Ongoing research projects include:

• Varieties of institutional investors: what is the role of institutional investors in financial capitalism and why do they differ so much across capitalist economies?
• Housing shortages: what are the causes and consequences of inequalities in residential floor areas?
• Insuring capitalism: what is the historical evolution of private insurance, why has it differed across the Maritime vs. Alpine economies and what are the consequences of different insurance cultures?
• Are there trade-offs between the public welfare state and private modes of welfare provision (insurance, homeownership)?
• Financial capitalism: why are financial institutions governing private wealth so different across countries and time? What are the micro-effects of different private household wealth compositions?
• Social housing: why was Red Vienna possible (and not elsewhere)? What is the long-run evolution of social housing rates nationally?

Forschungsprojekte / Research Projects

• Abgeschlossen / Completed
• Laufend / In Progress
• Geplant / Planned

 

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Dissertationsprojekte / PhD Projects

• Abgeschlossen / Completed
• Laufend / In Progress

 

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Herausragende Abschlussarbeiten / Excellent Theses

Mit sehr gut oder noch sehr gut bewertete Arbeiten, betreut von Prof. Dr. Harald Wenzel
/ Theses graded with A or A-, supervised by Prof. Dr. Harald Wenzel