Martin Friedrich Hellwig (born 5 April 1949) is a German economist. He has been the director of the

Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods The Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern'') is located in Bonn, Germany. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for th ...

since 2004, after spending his academic career as a professor at

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

(1977–1987),

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universitie ...

(1987–1995),

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

(1995–1996), and

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Academy of Sciences'', ...

(1996–2004). Between 2000 and 2004 he was the head of the German . He is 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 ...

Selected publications

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External links

Website at Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
1949 births Living people German economists Heidelberg University alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn Academic staff of the University of Basel Academic staff of the University of Mannheim Fellows of the Econometric Society Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the European Economic Association Max Planck Institute directors {{Germany-economist-stub