Achim Kemmerling
Professor
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and Int
Central European University
Hungary
Biography
Achim Kemmerling is Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Department of International Relations and the School of Public Policy, Central European University Budapest where he teaches courses on methodology, political economy and development. He has published in academic journals of various disciplines (e.g. Public Choice, JEPP, EUP, and JCMS) on issues of tax policy, social and labor market policies, and fiscal federalism. His monograph "Taxing the Working Poor" (Edward Elgar 2009) deals with the political and economic tradeoffs between redistribution and job incentives for poor workers. He has worked as a consultant to the German parliament, the German Society for Technical Cooperation (former GTZ, now GIZ) and the European Investment Bank.
Research Interest
Welfare State and Tax Policies, Theories and Methods of Political Economy, International Development, Poverty and Inequality.
Publications
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Bodenstein T, Kemmerling A. Ripples in a Rising Tide: Why Some EU Regions Receive More Structural Funds than Others. European Integration online Papers (EIoP). 2012;16.
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Kemmerling A. How Labour Ended Up Taxing Itself. The Long-Term Evolution of the Politics in German Labour Taxation. Journal of European Social Policy. 2014;24(2):150-63.
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Kemmerling A. How Labour Ended Up Taxing Itself. The Long-Term Evolution of the Politics in German Labour Taxation. Journal of European Social Policy. 2014;24(2):150-63.
