Alfons J. Weichenrieder

Alfons J. Weichenrieder is professor of public finance at Goethe University, Frankfurt. He received his doctorate in economics in 1995 from the University of Munich. Alfons Weichenrieder taught in Munich, at Princeton University, and at the University of Vienna before taking up the Chair of Public Finance at Goethe University in October 2002. He is a guest professor at the University of Economics and Business in Vienna, a co-opted member of the Public Finance Section of the German Economic Association and an International Research Fellow of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation. He is also a research professor at Ifo Institute Munich, a CESifo Research Fellow, and a member of the Scientific Council of the German Ministry of Finance. Weichenrieder is managing editor of FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis (est. 1884) and advisory editor of International Tax and Public Finance. He is married with three children and lives in Oberursel, Germany. His research concentrates on topics in international taxation and public finance in general.