Max Planck Institute of Economics

	Wolfhard Kaus
	Research Fellow
	Max Planck Institute of Economics Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
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Curriculum Vitae

Since 10/2008	Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena Member of the Graduate College "The Economics of Innovative Change"
2002-2008	Studies in Economics (Dipl.-Volkswirt), Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany Title of the diploma thesis: "Entwicklungspolitik und Diktatoren – Das Auftreten Chinas in Afrika"
2007	Studies in Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
	Born in 1982

Research Topics

Changing Consumption Patterns
Economic Development

Publications

Julia Sophie Woersdorfer and Wolfhard Kaus (2011). Will nonowners follow pioneer consumers in the adoption of solar thermal systems? Empirical evidence for northwestern Germany. Ecological Economics 70(12): 2282-2291 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.04.005.

Working Papers

Julia Sophie Woersdorfer and Wolfhard Kaus (2010). Will imitators follow pioneer consumers in the adoption of solar thermal systems? Empirical evidence for North-West Germany. Papers on Economics and Evolution #1013.
Wolfhard Kaus (2010). Conspicuous Consumption and Race: Evidence from South Africa. Papers on Economics and Evolution #1003.

Awards

Alumni Jenenses award for particularly application-oriented scientific research, third, diploma thesis: "Development policy and dictators – Considering the emergence of China in Africa" [originally submitted in German], (2009).

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