Winckler, Georg#
Winckler, Georg, b. Ostrava, Czech Republic (then Ostrau), Sept. 27, 1943, economist. Studied at Princeton University, New Jersey and at the University of Vienna; since 1978 professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Vienna; visiting professor in the USA and Slovakia. From 1994 director of the interdisciplinary studies centre Zentrum fuer Internationale und Interdisziplinaere Studien (now Zentrum fuer Ueberfakultaere Studien). Main area of research: macroeconomics and European monetary integration. Since 1998 Rector of the University of Vienna; since 2000 Chairman of the Oesterreichische Rektorenkonferenz (Austrian conference of University Rectors).
Publications#
Co-editor: Handbuch der oesterreichischen Wirtschaftspolitik, 1982; International Trade and Restructuring in Eastern Europe, 1994; Grundzuege der Wirtschaftspolitik Oesterreichs, 1994; Macroeconomic Policy Games, 1995.