My external links
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people
| Christiane Schopf | Christiane is a research assistant and doctoral student at the Research Institute for Cooperation and Co-operatives of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration |
| David Mayr | Dave is currently completing his MD degree at the Vienna University of Medicine; his site covers Internet topics as well as The Crow and self-written German poetry (not being updated any more) |
| Dominik Grafenhofer | Dominik was one of my fellow students at Johannes Kepler University Linz where he also completed a second undergraduate degree in technical mathematics; from October 2005 to January 2007 he was a postgraduate student at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna; in January 2007 he transferred to the PhD in Economics programme at the Université Toulouse 1 Sciences Sociales in 2007; visit his site for dadaism and GNU/Linux |
| Markus Mißbichler | Maxi's new website; he completed Magister and Master degrees in business and in international management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and recently started the European Graduate Programme at Wolseley plc |
| Martin Samal | Martin is currently working for RISC Software; before that, he completed an MSc with a major in Computer Science at Mid Sweden University, Campus Sundsvall; he also just started a law degree; alternatively, you may want to visit his website about his stay in Sweden |
| Matthias Bauer | Matt B's new website; he completed a degree in media technology and design at Hagenberg Polytechnic and is now working in Linz |
| Michael Krieger | Mikey's new website; he completed a degree in business information systems at Johannes Kepler University Linz and is now working for RISC Software; he also just started a law degree |
| Michael Leitner | Michi is currently leading the IT division of the blood bank of the red cross in Linz; before that, he was research assistant at the Department of Pervasive Computing of Johannes Kepler University Linz where he also completed a second undergraduate degree in business information systems; beautiful personal home page with various topics (German only) |
| Selmar Gnambs | Selmar's ever-changing web site (always be sure to check the source code!) |
| relatives | |
| Alexander Haardt | my uncle is a professor of philosophy at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany (German only) |
| Robert Haardt Jr. | an obituary for my grandfather (1922--2002) by Helmut Satzinger at the International Association for Coptic Studies, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (German only) |
| Robert Haardt Sr. | the Austrian National Library's commemoration page about my great grandfather (1884--1962) and his globe collection (a German version is also available) |
| Robert Haardt Sr. | a web site on my great grandfather's (1884--1962) bequest by Andreas Hepperger (German only) |
| Josef Noldin | Wikipedia article on my great great granduncle Josef Noldin (1888--1929) who was expelled to the island of Lipari by Mussolini in 1927 because of his resistance to the fascist Italianisation of Südtirol/Alto Adige (German only) |
| Josef Noldin | Detailed biography of my great great granduncle Josef Noldin (1888--1929) by his students corporation (German only) |
| Josef Noldin | Very brief biography of my great great granduncle Josef Noldin (1888--1929) on the website of a youth hostel named after him (in German; an even briefer Italian version is also available) |
| Josef Noldin | Article about a book about my great great granduncle Josef Noldin (1888--1929) at the Society for Threatened Peoples Italy (German only) |
| Hieronymus Noldin | Brief article about Hieronymus Noldin (1838--1922), a Jesuit professor of theology at the University of Innsbruck and an ancestor (maybe the grandfather?) of my great great granduncle Josef Noldin (1888--1929) (English; also available in German) |
| Michael Pfurtscheller | Wikipedia article on Michael Pfurtscheller (born 1776), Granderwirt (innkeeper at the Grander inn in Fulpmes, Tyrol) and active in the resistance against Napoleon Bonaparte together with Andreas Hofer and the great grandfather of my great great granduncle Josef Noldin (1888--1929) (German only) |
further people with whom I studied economics in Linz and who are now doing PhDs
| Andrea Kollmann | now at the Energy Institute, JKU Linz |
| Bernhard Ganglmair | now at the Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn (Germany) |
| Christine Atteneder | at the Department of Economics, JKU Linz |
| Florian Wakolbinger | now at the Centre for Experimental Economics, Institute of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck (Austria) |
| Klaus Nowotny | now at the Institute of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck (Austria) |
| Martin Halla | at the Department of Economics, JKU Linz |
| Martina Zweimüller | at the Department of Economics, JKU Linz |
| Michaela Hagauer | at the Institute for Social Policy, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Austria) |
| Nicole Schneeweis | at the Department of Economics, JKU Linz |
| Robert Klinglmair | at the Institute for Advanced Studies Carinthia |
| Robert Tichler | now at the Energy Institute, JKU Linz |
| Wolfgang Luhan | now at the Centre for Experimental Economics, Institute of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck (Austria) |
cameras and photography
view my photo links
news and debate
| International Herald Tribune | "The World's Daily Newspaper"; excellent for politics, business, and much more (publishing partnerships with Asahi Shimbun, El País, FAZ, Haaretz, JoongAng Daily, Kathimerini, and The Daily Star) |
| Der Standard | The Standard - liberal Austrian newspaper (German only) |
| Der Standard EPaper | excellent idea: the daily issue on "electronic paper" (German only) |
| la Repubblica | liberal Italian newspaper (Italian only) |
| Die Presse | The Press - conservative Austrian newspaper (German only) |
| Financial Times Deutschland | Financial Times Germany (German only) |
| The Independent | liberal English newspaper |
| Guardian Unlimited | web site of The Guardian, liberal English newspaper |
| telegraph.co.uk | web site of The Daily Telegraph, conservative English newspaper |
| Times Online | web site of The Times, conservative English newspaper |
| FT.com | web site of The Financial Times (no relation to The Times) |
| Economist.com | web site of The Economist |
| Arts and Letters Daily | ideas, criticism, debate (A service of The Chronicle of Higher Education) |
| Volltext - Zeitung für Literatur | Full Text - Austrian newspaper for literature (German only) |
| ° raketa ° | an excellent satirical webzine (Austrian only) |
model railways
view my model railway linksR/C cars
view my R/C linkssciences and culture
To those interested in the history of economic thought, I recommend to also take a look at my short overview on the inexpensive Great Minds Series.
| The H. P. Lovecraft Archive | an online archive covering the life and works of the great writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890--1937) |
| Hugo Bettauer: Die Stadt ohne Juden | The City Without Jews - a shockingly visionary novel written in 1922 (German only) |
| The King Center | established by Coretta Scott King in memory of Martin Luther King Jr., the man who brought true freedom and justice to the country of the then-not-so-free |
| Clio, la muse de l'Histoire | an excellent web site with a host of information on the cultures of Mesopotamia, Persia, Asia Minor, Levante, Central Asia, the Greek World, etc. (French only) |
| The History of Economic Thought Website | a great web site with much information about important people and ideas in the history of economic reasoning, without neglecting heterodox schools and scholars |
| The Library of Economics and Liberty | offering free online editions of many important books in the liberalist tradition, as well as The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (no registration necessary!) |
| Centropa - Jewish Heritage in Central and Eastern Europe | a great web site with much information and media on Jewish culture in Europe |
| aeiou | the Austrian cultural information system - a very interesting and comprehensive online encyclopedia of Austria |
| Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes | Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance |
| Aus dem Leben | Lost Lives -- Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals in Vienna, 1938-45 |
| The Arabic Music Network | an excellent source for free MP3 files of contemporary popular artists |
education and research
| The Economics Major | a good essay about undergraduate economics by Roger Arnold, Cal State San Marcos |
| Useful Proof Methods | not-so-serious (?) page compiled by Quang-Tuan Luong |
| HERO | Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom |
| Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz (Universität Linz) | my university |
| Akademisches Portal Österreich | Austrian Academic Portal - information on higher education in Austria |
| Hochschulkompass | Higher Education Compass - information on higher education in Germany |
| Khevenhüller Gymnasium Linz | my grammar school (German only) |
| The Open University | a British university dedicated to open and distance education, and nonetheless a quality leader |
| Birkbeck, University of London | a college of the University of London dedicated to part-time study, and nonetheless a quality leader, too |
UK universities, institutes, centres, departments, and research funding bodies (selection)
University of Essex
Department of Economics
Department of Government
Department of Sociology
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change (MiSoC)
ESRC UK Longitudinal Studies Centre (ULSC) [where I am doing my PhD]
UK Data Archive (UKDA)
University of London: London School of Economics and Political Science
Department of Economics
Department of Government
Department of Sociology
University of London: University College London
Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Department of Economics
Department of Politics and International Studies
Department of Sociology
Research Councils UK (RCUK)
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
Austrian economics departments (complete)
Johannes Kepler University Linz (University of Linz)
Department of Economics [my former department]
Karl Franzens University Graz (University of Graz)
Department of Economics
Department of Public Finance and Economics
Leoben University of Mining, Metallurgy, and Materials (University of Leoben)
Department of Economics and Business (German only)
Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck (University of Innsbruck)
Department of Economic Theory, Policy, and History
Department of Public Finance (German only)
Paris Lodron University Salzburg (University of Salzburg)
Department of Economics and Business (German only)
University of Klagenfurt
Department of Economics and Business, Division for Economic Theory and Policy (German only)
University of Vienna
Department of Economics
Vienna University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Economics and Social Sciences
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Department of Economic Theory and Policy (German only)
Department of Public Finance (German only)
Vienna University of Technology
Institute for Mathematical Methods in Economics
Research Unit Economics
other interesting university departments in Austria
University of Vienna
Department of Ancient History, Classical Studies, and Epigraphy (German only)
Department of Classical Archaeology (German only)
Department of Classical Philology, Medieval and Neo-Latin (German only)
Department of Egyptology (German only)
Department of Oriental Studies (German only)
Department of Philosophy (German only)
publications in economics
| AER | The American Economic Review: a top 5 journal |
| Econometrica | Econometrica: a top 5 journal with focus on econometrics |
| EJ | The Economic Journal, The Journal of the Royal Economic Society: an excellent general interest journal |
| F&D | Finance & Development, A (free!) quarterly magazine of the International Monetary Fund |
| JEL | Journal of Economic Literature: excellent for survey and review articles |
| JEP | Journal of Economic Perspectives: excellent for easily readable articles on economics and economic policy |
| JPE | Journal of Political Economy: a top 5 journal (edited at Chicago) |
| QJE | The Quarterly Journal of Economics: a top 5 journal and the oldest English-language economics journal (edited at Harvard) |
| RES | The Review of Economic Studies: a top 5 journal with focus on technical articles by younger economists |
professional societies in economics
| American Economic Association | (USA) |
| European Economic Association | (Europe) |
| International Economic Association | (comprises all the other professional societies linked here) |
| Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (Austrian Economic Association) | (Austria) |
| Royal Economic Society | (UK) |
| Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik (Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics) | (Switzerland) |
| Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association) | (Germany) |
miscellaneous
| Belarus Democracy Solidarity Endowment | supporting political prisoners and helping to establish free press in Belarus |
| Médecins sans frontières International | providing emergency medical aid in 80 countries of the world; I support the Austrian country organisation of MSF financially |
| The American Civil Liberties Union | supporting individual rights and liberties in the USA; I am a member |
| The Hunger Site | Give Food for Free to Hungry People in the World |
| SK Rapid Wien | my favourite football club (Austrian Bundesliga) |
| Colchester United FC | my local football club in England (Football League One) |
| CPD Porthmadog FC | League of Wales football club |
| Hornby | The classic producer of British OO gauge model railways; I am a member of their collector's club |
| ntl: | Britain's biggest broadband provider and in my opinion also a very reliable and affordable one |
| Johann Pachelbel | a short but good biography of Johann Pachelbel, great composer of the German Baroque and creator of the Canon in D, the world's most beautiful piece of music |
| Andrew Lipson's LEGO® Page | a great web site with LEGO® art: mechanisms, mathematical sculptures, and optical illusions/delusions by M. C. Escher |
| M. C. Escher | the official web site of the great Dutch artist (1898-1972), offering a host of excellent information |
| Be Sensible | excellent Sensible Soccer fan page by Eduardo Sousa, with a November 1999 article by myself, Football is Our Love |
| Merriam-Webster | Collegiate Dictionary, Collegiate Thesaurus, etc. |
| eBay | the world's largest online auction marketplace |
| my favourite search engine | |
| Amazon.co.uk | UK online store for books, music, and more |
| Amazon.de | German online store for books, music, and more |
| Amazon.com | US online store for books, music, and more |
| Musica Bona | Czech online store for classical music (in my experience they have very fast and reliable worldwide shipping) |
| Presto Classical | UK online store for classical music |
| jpc | German online store for classical and jazz music |
| Rockstar Vienna (formerly neo Software) | Austrian computer games developer - e.g. Max Payne |
| OneTwoSold | Austrian online auction provider (German only) |
| The H.P. Lovecraft Archive | a great informative site on this fantastic author |
| National Hockey League Players' Association | the official web site of the world's best hockey players with loads of infos and stats |
| Deutsche Bank Research | macroeconomic and macrofinancial research |
| Standard & Poor's | financial ratings and analyses |