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Frank Stähler

Diploma(Econ) (Münster), PhD (Cologne)

Frank has research interests in international trade theory and applied microeconomics. His teaching interests include international trade
theory and microeconomics. Before joining the Department of Economics he was at the University of Kiel.

Contact Details

Office CO718
Tel 64 3 479 8645
Fax 64 3 479 8174
Email fstaehler@business.otago.ac.nz

Current Teaching

Selected Publications

"The Choice of Market Entry Mode: Greenfield Investment, M&A and Joint Ventures", International Review of Economics and Finance, forthcoming (with Horst Raff and Michael Ryan).

"A Model of Outsourcing and Foreign Direct Investment", Review of Development Economics, 11 (2007), 321 - 332.

"Market Entry and Foreign Direct Investment", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24 (2006), 335 - 347.

"Trade Patterns and Welfare", Journal of Economic Integration, 20 (2005), 252 - 262 (with Roberto De Santis).

"Barriers to trade and imperfect competition: The choice of commodity tax base", International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 12 (2005), 281-300 (with Andreas Haufler and Guttorm Schjelderup).

"Vertical Foreign Direct Investment, Welfare and Employment", Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 5 (2005), No. 1, Article 3 (with Walter Elberfeld† and Georg Goetz).

"Endogenous Market Structures and the Gains from Foreign Direct Investment", Journal of International Economics, Vol. 64 (2004), 545-565 (with Roberto De Santis).

"Budget Cuts, Social Assistance and Voluntary Unemployment", Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 4 (2002), 573-579.

"Trade Policies for Exporting Industries under Free Entry" (with Roberto De Santis), German Economic Review, Vol. 2 (2001), 327-338.

"Who is Afraid of Capital Mobility? On Labor Taxation and the Level of Public Services in an Open Economy", Journal of Economics, Vol. 74 (2001), 79-101 (with Oliver Lorz).