Central European University Office: +36 327 3000/ext. 2751 School of Public Policy dorsch.michael@gmail.com Nádor u. 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary DorschM@ceu.hu Date of Birth: May 8, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Citizenship: U.S. citizen, French work visa EDUCATION 2002 08 Ph.D. Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 2000 01 M.A. Economics, Miami University 1996 2000 B.A. Economics, International Studies, French, Miami University EMPLOYMENT Academic employment 2013 Assistant Professor, Central European University, School of Public Policy 2008 13 Assistant Professor,, Department of Economics Other appointments 2013 Visiting Scholar, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, GREQAM Other professional experience 2004 05 Researcher, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, UIUC 2003 04 Statistician, Illinois Business Consulting, Urbana IL 2001 02 Accounting Auditor, Vail Resorts, Jackson Hole WY 2000 Trader Assistant, B.N.P. Paribas Securities, Chicago IL RESEARCH Fields of interest Political Economics, Development and Institutional Economics, Public Economics Published papers Dorsch, Michael. 2013. Bailout for Sale? The Vote to Save Wall Street, Public Choice, vol. 155 (3-4): 211 228. Dorsch, Michael. 2010. The Long-Term Implications of the 2008 Bailout for the American Model of Capitalism, New Perspectives on Political Economy vol. 6 (1): 21 34. Dorsch, Michael. 2010. Social Mobility and the Demand for Public Consumption Expenditures, Public Choice, vol. 142 (1-2): 25 39. Book chapters Dorsch, Michael. 2012. American Dreamers: Perceptions of Social Mobility in the United States, in Advances in Sociology Research, vol. 10: 207 220. 1 of 5
Working papers and papers under review Dorsch, Michael. Economic Development and Determinants of Environmental Concern (accepted subject to final revision by Social Science Quarterly) Dorsch, Michael, Fergal McCann and Eoin McGuirk. Democratic Accountability, Regulation, and Inward Investment Policy (revision requested by Economics & Politics) Dorsch, Michael and Paul Maarek. Inefficient Predation, Information, and Contagious Revolutionary Movements (under review) Dorsch, Michael, Karl Dunz and Paul Maarek. Development and Inefficient Regulation Under the Threat of Revolution (under review) Dorsch, Michael, Karl Dunz and Paul Maarek. Macro Shocks, Regulatory Quality, and Costly Political Action (submitted) Works in progress Dorsch, Michael. Inequality and Democratization: Reconsidering the Economic View Dorsch, Michael and Bethany Kirkpatrick. Economic Growth, Inequality, and Environmental Degradation Dorsch, Michael, Karl Dunz and Paul Maarek. Macro Shocks and Political Turnover: Coup d États or Revolutions? Bourlès, Renaud, Michael Dorsch and Paul Maarek. Income Redistribution and the Diversity of Consumer Goods Unpublished manuscripts Dorsch, Michael. Policy Agenda Liberalization in a Monolithic Labor Party Dorsch, Michael and Brett Graham. To Give and Get: Poverty Alleviation as a Local Public Good SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Invited seminars 2013 Central European University, School of Public Policy, Public Lecture 2012 MINES Paris Tech, Séminaire du Centre d Économie Industrielle Université de Paris 1, Séminaire Économie Publique, Institutions & Organisations 2011 Université de Cergy Pontoise, Economics Department Lunch Seminar École Polytéchnique, Paris, Environmental Policy Seminar Université de Paris 1, Séminaire Économie Publique, Institutions & Organisations Paris School of Economics, Paris Environmental & Energy Economics Seminar Democrats Abroad France, Public Lecture 2010 Université de Paris 1, Séminaire Économie Publique, Institutions & Organisations 2009 Paris School of Economics, Public Economics Seminar 2 of 5
Conference presentations 2013 Silviplana 22nd Workshop in Political Economy, Switzerland DIAL Development Conference, Université Paris Dauphine European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Barcelona Spain European Public Choice Society Annual Conference, ETH Zurich Switzerland CSAE Conference on African Economic Development, University of Oxford, UK [ Macro Shocks podcast, 31 minute mark] Frontier Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) workshop, Humboldt University, Berlin Germany 2012 Beyond Basic Questions workshop, University of Groningen, Netherlands European School on New Institutional Economics, Cargèse Corsica Spring Meeting of Young Economists, ZEW, Mannheim Germany 2011 Irish Society of New Economists Conference, University College Dublin AEL Development Economics Conference, DIW, Berlin Germany Conference on Climate and Global Change, Austrian National Economic Association, University of Graz European Public Choice Society Annual Conference, Rennes France CSAE Conference on African Economic Development, University of Oxford, UK 2010 Workshop on Institutions and FDI, Université de Lille 1, France Hungarian Society for Economics Conference, Budapest Irish Society of New Economists Conference, Trinity College Dublin Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée, Angers France Spring Meeting of Young Economists, University of Luxembourg [ Bailout for Sale was finalist for best paper award out of 600 submissions] International Atlantic Economic Conference, Prague Czech Republic Prague Conference on Political Economy, Prague Czech Republic 2009 Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée, Dijon France Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Istanbul Turkey TEACHING EXPERIENCE Central European University MA, 2013 Fundamentals of Economic Analysis Financial Crises in Economic and Historic Perspective 3 of 5
MA, 2010 13 Advanced Quantitative Methods for Policy Makers Global Public Policy (with Peter Hägel and Richard Beardsworth) UG, 2008 13 Senior Research Seminar Public Economics Introduction to Econometrics International Monetary Economics International Trade Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics University of Illinois (as TA) MS, 2005 08 Core Macroeconomic Theory Computable General Equilibrium The Economics of Taxation UG, 2002 05 Economic Growth and Development Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT Central European University 2013 Founding faculty member of School of Public Policy (SPP) 2012 Developed multi-disciplinary UG major: Philosophy, Politics, & Economics 2010 Developed multi-disciplinary MA course: Global Public Policy 2009 Developed UG honors program in Economics ACADEMIC AWARDS 2013 Visiting Scholar, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, GREQAM 2009 12 Faculty Development Grant, AUP 2002 08 University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, 12 of 12 semesters, four times with special distinction, UIUC 2007 European Union Center Travel Grant, UIUC 2005 Ron Demarest Award for Graduate Teaching Excellence, UIUC 2002 08 Teaching Fellowship, UIUC 2000 01 MA Fellowship, Miami University 2000 Delbert Snider Award for Excellence in International Economics, Miami University 4 of 5
ACADEMIC SERVICE Central European University, SPP 2013 Committee for Innovation in the Classroom, volunteer 2013 Hiring Committee for IR and Global Governance faculty 2009 13 Curriculum Committee, elected member (chair 2012 13) 2010 13 Comité d Entreprise (administrative oversight committee), elected member 2012 13 Faculty advisor to editor of AUP student journal The Lutitian 2012 13 Hiring Committee for Dept. of International and Comparative Politics 2010 11 Hiring Committee for Dept. of Global Communications 2010 Hiring Committee for Chief Financial Officer Referee activity Public Choice, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Politics, Spring Meeting of Young Economists conference Professional association membership American Economics Association, European Economics Association, European Public Choice Society, European Political Science Association VARIOUS SKILLS Computing proficiency Excel, L A TEX, Mathematica, Stata Language skills English (native), French (fluent), Italian (beginner), Hungarian (aspiring) REFERENCES upon request 5 of 5