Michael Christopher Burda (born April 4, 1959) is an American macroeconomist and professor at the

Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. 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 The European School of Management and Technology, also known as ESMT Berlin, is a private non-profit business school based in Berlin, Germany. The business school was founded in 2002 by 25 global companies and institutions including McKinsey & Com ...

(ESMT). He has also taught at

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and

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

. In 1998, Burda received the

Gossen Prize The Gossen Prize is an annual award given by the Verein für Socialpolitik to German-speaking economists under the age of 45 whose work gained international recognition. The jury—the extended committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik—especiall ...

of the German

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. He is research fellow at the

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(CEPR),

Institute for the Study of Labor The IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (german: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), until 2016 referred to as the Institute of the Study of Labor (IZA), is a private, independent economic research institute and academic network focused o ...

(IZA) and a fellow of the

European Economic Association The European Economic Association (EEA) is a professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna and its first president was Jacques Drèze. The current pres ...

. Burda received his

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and

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(1987) at

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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 Charles Wyplosz (born 5 September 1947 in Vichy, France) is a French economist. He is an editor of the International Centre for Economic Policy Research's VoxEU and is currently the director of the International Centre for Monetary and Banking S ...

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

Other activities

German Institute for Economic Research The German Institute for Economic Research (german: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), or, more commonly DIWBerlin, is a economic research institute in Germany, involved in basic research and policy advice. It is a non-profit acad ...

(DIW), Member of the Scientific Advisory BoardScientific Advisory Board

(DIW).

References

External links

Website of the Institute Economic Theory II
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burda, Michael Christopher 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