Curriculum Vitae Mark Schelker Personal Information Name Mark Schelker, Dr.rer.pol. Address SIAW HSG. Bodanstrasse 8, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland Telephone +41 71 224 25 78 Email mark.schelker@unisg.ch Nationality Swiss Born 11 th August 1977 in Berne Current Position and Affiliations 08/2009 present UNIVERSITY OF ST. GALLEN, Department of Economics Assistant Professor 2007 present CREMA, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts Research Fellow Education 10/2002 06/2007 UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND Ph.D. in Economics (Dr.rer.pol.), summa cum laude Ph.D. Committee: Prof. Reiner Eichenberger, University of Fribourg Prof. Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University Prof. Bruno S. Frey, University of Zurich 08/2004 08/2005 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, USA Visiting Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS) 10/1998 10/2002 UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND M.A. in Economics (lic.rer.pol), summa cum laude Bilingual degree (German / French) 10/1997 02/1998 EPF Lausanne (Swiss Institute of Technology), SWITZERLAND Mechanic Engineering 08/1993 06/1997 COLLÈGE SAINT MICHEL, Fribourg, SWITZERLAND Matura, Type C (focus on Mathematics and Physics) Research and Teaching Fields Primary Fields Secondary Fields Public Economics, Political Economics Development Economics, Behavioral Economics 1
Former Employment and Affiliations 01/2009 07/2009 OLIVER WYMAN Financial Services, Strategic Management Consulting Consultant 07/2008 09/2008 HUMATICA AG, Management Consulting Consultant 09/2007 03/2008 UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, Department of Economics Lecturer 08/2004 08/2005 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences (IQSS) Visiting Fellow/Graduate Associate 10/2002 08/2007 UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, Center for Public Finance, Research/Teaching Assistant to Prof. Dr. Reiner Eichenberger 02/2001 10/2002 UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, Center for Public Finance, Student Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Reiner Eichenberger Teaching Experience since Fall 2009 since Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Fall 2007 Fall 2007 Since 2003 Public Economics (BA), University of St. Gallen Public Policy (Ph.D.), University of St. Gallen Economic Policy (MA), University of St. Gallen Economic Policy (BA), University of St. Gallen Public Finance (BA), University of Fribourg Environmental Economics (MA), University of Fribourg Free lance Lecturer of Economics (in German, English, French). E.g. Universities of Applied Science Northwestern Switzerland, Bern, Fribourg, Ludwigshafen (MBA); CUREM, Center for Urban and Real Estate Management Zurich (Msc. Real Estate) Co teaching: Fall 2003, 2005 Spring 2004, 2006 Public Finance (MA), University of Fribourg, with Prof. Reiner Eichenberger Economic Policy and Public Finance (MA), University of Fribourg and University of Zurich, with Profs. Reiner Eichenberger and Bruno S. Frey Fellowships and Awards 2004 SWISS NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (SNF) Fellowship 2002 UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG Award for the best Master Thesis of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences 2
Publications Monographs Making Auditors Effective: Theory, Evidence, Perspectives. Nomos, Baden Baden, 2008 Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals Auditors and Fiscal Policy: Empirical Evidence on a Little Big Institution. Journal of Comparative Economics, forthcoming (with Reiner Eichenberger) The Influence of Auditor Term Length and Term Limits on US State General Obligation Bond Ratings. Public Choice, forthcoming Federalism and Exit Costs: A Comment on C. Mantzavinos. Constitutional Political Economy, forthcoming (with Gebhard Kirchgässner) Independent and Competing Agencies: An Effective Way to Control Government. Public Choice 130: 79 98, 2007 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Starke Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen: Wichtiger als direkte Demokratie und Föderalismus? Ein erster Blick auf die Daten. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 139 (3): 351 373, 2003 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Policy Papers and Contributions to edited Books Making Audit Courts Effective: Theory and Empirical Evidence. In: Backhaus, Jürgen G. (Ed.): Fiscal Sociology: Public Auditing. Peter Lang Publishers, Frankfurt am Main, 2007, p. 37 55 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Was macht direkte Demokratie noch besser? Unabhängige Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen. In: Wagschal, Uwe und Markus Freitag (Eds.): Direkte Demokratie Bestandsaufnahmen und Wirkungen im internationalen Vergleich. Lit, Münster, 2007, p. 385 417 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Leistungsfähiger Staat dank Markt für Staat. / Un Etat productif grâce à un marché pour l Etat. In: Brühlmeier, Daniel und Dieter Kläy (Eds.): Staatliche Leistungsfähigkeit in globalisierter Gesellschaft / Les prestations de l Etat dans la société mondialisée. Editions Libertas Suisse, Biel, 2007, p. 89 121 and p. 233 262 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Zwischen Markt und Staat: Der Markt für Staat. In: Schmidt Trenz, Hans Jörg und Rolf Stober (Eds.): Dritter Sektor im 21. Jahrhundert: Auslauf oder Zukunftsmodell? Jahrbuch für Recht und Ökonomik des Dritten Sektors 2005/2006. Nomos, Baden Baden, 2006, p. 215 230 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Unabhängige Finanzprüfung Ein Wundermittel gegen hohe Steuern. In: Brink, Stefan and Heinrich Wolf (Eds.): Gemeinwohl und Verantwortung. Festschrift für Hans Herbert von Arnim, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2004, p. 237 252 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Popular Writing Bessere Politik durch starke Rechnungsprüfungskommissionen. Mit einer unabhängigen «Bürgerberatung in Finanzfragen» zu einer effizienteren Verwendung der Staatsfinanzen. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 1, 2008 (Nr. 151): p. 27 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Bern Bundeshaus: Wege aus dem Chaos. Weltwoche, 18th March 2004 (Nr. 12.04): p. 20 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Kostenwahrheit: Freie Fahrt, weniger Steuern. Weltwoche, 12th February 2004 (Nr. 7.04): p. 14 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Stärkeres Verursacherprinzip gegen Fluglärm: Kostenwahrheit und Kompensationen als Lösungsansätze. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 28, 2003 (Nr. 22): p. 15 (with Reiner Eichenberger) 3
Tiefere Prämien für Alte. Der Bund, December 7, 2002: p. 2 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Dank Rabatt zu tieferen Kosten. Cash, December 6, 2002 (Nr. 49): p. 35 (with Reiner Eichenberger) Die «Freiwillige Miliz»: Ein Vorschlag für die nächste Armeereform. Schweizer Monatshefte, 82. Jahr, Heft 2, 2002 (with Reiner Eichenberger and Gerald Hosp) Die Freiwillige Miliz Die ideale Armee fürs 21. Jahrhundert. Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift (ASMZ), Nr. 12, 2001 (with Reiner Eichenberger and Gerald Hosp) Working Papers (Papers available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/absbyauth.cfm?per_id=405830) Auditor Expertise: Evidence from the Public Sector. CREMA Working Paper No. 2009 20, 2009 Auditor Terms and Term Limits in the Public Sector: Evidence from the US States. CREMA Working Paper No. 2009 19, 2009 Rethinking Public Auditing Institutions: Empirical Evidence from Swiss Municipalities. CREMA Working Paper No. 2008 06 (with Reiner Eichenberger), 2008 Auditors and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Public Sector. CREMA Working Paper No. 2008 05, 2008 Public Auditors: Empirical Evidence from the US States. CREMA Working Paper No. 2008 04, 2008 Good Governance: Do we Need Company Politics or a Global Market for Politicians? (with Reiner Eichenberger and Michael Funk), Mimeo, University of Fribourg, 2007 Fiscal Decentralization: Efficiency vs. Redistribution? An Institutional Feature to Resolve the Trade off. SSRN Working Paper Nbr. 702602, 2005 Controlling Government by Democratically Elected, Competing Political Bodies. SSRN Working Paper Nbr. 605322, 2005 Work in Progress Institutions, Regulation and Taxation (with Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and Reiner Eichenberger, University of Fribourg) Rational Voters and the Power of the Separation of Powers. The Economic Effects of an Independent Judiciary Evidence from the U.S. States (with Stefan Voigt, University of Hamburg) Oil, Drugs and Foreign Aid: Strategic Donors Behaviour? (with Roland Hodler, University of Melbourne) Oil Discoveries, Ethnic Divisions and Civil Wars (with Roland Hodler, University of Melbourne) Auditors and Bureaucratic Rents: Evidence from the US (with Simon Luechinger, University of Lucerne) Institutions and Life Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the US States (with Alois Stutzer, University of Basel and Simon Luechinger, University of Lucerne) The Dark Side of Social Capital (with Stephan Meier, Columbia University) Federalism and the Comparison and Promotion of Politicians: A New Perspective (with Michael Funk, University of Fribourg) 4
Presentations at Conferences and Research Seminars 2010 European Public Choice Society, Izmir, Turkey; University of Basel, Switzerland; International Society for New Institutional Economics, Stirling, Scotland; Western Economic Association International, Portland (OR), USA, International Institute of Public Finance, Uppsala, Sweden; ZEW Conference on Tax Policy Decision Making, Mannheim, Germany 2009 European Economic Association, Barcelona, Spain; Verein für Socialpolitik, Magdeburg, Germany; University of St. Gallen, Switzerland 2008 IDHEAP Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Barcelona, Spain; University of St. Gallen, Switzerland 2007 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Fribourg, Switzerland; European Economic Association, Budapest, Hungary; Public Choice Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2006 Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), USA; University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Fribourg, Switzerland; NBER Political Economy Student Conference, Cambridge (MA), USA; European Economic Association, Vienna, Austria; European Public Choice Society, Turku, Finland; Konjunkturforschungsstelle Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 2005 Harvard University (2x), Cambridge (MA), USA; University of Erfurt, Germany; NBER Political Economy Student Conference, Cambridge (MA), USA; Public Choice Society, New Orleans (LA), USA; European Public Choice Society, Durham, UK; International Society of New Institutional Economics, Barcelona, Spain; Handelskammer Hamburg, Germany 2004 Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), USA; International Society of New Institutional Economics, Tucson (AZ), USA 2003 Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany; University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, Bern, Switzerland Media Ökonomisierung der Gesellschaft: Fluch oder Segen? Sonntagsrunde Thema, Tele Ostschweiz, June 2006 5
References Professor Reiner Eichenberger Center for Public Finance University of Fribourg Bd. de Pérolles 90 CH 1700 Fribourg SWITZERLAND Phone: +41 26 300 82 62 Email: reiner.eichenberger@unifr.ch Professor Bruno S. Frey Institute for Empirical Research in Economics University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 30 CH 8006 Zurich SWITZERLAND Phone: +41 44 634 37 30 Email: bsfrey@iew.uzh.ch Professor Andrei Shleifer Department of Economics Harvard University Litauer Center M 9 Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Phone: +1 617 495 5046 Email: ashleifer@harvard.edu Professor James E. Alt Department of Government Harvard University 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Phone: +1 617 495 2184 Email: james_alt@harvard.edu 6