Ph.D. Student

Thomas Groll

504 Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC)	tgroll (at) uoregon edu
541.346.5085 (office)	541.346.1243 (dept fax)

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Thomas Groll received his Vordiplom in Economics in 2005 from the University of Konstanz, Germany. Prior to entering the Ph.D. Program at the UO, Thomas was an exchange student at the UO during the academic year 2005/06 and experienced different internships at institutions of the federal government of Germany.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Thomas intends to specialize in economic origins of institutions, Political Economy, and Development Economics.

FIELDS

Core and Field courses completed or in progress (Instructors):

Microeconomics (Christopher J. Ellis, Anne van den Nouweland, Van W. Kolpin)
Macroeconomics (Jo Anna Gray, Shankha Chakraborty, Nicolás E. Magud)
Quantitative Methods (Peter Lambert, Larry Singell, Jr, Trudy Cameron)
Public Economics (Christopher J. Ellis)
Industrial Organizations (Bruce Blonigen)

WORKING PAPERS

"Tax discrimination and uncertainty by revolutionary threats in nondemocratic regimes," (2006) - advised by Christopher J. Ellis and Nicolás E. Magud.
Abstract

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Thomas has served as a teaching assistant for EC 340 Public Economics in Summer 2006. Responsibilities have included grading of examinations and office hours.

OTHER INTERESTS

Thomas is a native speaker in German. He enjoys literature, indie music and theater. His favorite sport is soccer - active and as a supporter. Personal web page

Updated: March 23, 2008