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Staff of the Max Planck Institute

Dr. Andreas Chai

	Dr. Andreas Chai
	Research Fellow
	Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
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Curriculum Vitae

• 1998 - 2002 Completed a Bachelor of Economics / Bachelor of Arts (Parallel Degree) at the University of Queensland, Australia
• 2003 Completed honors degree in Economics, School of Economics, University of Queensland.
• 2004 Admitted as a Phd candidate to the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena. Dissertation project: "The Long Run Evolution of Consumer Preferences".

Honors and Stipends

• 2000 Awarded Commendation for High Achievement (Deans List), University of Queensland.
• 2002 Awarded Queensland Competition Authority Scholarship
• 2003 Awarded First Class Honours in Economic, University of Queensland
• 2004 Awarded Doctoral Scholarship from the Max Planck Society, Germany.

Research Interests:

• Evolutionary Consumer Theory
• Developmental Economics
• Microeconomics
• Tourism Economics

Publications:

• Chai, A., P. Earl and J. Potts (Forthcoming 2006), ‘Liquid Lifestyles and Business Cycles’ in M. Bianchi (Ed.) Advances in Austrian Economics. JAI: Amsterdam
• Chai, A. (2006), ‘Consumer Specialization, Satiation and the German Organized Tourism Market’, paper presented at the International Schumpeter Society (ISS) 2006 Conference, Sophia-Antipolis, France
• Chai, A. (2005), “Menger’s theory of imaginary goods and the historical emergence of British medical experts”, paper presented at the annual meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Sozialpolitik), September 2005, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn
• Chai, A. (2005), ‘Systems of Demand Innovation’, paper presented at the Danish Research Unit on Industrial Dynamics (DRUID) Summer Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Chai, A. (2004), “The Behavioral Economics of Romantic Tourism”, paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Behavioural Economics (SABE) 2004 Conference, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA and the International Schumpeter Society (ISS) 2004 Conference, Milan, Italy
• Chai, A. (2003), ‘Liquid Lifestyles and Business Cycles: The Evolutionary Economics of Fashion’, Dissertation for Honours degree, University of Queensland