color awards nationality article_title institution field birth_date repec_prefix repec_id name alma_mater
lightsteelblue gossen prize -lrb- 1998 -rrb- united states michael c. burda
 humboldt university of berlin macroeconomics labor economics 04 april 1959 e pbu123 michael c. burda harvard university
michael c. burda

michael christopher burda -lrb- born april 4 , 1959 -rrb- is an american macroeconomist and professor at the humboldt university of berlin .
since 1993 he has served as director of the institute for economic theory ii and since 2007 visiting professor at the european school of management and technology -lrb- esmt -rrb- .
he has also taught at berkeley and insead .
in 1998 , burda received the gossen prize of the german verein für socialpolitik .
he is research fellow at the centre for economic policy research -lrb- cepr -rrb- , institute for the study of labor -lrb- iza -rrb- and a fellow of the european economic association .
burda received his b.a. , m.a. and ph.d. -lrb- 1987 -rrb- at harvard university and is a fluent speaker of german .
his research is primarily in macroeconomics , labor economics and issues of european integration .
in 2009 michael burda and charles wyplosz published the 5th edition of their textbook `` macroeconomics : a european text '' , oxford university press , which has been translated into twelve other languages .
also , he is on the advisory board of omfg where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system .
