Lüder Gerken
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Lüder Gerken is a German economist.
On finishing secondary school, Gerken trained first as a banker. Then, from 1981 to 1991, he went on to study Economics, completing his degree in 1985 and his PhD in 1988, followed by law, from which he graduated in 1991. From 1991 to 2001 Gerken headed the Freiburg-based Walter Eucken Institut
. He completed his habilitation in 1998 at the University of Bayreuth, where he received a teaching post for Economics. From 2001 to 2004, Gerken was chairman of the Stiftung Marktwirtschaft in Berlin. Since 1999, he has been chairman of the Stiftung Ordnungspolitik
and the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung
; since 2006 he has been director of the Centrum für Europäische Politik
. Meanwhile, he has been a member of the board of trustees for the Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft.
In his work, his main focus is on national and international ordoliberal policy, European integration and location competition.
On finishing secondary school, Gerken trained first as a banker. Then, from 1981 to 1991, he went on to study Economics, completing his degree in 1985 and his PhD in 1988, followed by law, from which he graduated in 1991. From 1991 to 2001 Gerken headed the Freiburg-based Walter Eucken Institut
Walter Eucken Institut
The Walter Eucken Institut is a German ordo-liberal economic think tank based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The Institute was founded in 1954, four years after the death of economist Walter Eucken, by a number of his friends and pupils. The Institute's creation was supported...
. He completed his habilitation in 1998 at the University of Bayreuth, where he received a teaching post for Economics. From 2001 to 2004, Gerken was chairman of the Stiftung Marktwirtschaft in Berlin. Since 1999, he has been chairman of the Stiftung Ordnungspolitik
Stiftung Ordnungspolitik
The foundation Stiftung Ordnungspolitik is a non-profit organization dealing with the ordoliberal tradition of the Freiburg School of Economics...
and the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung
Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung
The Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung was founded in May 1999 to mark the 100th birthday of the Nobel Prize winner Friedrich August von Hayek. The foundation has its seat in Freiburg im Breisgau and is run by Dr. habil Lüder Gerken. Sponsors are Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG...
; since 2006 he has been director of the Centrum für Europäische Politik
Centrum für Europäische Politik
The Centrum für Europäische Politik is a think tank whose task it is to evaluate the European Union’s draft laws/legislation on the basis of ordoliberal free market criteria. Established in 2006 under the umbrella of the foundation Stiftung Ordnungspolitik, the CEP is based in Freiburg/Germany...
. Meanwhile, he has been a member of the board of trustees for the Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft.
In his work, his main focus is on national and international ordoliberal policy, European integration and location competition.