Martin F. Hellwig
Hellwig in 2005.
Born	(1949-04-05) 5 April 1949 (age 74) Düsseldorf
Nationality	German
Academic career
Institution	Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Field	Political economics, Monetary economics
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Heidelberg
Doctoral advisor	Peter Diamond[1]
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Martin Friedrich Hellwig (born 5 April 1949) is a German economist. He has been the director of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods since 2004, after spending his academic career as a professor at University of Bonn (1977–1987), University of Basel (1987–1995), Harvard University (1995–1996), and University of Mannheim (1996–2004). Between 2000 and 2004 he was the head of the German Monopolkommission ^[de]. He is a fellow of the European Economic Association.^[2]

Selected publications

• Blum, Jürg; ——— (1995). "The Macroeconomic Implications of Capital Adequacy Requirements for Banks". European Economic Review. 39 (3–4): 739–749. doi:10.1016/0014-2921(94)00081-A.
• Pissarides, Christopher; Layard, Richard; ——— (1986). "Unemployment and Vacancies in Britain". Economic Policy. 1 (3): 499–559. doi:10.2307/1344583. JSTOR 1344583.
• Gale, Douglas; ——— (1985). "Incentive-Compatible Debt Contracts: The One-Period Problem". Review of Economic Studies. 52 (4): 647–663. doi:10.2307/2297737. JSTOR 2297737.