Emanuel Hansen

Emanuel Hansen is an Associate Professor of Economics at LMU Munich, holding the Chair of Public Economics. He serves as Research Director and Program Director at the Center for Economic Studies (CES) and is a Principal Investigator of the CRC TRR 190 "Rationality & Competition". His research appears in leading journals including Econometrica and the American Economic Journal.

Hansen's research spans public economics, political economy, labor economics, and economic theory. He investigates tax policy (particularly Earned Income Tax Credits), welfare program design, political competition mechanisms, and multi-margin labor supply responses. His work combines theoretical modeling with empirical analysis to evaluate Pareto-improving reforms and policy interactions in social security systems.

Recent publications reveal strong emphasis on German and French tax-transfer systems, with growing focus on gender inequality dynamics and family policy impacts. His political economy work explores endogenous party formation and optimal power concentration. This research directly informs welfare reform design, particularly regarding transfer withdrawal rates and work incentive structures across European contexts.

As Research Director of CES, Hansen leads interdisciplinary teams within LMU's economic research ecosystem. The CRC TRR 190 collaboration under the German Research Foundation provides infrastructure for his ongoing work on rationality frameworks and competitive market analysis.