Lars Feld

Lars Peter Feld (born August 9, 1966 in Saarbrücken) is a German economist who currently serves as director of the Walter Eucken Institut, Professor for Economic Policy at the University of Freiburg and as chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts.

Feld studied Economics at Saarland University. He obtained a doctorate in Economics 1999 and a habilitation in Economics in 2002, both from the University of St. Gallen.

From 2002 until 2005 Feld was visiting academic at the Economic Sciences faculty at the University of Rennes 1. At the same time, from 2002 until 2006, he served as professor for Economics with specialty in finance at the University of Marburg and, since 2002, he also serves as associate professor for Economics at the University of St. Gallen.

Since 2008 Feld has been a member of the Kronberger Kreis of the Stiftung Marktwirtschaft (Market Economy Foundation) and in this context calls for more private liability within the European bank union.

From 2006 until 2010 Feld held the chair for finance at the University of Heidelberg. At the same time he was offered a research professorship at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim which he took on in 2006. In addition to this, since 2007, he is visiting academic at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. During this time he worked as curator for student business consulting GalileiConsult e.V. in Heidelberg.

Since September 2010 Feld has been professor for Economic Policy and Ordinal Economics at the University of Freiburg and serves as lead executive at the Walter Eucken Institute.

Since March 2011, Feld has been a member of the German Council of Economic Experts; in 2020, he became the body's chairman. Since 2013, he has also been serving on the advisory board of the Stability Council, a body devised as part of Germany’s national implementation of the European Fiscal Compact.

• Burret, Heiko T.; ———; Koehler, Ekkehard A. (2014). "Panel Cointegration Tests on the Fiscal Sustainability of German Laender". CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4929. SSRN 2496332.
• ———; Ruf, Martin; Scheuering, Uwe; Schreiber, Ulrich; Voget, Johannes (2013). "Effects of Territorial and Worldwide Corporation Tax Systems on Outbound M&As" (PDF). ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-088. Mannheim.
• Asatryan, Zareh; ——— (2014). "Revisiting the Link Between Growth and Federalism: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach" (PDF). Journal of Comparative Economics. forthcoming (3): 772–781. doi:10.1016/j.jce.2014.04.005.
• ———; Heckemeyer, Jost Henrich (2011). "FDI and Taxation: A Meta-Study" (PDF). Journal of Economic Surveys. 25 (2): 233–272. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6419.2010.00674.x.

• Econwatch, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2012)
• RWI Essen, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2011)
• German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2010)
• Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Member (since 2008)
• Kronberger Kreis, Stiftung Marktwirtschaft, Member (since 2008)
• Mehr Demokratie, Member of the Board of Trustees
• VDMA Impuls-Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Ludwig Erhard Foundation, Member
• Wirtschaftsrat der CDU, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
• Mont Pelerin Society, Member
• Wilhelm Röpke Institute, Member
• German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Member of the Steering Committee (-2016)
• European Public Choice Society (EPCS), President (2007-2009)

• 1996: Wicksell-Price from the European Public Choice Society
• 2001: Best Paper Prize from the International Institute of Public Finance
• 2008: Excellence in Refereeing Award from the American Economic Review

Feld is married and has three sons.