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Karsten Staehr Karsten Staehr

Professor of International and Public Finance, Ph.D.

Department of Economics

Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration

Tallinn University of Technology

Contact details:

Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration

Tallinn University of Technology

Akadeemia tee 3-486

12618 Tallinn

Estonia

Tel.: +372 620 4062

Fax: +372 620 4051

Mob.: +372 5816 1415

E-mail: karsten.staehr{at}tseba.ttu.ee

Homepage: http://tseba.ttu.ee/karstenstaehr

Office hours: Wednesdays 14:15-16:00

Teaching autumn 2009

Teaching spring 2010

Supervision of bachelor and master theses

Biography etc.

Recent writings

Miscellaneous

Last update: 30 June 2010

Teaching autumn semester 2010

* Rahvusvaheline ärirahandus / International Business Finance : TER1320 / International Finance : TIX3100

Tuesdays 17:45-21:00 during 1^st half of semester in X-414 / X-417 (NB: Study start 7 Sept.)

* Macroeconomics (Ph.D. course) TET9030

Wednesdays 17:45-21:00 in X-416 (NB: Study start 8 Sept.)

* Doctoral seminar course, TET9075 (Economics) / TER9660 (Finance)

First Monday of the month (6 Sept., 4 Oct., 1 Nov., 6 Dec.) 17:45-21:00 in X-416

* Doktoritöö temaatika eriseminar esimese õppeaasta doktoriantiele TET9075 / TER9600 / TMX911 / TSP9200

Mondays 30 Aug. (Kerem), 11 Oct., 8 Nov., 13 Dec. (Paadam) 17:45-21:00 in X-308

Webpages for the courses are available in . How to register for a course in Moodle?

Supervision of bachelor and master theses

I am happy to supervise the writing of bachelor and master theses. Before contacting me, please observe the following:

* The thesis must be written in English.

* The student must take contact at least 3 months before the submission deadline.

* The student must be committed to observe standard academic norms and abstain from all forms of plagiarism (sic!)

The handout “Karsten’s advice on writing bachelor and master theses” provides information on how to write a bachelor or master thesis.

Biography etc.

* Curriculum Vitae.

* Karsten Staehr at the Estonian Research Portal ETIS.

Recent writings

* Staehr, Karsten (2010): “The Global Financial Crisis and Public Finances in the New EU Countries from Central and Eastern Europe”, Working Paper of Eesti Pank, no. 2/2010 (978-9949-404-82-7). [www]

* Staehr, Karsten (2009): “Inflation in the new EU countries from Central and Eastern Europe: Theories and panel data estimations”, European Economy. Occasional Papers, vol. 50, (“What drives inflation in the New EU Member States?” ISBN 978-92-79-11264-5), pp. 35-58. [www]

* Staehr, Karsten (2009): “Estimates of employment and welfare effects of personal labour income taxation in a flat-tax country: The case of Estonia”, in Mayes, David (ed.): Microfoundations of Economic Success: Lessons from Estonia, Edward Elgar (ISBN 978-1-84720-929-0), ch. 7, pp. 242-290. (Earlier version: Working Paper of Eesti Pank, no. 3/2008. [www])

* Kulikov, Dmitry, Annika Paabut & Karsten Staehr (2009): “A microeconometric analysis of household saving in Estonia: income, wealth and financial exposure”, in Mayes, David (ed.): Microfoundations of Economic Success: Lessons from Estonia, Edward Elgar (ISBN 978-1-84720-929-0), ch. 6, pp. 190-241. (Earlier version: Working Papers of Eesti Pank, no. 8/2007. [www])

* Kriz, Kenneth, Jaanika Merikull, Alari Paulus & Karsten Staehr (2008): “Why do individuals evade payroll and income taxation in Estonia?”, in Pickhardt, Michael & Edward Shinnick (eds.): Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance, Edward Elgar (ISBN 978 1 84844 079 1), pp. 240-264. [www] (Earlier version: University of Tartu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Working Paper, no. 49/2007.)

* Staehr, Karsten (2008): “The Maastricht inflation criterion and the new EU members from Central and Eastern Europe”, Working Paper of Eesti Pank, no. 4/2008 (forthcoming in Journal of Common Market Studies.) [www]

* Staehr, Karsten (2008): “Fiscal policies and business cycles in an expanded euro area”, Economic Systems, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 46-69. [www]

* Stæhr, Karsten (2007): “Economic developments in the Baltic States: success and new challenges”, Danish Central Bank Monetary Review, no. 2007/4, pp. 79-96. [www]

* Lewis, John & Karsten Staehr (2007): “The Maastricht inflation criterion: What is the effect of expansion of the European Union?”, DNB Working Paper, no. 151, De Nederlandsche Bank. [www] Revised version forthcoming in Journal of Common Market Studies.

* Staehr, Karsten (2006): “Linkages between political and economic reforms in the post-communist countries”, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 113-138. [www]

* Staehr, Karsten (2004): “The economic transition in Estonia. Background, reforms and results”, in Rindzeviciute, Egle (ed.): Contemporary Change in Estonia, Baltic and East European Studies, vol. 4, Sodertorns hogskola (ISBN: 91-85139-04-1, ISSN: 1651-7849), pp. 37-67. [www]

Miscellaneous

* Interested in European economic developments? Try the blog Europe EconoMonitor (part of Nouriel Roubini’s RGE Monitor)

* The Baltic Journal of Economics is being relaunched by BICEPS, Riga, Latvia.

* Marit and Toomas Hinnosaar’s English-Estonian-English Dictionary of Economics

* Why is there so much mathematics in modern economics?

* Baltic university education – as seen by The Baltic Times

* Information about the Estonian economy: Statistics Estonia, Bank of Estonia, Ministry of Finance