Staff profile

Dr Axel Wieneke

Lecturer

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

School of Economics

Bendigo

 

Qualifications

M.A. International Economics and Dr. rer. pol., Paderborn, Germany

Membership of professional associations

Economic Society of Australia, Verein für Socialpolitik

Brief profile

Axel Wieneke joined the Regional School of Business in 2009. In addition to his academic qualifications, Axel has a number of years of practical experience in the financial sector. Prior to his appointment at La Trobe, he was a lecturer at the University of Paderborn (Germany) from 2000 – 2006 and has also lectured at the University of Melbourne and Monash University.  Axel’s research interests are in the analysis of Financial Institutions and Economic Growth. His current research focuses on modeling the impact of ongoing financial liberalization upon domestic bank regulation and the impact of corruption upon financial liberalisation.

Teaching units

Money and Banking (Eco3MB)

International Economics (ECO3IE)

Intermediate Microeconomics (ECO2IM)

Recent publications

"SME performance in transition economies: The financial regulation and firm-level corruption nexus," ,with T. Gries, in Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(2), pages 221-229, June, 2011

Older publications

“Rent a Bureaucrat,” with T. Gries and G. Sievert, in Finanzwissenschaft im Wandel; Festschrift für Bernd Rahmann, ed. Hans-Georg Napp, Peter Lang, 2005

“Zeit ist Geld,” with W. Reiß, in Finanzwissenschaft im Wandel; Festschrift für Bernd Rahmann, ed. Hans-Georg Napp, Peter Lang, 2005

“Interbank Market Frictions, International Banks and Growth,” with T. Gries and G. Sievert, International Economics and Economic Policy 1(2-3), December 2004, pp. 157-171

“Thesenpapier zum Wachstum durch Finanzierung,” with T. Gries in Wege zum Wachstum, W. Richter, P. Englisch, J. Rettig, Ernst & Young, 2005