Stefan Voigt

With the eyes of the economist of institutions Prof. Stefan Voigt looks at different time cultures as a result of different time horizons of the actors involved, donors and recipients, and the deadlines established in institutions. A central concept therein is the preference for the present, i.e. the question in how far current returns are given up in favor of future expected returns.

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About the Author

Prof. Dr. Stefan Voigt, born in 1962, he studied in Freiburg/Br. and was a guest visitor at several US universities. In 1997 he habilitated on economic explanations of constitutional change. From 2000 until 2002 he was professor in Bochum. Since then he holds the Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Wirtschaftspolitik in Kassel. Prof. Voigt currently works on New Economics of Institutions (NIÖ).