Max Löffler

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Maastricht University. My research is on the intersection of public, urban, and labor economics with a particular focus on the effects of taxes and the study of inequality.

Teaching and Courses

EBC2012: Public Economics (period 2)
EBC2017: Design of Tax Systems (period 2)
SSC2052: Public Economics at University College Maastricht (period 4)
EBC2152: Marble Research Course (period 5)
EBS2059: Cost-Benefit Analysis (period 6)
EBS4003: Writing a Master's Thesis Proposal in Fiscal Economics (periods 3 and 6)

Research

Working Papers

“Property Taxes, Housing, and Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Germany”, with Sebastian Siegloch.
“The Sensitivity of Structural Labor Supply Estimations to Modeling Assumptions”, with Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch, IZA Discussion Paper, No. 11425, March 2018.
“Asymmetric Labor-Supply Responses to Wage-Rate Changes: Evidence from a Field Experiment”, with Philipp Dörrenberg and Denvil Duncan, IZA Discussion Paper, No. 9683, January 2016.

Publications

“The Long-Term Costs of Government Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany”, with Andreas Lichter and Sebastian Siegloch, Journal of the European Economic Association (forthcoming). [online appendix, slides, replication files]
“Why Did Income Inequality in Germany Not Increase Further After 2005?”, with Martin Biewen and Martin Ungerer, German Economic Review, Vol. 20 (4), pp. 471–504, December 2019.
“German Public Finances through the Financial Crisis”, with Maximilian Blömer, Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, and Andreas Peichl, Fiscal Studies, Vol. 36 (4), pp. 453–474, December 2015.

Policy Contributions (in German)

“Mehr Durchblick am Mietmarkt”, Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 7, 2018, p. 18 (op-ed).
“Grenzbelastungen im Steuer-, Abgaben- und Transfersystem: Fehlanreize, Reformoptionen und ihre Wirkungen auf inklusives Wachstum”, with Florian Buhlmann and Andreas Peichl, study commissioned by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, August 2017.
“Kinderfreibeträge in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung – Verteilungs- und Aufkommenswirkungen”, with Maximilian Blömer, Florian Buhlmann, Andreas Peichl, and Holger Stichnoth, Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 97 (4), pp. 266–271, April 2017.
“Analyse der Verteilung von Einkommen und Vermögen in Deutschland”, research project for the Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung, study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, December 2016 (member of the project team).
“Kinderfreibeträge in der Sozialversicherung”, with Maximilian Blömer, Florian Buhlmann, Max Löffler, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch, and Holger Stichnoth, study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, September 2016.
“Integration des Solidaritätszuschlags in die Einkommensteuer – Verteilungs- und Aufkommenswirkungen”, with Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl, and Holger Stichnoth, Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 95 (5), pp. 319–324, May 2015.
“Möglichkeiten zur Verbesserung der statistischen Datengrundlage zur Beschreibung höchster Einkommen und Vermögen”, with Holger Bonin and Andreas Peichl, study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, ZEW Kurzexpertise, April 2015.
“Finanzielle und Beschäftigungswirkungen unterschiedlicher Tarifverläufe alternativer Hinzuverdienstregelungen gegenüber dem Status quo”, with Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider, and Sebastian Siegloch, study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, IZA Research Report, No. 46, September 2012.
“Effizient, einfach und gerecht: Ein integriertes System zur Reform von Einkommensteuer und Sozialabgaben”, with Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider, and Sebastian Siegloch, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Vol. 13 (3), pp. 196–213, August 2012.
“Einfach ist nicht immer gerecht: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie der Kirchhof-Reform für die Einkommensteuer”, with Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider, and Sebastian Siegloch, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, Vol. 80 (4), pp. 147–160, October 2011.

Research Grants and Scholarships

Junior Startup Grant “Housing Booms and Segregation”, C-SEB (June 2019)
SEEK Grant “Fiscal and Labour Policy Institutions and Inequality”, State of Baden-Württemberg (member of the project team, April 2016–May 2017)
MaTax Research Grant “Property Taxes and Rental Housing”, Leibniz ScienceCampus MannheimTaxation (July 2014–December 2015)
IZA Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Institute of Labor Economics (August 2012–March 2014)
Student Scholarship, Heinrich Böll Foundation (April 2009–May 2012)