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Chair of Economic Policy

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Maennig

Professor Maennig

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Phone: +49 40 42838-4622

Email: Wolfgang.Maennig@uni-hamburg.de

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Recent Publications (Selection)

B. Goebel, W. Maennig (2024), Gegen Langeweile im Städtebau, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12.01.2024, S. 21,
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wohnen/kalte-architektur-gegen-langeweile-im-staedtebau-19440929.html

E. Leppert, W. Maennig (2024), (Successful) bidding for mega-events: the case of the Olympics, in: H. A. Solberg, R. Storm, K. Swart (Eds.), Research Handbook on Major Sport Events, Edgar Elgar Publishing, S. 34-44

W. Maennig (2024), Bezahlbarer Wohnraum in Berlin? TAGESSPIEGEL vom 4. Januar 2024, S. B26

G. M. Ahlfeldt, W.Maennig (2023), Stadtentwicklungseffekte durch mehr Wohneigentum und die Ratio der politischen Widerstände , in: Forum Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung, 3/2023, 114-118

G. M. Ahlfeldt, W.Maennig (2023), Stadtentwicklung und Stadionarchitektur, in: P. Gans, M. Horn, Chr. Zemann (Hrsg.), Sportgeographie: Ökologische, ökonomische und soziale Perspektiven, 387-404

D. Korenkiewicz, W. Maennig (2023), Impact of women on corporate boards of directors on product quality, in: Journal of Management and Governance, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-023-09677-6 

W. Maennig, St. Wilhelm: News and Noise in Crime Politics: The Role of Announcements and Risk Attitudes Economic Modelling, forthcoming in: Economic Modelling

G. Ahlfeldt, Wolfgang Maennig, St. Mueller (2022), Population ageing and intergenerational conflicts in direct democracy: separating age from cohort effects, in: American Journal of Aging Science and Research Shorter and revised version: in: American Journal of Aging Science and Research, 3(1), 22-26, https://probiologists.com/Uploads/Articles/18_638066873734423155.pdf

Upcoming External Events

06.09.24: Urban and Real Estate Markets, Executive MBA Real Estate der IREBS, Kloster Eberbach

08.08.24: News and Noise in Anti-Doping Politics: The Role of Announcements and Risk Attitudes, 11th International Sport Business Symposium, Paris

01.02.24: Gesamtwirtschaftlichen Bedeutung des Sports für Städte und Metropolen, SPOBIS Conference, Hamburg, https://spobis.com/conference

18.01.24: Zur Entwicklung des Verkehrs in Deutschland und Hamburg, Vorlesung für alle, Universität Hamburg

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Wolfgang Maennig is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at Hamburg University.

Before he was professor at E.A.P. Paris-Oxford-Berlin-Madrid. He was a visiting professor at the American University in Dubai as well as at the University of California Berkeley, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Universities of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and of Istanbul, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and at the University of Economics Bratislava. He was also visiting scholar at International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., and at Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt.

His research concentrates on economic policy, sport economics, transport economics, and real estate economics and has been published in numerous academic journals, including Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Urban Economics, Labour Economics, Economic Letters, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Environment and Planning A, Transportation, Journal of Sports Economics, Real Estate Economics, Regional Studies, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Urban Studies, and Review of World Economics. He is co-editor of the International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events (Edward Elgar Publishing) as well as Understanding German Real Estate Markets (Springer). 

Wolfgang Maennig has worked as an expert for many bids of large sport events, e. g. the Olympic bids of Berlin 2000, Leipzig 2012, Munich 2018 and the Athletics World Cup Berlin 2009. He was Olympic Champion (rowing, eight with coxswain) at the Olympics 1988 in Seoul and president of the German Rowing Federation, 1995-2001. In 2000, he received the Olympic Order.

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