Economy and Do-it-yourself Activities: What do we know?, in: Schneider, F. (Ed.), Handbook on the Shadow Economy, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 261-292.
Eichler, S.; Karmann, A. (2011): Optimum Currency Areas in Emerging Market Regions: Evidence Based on the Symmetry of Economic Shocks, Open Economies Review, 22(5), pp. 935-954.
Eichler, S.; Karmann, A., Maltritz, D. (2011): The Term Structure of Banking Crisis Risk in the United States: A Market Data Based Compound Option Approach, Journal of Banking & Finance, 35(4), pp. 876-885.
Karmann, A.; Maltritz, D. (2010): Evaluation and Comparison of Market and Rating Based Country Default Risk Assessment, Frontiers in Finance and Economics, 7(1), pp. 34-59.
Eichler, S.; Karmann, A.; Maltritz, D. (2010): Deriving the Term Structure of Banking Crisis Risk with a Compound Option Approach: The Case of Kazakhstan, Banking and Financial Studies, No. 01/2010, Deutsche Bundesbank.
Eichler, S.; Karmann, A.; Maltritz, D. (2009): The ADR Shadow Exchange Rate as an Early Warning Indicator for Currency Crises, Journal of Banking and Finance, 33(11), pp. 1983-1995.
Karmann, A.; Maltritz, D. (2009): Estimating Sovereign Risk by a Structural approach: The Role of Forex Reserves for Emerging Market Countries, Investment Management and Financial Institutions, 6(3), pp. 194-200.
Buehn, A.; Karmann, A.; Schneider, F. (2009): Shadow Economy and Do-it-yourself Activities: The German Case, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 165(4), pp. 701-722.
Fiorentino, E. De Vincenzo, A.; Heid, F.; Karmann A.; Koetter M. (2009): The Effects of Privatization and Consolidation on Bank Productivity: Comparative Evidence from Italy and Germany, Banca d'Italia Working Papers Series, No. 722, 09/2009.
Fiorentino, E. De Vincenzo; A., Heid, F.; Karmann A.,Koetter M. (2009): "The Effects of Privatization and Consolidation on Bank Productivity: Comparative Evidence from Italy and Germany", Banking and Financial Studies, No. 03/2009, Deutsche Bundesbank.
Werblow A., Karmann, A., Robra, B-P. (2009): Effizienz, Wettbewerb und regionale Unterschiede in der stationären Versorgung, in: Klauber, J., Geraedts, M., Friedrich, J. (Ed.), Krankenhaus-Report 2010, Schattauer, Stuttgart, pp. 41-71.
Karmann, A. (2007): Banking Risks and Interest Rate Behavior: A Stochastic Order Apporach, Annals of Financial Economics, 3(1), [20 pages].
Huschens, S., Karmann, A., Maltritz, D., Vogl, K. (2007): Country Default Probabilities: Assessing and Backtesting, Journal of Risk Model Validation, 1(2), pp. 3-26.
Graff, M., Karmann, A. (2006): What determines the finance - growth nexus? Empirical evidence for threshold models, Journal of Economics, 87(2), pp. 127-157.
Fiorentino, E., Karmann, A., Kötter, M. (2006): The Cost Efficiency of German Banks: A Comparison of SFA and DEA Methodologies, Banking and Financial Studies, 10/2006, Deutsche Bundesbank.
Karmann, A., Weimann, M. (2004): A closer shock convergence under EMU? Results of a VAR analysis, Rivista Internationale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali/International Review of Economics (IREC), 51(1), pp. 65-77.
Steinmann, L., Dittrich, G., Karmann, A., Zweifel, P. (2004): Measuring and Comparing the (In)Efficiency of German and Swiss Hospitals, European Journal of Health Economics, 5(3), pp. 216-226.
Karmann, A., Dittrich, G., Vaillant, J. (2004): How well coordinated are patient hospital careers? Evidence from Saxony, Germany, Journal of Public Health, 12(5), pp. 329-338.
Karmann, A. (2001): Denationalizing Money within Europe, Rivista Internationale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali/International Review of Economics and Business (RISEC), Vol. 48, pp. 441-455.
Harzer, W., Karmann, A. (2000): Lässt sich die Patientencompliance nachhaltig finanziell stimulieren? Ein Untersuchungsergebnis aus der Kieferorthopädie, Gesundheitsökonomie und Qualitätsmanagement, Vol. 5, pp. 107-111.
Berlemann, M., Karmann, A. (1998): Moral Hazard im Gesundheitswesen - Ein Beispiel aus der Kieferorthopädie, Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (ZWS), Bd. 118, pp. 573-595.
Berlemann, M., Karmann, A. (1998): Zur Effizienz kieferorthopädischer Behandlungen - Eine ökonomisch-empirische Analyse, Gesundheitsökonomie und Qualitätsmanagement, Heft 2/98, pp. 41-45.
Karmann, A. (1995): Zinsvolatilität und ihre Auswirkung auf das Bankensystem: Eine theoretische und empirische Betrachtung, ifo Studien, Jg. 41, pp. 153-170.
Karmann, A. (1995): Multiple-Task and Multiple-Agent Models: Incentive Contracts and an Application to Point Pollution Control, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 54, pp. 57-78.
Folmer, H., Karmann, A. (1992): The Permanent Income Hypothesis Revisited - a Dynamic LISREL Approach, Methods of Operations Research, Vol. 64, pp. 355-359.
Karmann, A. (1990): Schattenwirtschaft und ihre Ursachen - eine empirische Analyse zu Schwarzwirtschaft und Selbstversorgung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (ZWS), Bd. 110, pp. 185-206.
Karmann, A., Nakhaeizadeh, G. (1988): Erwartungsbildung und aggregierter Konsum-Einkommens-Prozeß. Eine klassische und Bayessche Analyse für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Bd. 204, pp. 120-139.
Karmann, A. (1988): Finanzintermediäre und Effektivität der Geldpolitik, Credit and Capital Markets/Kredit und Kapital, Bd. 21, pp. 197-220.
Karmann, A. (1986): Monetäre Schätzansätze zur Erfassung der Schattenwirtschaft - ein Vergleich verschiedener Meßmethoden, Credit and Capital Markets/Kredit und Kapital, Bd. 19, pp. 233-247.
Karmann, A. (1984): Space-Time Economies under Free Mobility: Competitive Equilibria and Efficiency, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 303-315.
Henn, R., Karmann, A. (1984): Nationale Geldpolitik, internationale Währungszusammenhänge und Makroökonomische Portfoliotheorie, Methods of Operation Research, Vol. 48, pp. 271-283.
Karmann, A. (1982): Spatial Barter Economies under Locational Choice, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Vol. 9, pp. 259-274.
Karmann, A. (1978): Zur topologischen Beschreibung stochastischer Felder mit verallgemeinerten Spezifikationen, Statistische Hefte/ Statistical Papers, Bd. 19, pp. 77-82.
Karmann, A. (1978): Minimal Transportation Costs and Competitive Equilibrium Allocations, Operations Research Verfahren/ Methods of Operations Research, Bd. 34, pp. 173-183.
Karmann, A. (1977): Gleichgewichte durch Preisteilung in räumlich disaggregierten Handelsökonomien, Operations Research Verfahren/ Methods of Operations Research, Bd. 29, pp. 492-504.
Karmann, A. (1976): Stochastische Interaktionsökonomien - Tauschwirtschaften mit großer Agentenzahl, Operations Research Verfahren/ Methods of Operations Research, Bd. 22, pp. 51-69.
Zimmermann, S.; Ostwald, D.; Karmann, A. e.a. (2022): Europaweites Branchenmonitoring der Gesundheitswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung (EU-GGR) - Study commissioned by Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, Berlin. Research report
Karmann, A. and S. Sugawara (2022): Comparing the German and Japanese nursing home sector: Implications of demographic and policy differences, CEPIE Working Paper 02/22 Full text
Gerlach, J., Runschke, B., Hryhorova, H., Müller, L., Spies, S., Hofmann, S., Karmann, A. (2021): Aktualisierung des ökonomischen Fußabdrucks der Gesundheitswirtschaft in Hamburg inklusive arbeitsmarktpolitischer Analysen und Prognosen - Study commissioned by Behörde für Arbeit, Gesundheit, Soziales, Familie und Integration (Sozialbehörde) Hamburg. Report
Schneider, M., Ostwald, D., Karmann, A., Henke, K.-D., Braeseke, G. (2015): Die gesundheitswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung für Deutschland. Zusammenfassung des Forschungsprojektes des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie, Berlin. Zusammenfassung
Ostwald, D.A., Karmann, A., Legler, B., Schwärzler, M. C., Plaul, C., Tetzner, S. (2015): Der ökonomische Fußabdruck der industriellen Gesundheitswirtschaft in Baden-Württemberg, Darmstadt/Dresden. Study financially supported by Ministerium für Finanzen und Wirtschaft, Baden-Württemberg full text
Brylok, A., Karmann, A., Becker, S., Schneider, R., Zimmermann, U. (2015): Städtebau der Zukunft. Selbstständiges Wohnen bis ins hohe Alter - eine volkswirtschaftliche Analyse, Endbericht.
Karmann, A., Schneider, M., Werblow, A., Hofmann, U., Wolf, D. (2013): Hospizstudie - Standorte und demographischen Rahmenbedingungen von Hospizangeboten in Sachsen (Hospizstudie).
Karmann, A., Marquardt G.,Werblow, A., Müller, S.,Jurack, A.,Weinhold, I., Fiala, O. (2013): Gut versorgt im ländlichen Raum. Konzeptionelle Entwicklung von Netzwerken zur Sicherung der Daseinsvorsorge älterer Menschen, TU Dresden.
Karmann, A. (1993): Evaluation of the Costs of Schooling and Projection of Population and of Public Spending on Schooling for Hamburg City. Contribution to the Report of the Enquete. Enquete-Kommission "Schulpolitik" der Bürgschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Dresden, No. 14/4000, Hamburg.
„Stability of the Financial Sector“ DFG Individual Grant (KA1496; 2000 – 2004):
analyzing financial crises, contagion effects, and sovereign risks; resource-based financial development and the finance-growth nexus
„Bank Productivity and Privatization: Analyzing Italian and German Banks“ (in cooperation with Deutsche Bundesbank and Banca d’Italia; 2006 - 2009): analysing Italian and German banks during the Italian privatisation period, using individual bank data
Health Economics (Selection)
on structural analyses, care provision, aging population:
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