Paul J. J. Welfens

Paul J.J. Welfens (born 29 January 1957, Düren, Germany) is a German economist. He studied economics in Wuppertal, and Duisburg in Germany, and in Paris, France. He obtained his PhD in 1985 and his full professorship in 1989 after which he became professor at the Wilhelms University of Münster and the University of Potsdam. Since 2004 Welfens is the chair professor for economics with a focus on macroeconomic theory and policy at the Bergisch University of Wuppertal,^[1] and is the Jean-Monnet-Professor for European Integration.^[1] In 2007 he took a visiting professorship at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Paris Institute of Political Studies). In the same year he was the first German to be awarded the silver medal of the International N. D. Kondratiev Foundation. Welfens is founder and president of the European Institute for International Economic Relations (EIIW) at the University of Wuppertal.^[1]

Selected publications

Welfens has published over 160 works and academic papers.^[2]

• European Monetary Integration, Springer, February 1994
• Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik (Springer-Lehrbuch), Springer Verlag, Mai 1995 Paperback
• Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik von Paul J.J. Welfens
• Internationalization of the Economy and Environmental Policy Options, Springer, September 2001 Hardcover
• European Monetary Union, Springer, Oktober 1997 Hardcover
• Stabilizing and Integrating the Balkans, Springer, Mai 2001 Hardcover
• Globalization of the Economy, Unemployment and Innovation, Springer, August 1999 Hardcover
• Globalization, economic growth and innovation dynamics, Springer, 1999
• Structural change and exchange rate dynamics Springer, 2005
• Integration in Asia and Europe, Springer, 2006
• Innovations in Macroeconomics, Springer, 2008
• Digital integration, growth and rational regulation, Springer, 2008

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