German citizen, born 8 March 1965.
Current position: maître de
conferences, EHESS Toulouse.
Office Address Phone, Fax, e-mail
EHESS, IDEI, Université de
Toulouse 1 +33.5.61
12 86 05
Manufacture des Tabacs +33.5.61
12 85 90 (Sec.)
21 allée de Brienne +33.5.61
12 86 37 (Fax)
France – 31000 Toulouse friebel@cict.fr
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Applied contract theory: organizations and personnel
economics
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IO and regulation: in particular of railroads
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Population economics: migration and family
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Transition and institutional economics
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Deputy Director of Stockholm Institute of Transition
Economics (SITE),
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Assistant Professor, SITE (1997-2001)
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Post-doc. at IDEI,
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Consultant with
Treuhandanstalt, Moscow (June 1992 to March 1993)
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Mandatory military service (summer 1984 to fall 1985)
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From 1985 to 1990: student trainee (40 weeks) with
Deichmann Schuhe (
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Ph.D. in Economics, Free University of
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Diplom-Volkswirt (M.A., Economics), Bielefeld (June 1992)
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Labor economics, Master (DEA and DEEQA) programme at
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Transition, Master of Science programme, SSE (from 1997 to 2002)
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Industrial
Organization: second-year Ph.D. course,
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Executive teaching experience in
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“Smuggling Humans: A Theory of Debt-financed
Migration” (co-author Sergei Guriev), forthcoming, Journal of the European Economic Association
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“Attaching Workers Through In-kind Payments: Theory and
Evidence from Russia” (co-author Sergei
Guriev), The World
Bank Economic Review, 2005
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“A Note on CEO Compensation, Elimination Tournaments
and Bankruptcy Risk” (co-author Alexandr Matros), Economics of Governance 6 (2), 2004, 105-11
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“A Positive Theory of Give-away Privatization”
(co-author Olivier Debande), International Journal of Industrial
Organization 22, 2004, 1309-25
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“Abuse of Authority and Hierarchical Communication”,
(co-author Michael Raith), RAND Journal
of Economics 35, 2004, 224-44
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“Career Concerns in Teams” (co-authors Emmanuelle
Auriol, Lambros Pechlivanos), Journal of
Labor Economics 20, 2002, 289-307
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“Bureaucracies in the Russian Voucher Privatisation”, The
Economics of Transition 8, 2000,
37-57
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“Organisational Issues of Trade and Services
Privatisation in
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“Fighting for Talent: Risk-shifting, Corporate
Volatility, and Organizational Change” (co-author Mariassunta Giannetti), resubmitted
a new draft to Journal of the European
Economic Association, based on CEPR Discussion Paper #3610
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“Parental Leave: A Policy Evaluation of the Swedish
Daddy-Month Reform” (co-authors John Ekberg, Rickard Ericksson), to be revised
and resubmitted to Journal of the
European Economic Association
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“Railroad (De)Regulation – A European Efficiency
Comparison” (co-authors Marc Ivaldi, Catherine Vibes), second round of
revisions at Economica, based on CEPR Discussion Paper #4319
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“The Functioning of Inter-modal
Competition in the Transportation Market: Evidence from the Entry of Low-cost
Airlines in
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“Earnings Manipulation and Incentives in Firms”
(co-author Sergei Guriev), submitted to Journal
of Finance, based on CEPR DP # 4861
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“Railroad Restructuring in
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“Vertical Integration, Access Regulation and the Costs
of Public Funds (With Implications for Railroad Reforms)” (co-author Aldo
Gonzalez), submitted to Journal of
Comparative Economics
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“Incentives, Communication and
Coordination: A Theory of the Firm”, (co-author Michael Raith)
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“Club-in-the-club: Undermining Veto Power” (co-authors
Erik Berglöf, Mike Burkart, Elena Paltseva)
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“Trust in an Economy without Legal Enforcement”
(co-author Ailsa Röell)
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“Self-motivated Agents and the Adverse Effects of
Incentive Provision in Teams” (co-author Wendelin Schnedler)
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“The Labor Effects of
Deregulation Revisited: Evidence from US Class 1 Railroads, 1981 to
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“Sorting of Students with
Rank-order Information”, (co-author Vera Zaporozhets)
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“Insider Privatization and Careers – A Clinical Study
of a Russian Firm in Transition” (co-author Elena Panova)
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Book review of “Contracts in Trade and Transition: The
Resurgence of Barter” (D. Marin and M. Schnitzer), Journal of Institutional
and Theoretical Economics 159, 2003, pp. 599-600.
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Book review of “Gender, Work and Wages in the
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Book review of “Governance, Decentralization and
Reform in
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Book review of “Privatizing
Russia” (M.
Boycko, A. Shleifer, R. Vishny), Economic
Systems 20, 1996.
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“Team Spirit”, European
Economic Perspectives #25, 2000, pp. 5-6 (based on the paper with E. Auriol
and L. Pechlivanos).
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“Labour Market Reform” in E. Berglöf and R.
Vaitilingam (ed.), Stuck in Transit: Rethinking Russian Economic Reform,
2000, pp. 37-41 CEPR,
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“Human Resource Policies in Russian Firms” (in
Russian, co-authors Irina Denisova and Elena Sadovnikova) Tchelovyek i Trud, Nov. 1999, pp. 19-24.
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“The Russian Labour Market: Urgent Needs for Reforms”,
(co-authors Irina Denisova and Elena Sadovnikova), Russian Economic Trends, May
1998.
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Responsible researcher and member of the Scientific
Committee of the Euroconferences “The
Economics of Personnel and Organizations”,
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Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Science Foundation Conference “Transition
meets Development”,
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Associate Editor of Economic Systems (since
2003)
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Book Review Editor of the Economics of Transition
(since 2004)
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Member of the Programme Committee, 2002, 2001 and 1999
Annual EEA Meetings
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Member of the Scientific Committee “Third Conference
on Railroad Industry Structure, Competition and Investment”,
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Member of the Scientific Committee of the Conference
“The Organization and Effectiveness of Research and Higher Education”,
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Member of the Scientific Committee of “First
Conference on Railroad Industry Structure, Competition and Investment”,
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Member of the Ph.D. jury of Ariane Tichit,
Clermont-Ferrand (spring 2000), Kenneth Snellman, Abo University, Finland,
Dario Maldonado, Elena Panova, Ahmed Tritah, Lorenzo Rocco, Toulouse
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PhD advisor of Darwin Cortes (with Jacques Crémer),
Laura Padilla, Delphine Prady, Juan-Migel Gallego
Academy of Management Review,
Economic Journal, Economic Systems, Economic Theory, Economica, Economics of
Transition, European Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial
Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior
and Organization, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal
of Population Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Revue
Francaise d’Economie, RAND Journal, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian
Journal of Economics
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Gold research medal (10,000 USD) of the Global
Development Network, Annual Conference in
Policy Advice
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Team leader for labour market analysis at the Russian-European Centre for Economic Policy
(RECEP),
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Part-time consultant for EU (TACIS); human resource management training (1995-1996) for
banks in
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IDEI: project work with Deutsche Bahn, European
Patent Office
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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), research
affiliate
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Fellow of the William Davidson Institute, University
of
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Fellow of IZA,
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New York Times October 10, 2002, “Even
Without Law, Contracts Can Be Enforced”, featured three articles (Williamson,
Greif, Friebel and Guriev on Illegal Migration)
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HR, State Radio of
Hesse, Germany, September 2003: interview on labor effects of EU Eastern Enlargement
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Occasional columns in Expansion, french business and economics magazine
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native German
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fluent English
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fluent French
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basic knowledge of Russian and Swedish