Michael Christopher Burda (born April 4, 1959) is an American macroeconomist and professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Since 1993 he has been director of the Institute for Economic Theory II and since 2007 visiting professor at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT). He has also taught at University of California Berkeley, Berkeley and INSEAD. In 1998, Burda received the Gossen Prize of the German Verein für Socialpolitik. He is research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and a fellow of the European Economic Association.
Burda received his Bachelor of Arts, B.A., Master of Arts, M.A. and Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. (1987) at Harvard University and is a fluent speaker of German. His research is primarily in macroeconomics, labor economics and issues of European integration.
In 2009, Burda and Charles Wyplosz published the 5th edition of their textbook ''Macroeconomics: A European Text'', Oxford University Press, which has been translated into twelve other languages. Also, he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.
He was elected fellow of the European Economic Association.
Other activities
* German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Scientific Advisory Board
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).
References
External links
Website of the Institute Economic Theory II
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1959 births
Living people
21st-century American economists
Harvard University alumni
University of California, Berkeley faculty
Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Labor economists
Fellows of the European Economic Association