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Staff of the Max Planck Institute

Dr. Stephan Heblich

	Dr. Stephan Heblich
	Senior Research Fellow
	Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
	This page is not maintained anymore since September 2010.

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Education

2009	Visiting Scholar at the University of Toronto, Economics Department
2007 - 8/2010	Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Economics
2004 - 2007	PhD in Economics, University of Passau
1999 - 2004	Studies in Economics, University of Passau
2001	Studies in Economics and Management, Lund University School of Economics and Management, Schweden

Research areas

• Regional and Urban Economics
• Innovation and Growth
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Publications

Books

• "Das BMW Werk Regensburg. Wirtschaftliche und Soziale Vernetzung in der Region" (with Gerhard Kleinhenz and Robert Gold), Wissenschaftsverlag Richard Rothe, 2006
• "Wirtschaftspolitik in Peripheren Regionen" (edited with Oliver Falck), Duncker & Humblot, (forthcoming, 2008)
• "Innovation and Entreprneurship" (edited with David Audretsch and Oliver Falck), International Library of Entrepreneurship 14, Edward Elgar, 2009
• "Industrial Innovation: Direct Evidence from a Cluster-Oriented Policy" (with O. Falck and S. Kipar ), Regional Science and Urban Econoics, forthcoming.

Publications in Refereed Journals

• "Social Capital Access and Entrepreneurship" (with S. Bauernschuster and O. Falck), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming.
• "Identity and Entrepreneurship" (with O. Falck and E. Lüdemann), Small Business Economics, 2010 (forthcoming).
• "Local Entrepreneurship in Context" (with D. Audretsch, O. Falck, and M. Feldman), Regional Studies, 2010 (forthcoming).
• "Training and Innovation" (with S. Bauernschuster and O. Falck), Journal of Human Capital, 3(4), 2009, 323–353.
• "Industrial Innovation: Direct Evidence from a Cluster-Oriented Policy" (with O. Falck, and S. Kipar), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2010 (forthcoming).
• "Incumbent Innovation and Domestic Entry" (with O. Falck and S. Kipar ), Small Business Economics, 2009 (forthcoming)
• "Who's Got the Aces Up His Sleeve? Functional Specialization of Cities and Entrepreneurship" (with D. Audretsch and O. Falck), Annals of Regional Science, 2009 (forthcoming)
• "The Impact of Regional Age Structure on Entrepreneurship" (with W. Bönte and O. Falck), Economic Geography, 85(3), 2009 (forthcoming)
• "Modern Location Factors in Dynamic Regions" (with Oliver Falck), European Planning Studies, 16(10), 1385-1403
• "Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing Well by Doing Good" (with Oliver Falck), Business Horizons, 2007
• "Product ban versus strict regulation: the case of trichloroethylene use in Sweden and Germany" (with Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys), European Environmental Law Review, 2007
• "Zurück zum eigenverantwortlichen Individuum - Lösungsansatz zur Bewältigung des demographischen Wandels" (with Oliver Falck), Sozialer Fortschritt/German Review of Social Policy, 2006

Other Publications

• "Corporate Social Responsibility: Eine Win-Win Strategie für Unternehmen und Regionen" (with R. Gold), in: H. Pechlaner and M. Bachinger (Eds.) Lebensqualität und Standortattraktivität, 2010.
• "Corporate Social Responsibility in the Creation of Shareholder Value", in: G. Aras and D. Crowther, A Handbook of Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility, 2010.
• "Einleitung", in Oliver Falck und Stephan Heblich (Eds.): "Wirtsschaftspolitik in Peripheren Regionen", forthcoming, 2008
• "Regionen zwischen Starrheit und Flexiblilität", in: Oliver Falck und Stephan Heblich (Eds.): "Wirtschaftspolitik in Peripheren Regionen", forthcoming, 2008
• "Generationengerechtigkeit und Unternehmen" (with Frauke David, Oliver Falck and Cristoph Kneiding), in: Jörg Tremmel and Gotlind Ulshöfer (Eds.) Unternehmensleitbild Generationengerechtigkeit, 2005.

Working Papers

• "The Phantom of the Opera: Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth" (with O. Falck, and M. Fritsch), IZA Discussion Paper No. 5065, 2010.
• "From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival" (with O. Falck, C. Guenther and W.R. Kerr), NBER Working Paper No. 16141, 2010.
• "Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange" (with O. Falck, A. Lameli, and J. Suedekum), IZA Discussion Paper No. 4743, 2010.
  press coverage: ECONOMIST (March 19, 2010), Handelsblatt (March 8, 2010)
• "Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth" (with O. Falck and M. Fritsch), Jena Economic Research Papers 2009-049, 2009
• "The Shadows of the Past - How Implicit Institutions Influence Entrepreneurship" (with S. Bauernschuster, O. Falck, and R. Gold), Jena Economic Research Papers 2009-044, 2009
• "Identity and Entreprneurship" (with Oliver Falck and Elke Lüdemann), CESifo Workingpaper No. 2661, 2009
• "Incumbent Innovation and Entry by Spinoff" (with O. Falck), Jena Economic Research Papers 2008-083, 2008
• "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree: Location of Start-Ups Relative to Incumbents" (with O. Falck and M. Fritsch), Economic Research Papers 2008-082, 2008
• "Occupational Choice and Social Contacts Across Regions" (with S. Bauernschuster, and O. Falck), Jena Economic Research Papers 2008-079, 2008.
• "The Extension of Clusters: Differences-in-Difference Evidence from the Bavarian State-Wide Cluster Policy" (with O. Falck, and S. Kipar), Jena Economic Research Papers 2008-073, 2008.
• "Cluster Innovation Along the Industry Lifecycle" (with A. Eisingerich, O. Falck, and T. Kretschmer), Jena Economic Research Papers 2008-070, 2008.
• "Subsidizing National Champions: An Evolutionary Perspective" (with Cécile Aubert and Oliver Falck) CESifo Workingpaper No. 2380, 2008
• "The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm's Innovations" (with Stefan Bauernschuster and Oliver Falck) CESifo Workingpaper No. 2258, 2008
• "The Lifecycle of Regions" (with David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Maryann Feldman), CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6757, 2008
• "Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship" (with Werner Bönte and OliverFalck), CESifo Working Paper No. 2115, 2007
• "It's All in Marshall: The Impact of External Economies on Regional Dynamics" (with David Audretsch and Oliver Falck), CESifo Working Paper No. 2094, 2007
• "Dynamic Clusters" (with Oliver Falck), BGPE Discussion Paper No. 16
• "Eigenverantwortliche Individuen und Pro-Aktive Unternehmen" Passauer Diskussionsbeitrag, V-48-07
• "Corporate Social Responsibility: Einbettung des Unternehmens in das Wirtschaftssystem (with Oliver Falck), Passauer Diskussionsbeitrag V-45-06
• "Das Konzept der eigenverantwortlichen Generation zur Bewältigung des demographischen Wandels (with Oliver Falck), Passauer Diskussionsbeitrag V-36-05
• "Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung Revisited, Passauer Diskussionsbeitrag V-35-05

Studies and Projects

• Study on "Corporate Social Responsibility: A Win-Win Situation for Firms and Regions", joint project with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Lower Bavaria in Passau
• IAREG - Intangible Assets in Regional Economic Growth (Project supported by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Program)
• Study on "Adjustment Problems of the Labor Market in the ‘Bavarian Objective 2 Regions' bordering on the Czech Republic" for the European Social Fund
• Study on "Product Ban Versus Risk Management by Setting Emissions and Technology Requirements — The Effect of Different Regulatory Schemes Taking the Use of Trichloroethylene in Sweden and Germany as an Example" for DOW/SAFECHEM Europe GmbH
• Study on "BMW's Economic and Social Embeddedness in the Region" for BMW's production plant in Regensburg, Germany
• Lecture and Case Studies on CSR, jointly with Bertelsmann Foundation

Refereeing

• Applied Economics
• Small Business Economics
• Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
• Journal of Population Economics
• Journal of Urban Economics