Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Campus of International Excellence Southern Catalonia
Research Centre on Economics and Sustainability (ECO-SOS)

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Research staff

Theilen, Bernd

Full Professor
PhD: Christian-Albrechts University Kiel
Despatx: 307
Group: grode
Pho.: 977759813
Email: bernd.theilen(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat
Web: Theilen, Bernd

Specialties
  • Industrial Organization
  • Contract Theory
  • Public Economics
Profile

Bernd Theilen is Full Professor of Economics at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain. He earned his PhD in Economics from the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, after completing a Master’s in Economic Analysis at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a degree in Economics from Kiel.

His research spans a wide range of topics including contract theory, public economics, political economy, industrial organization, and health economics. He has published extensively in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Economics & Politics, Health Economics, Energy Economics, and Public Choice. His recent research explores themes like the political economy of biodiversity, the fiscal implications of electric vehicle policy, and the dynamics of wage risk.

Bernd Theilen has coordinated and participated in numerous national research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, addressing issues such as institutional design, fiscal rules, and sustainability in globalized markets. He has also led doctoral training initiatives and supervised multiple PhD dissertations, with graduates now placed in leading academic institutions and policy organizations across Europe.

Beyond his academic contributions, he has held several leadership roles at URV, including Director of the Department of Economics (2009–2017) and Director of the Research Center for Industrial and Public Economics (CREIP, 2013–2019). He played a key role in implementing the Bologna reform in the economics curriculum during his tenure as coordinator of teaching.

Professor Theilen has been a visiting researcher at prestigious institutions including the DIW Berlin, SOCIUM Bremen, European University Institute in Florence, and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. His work has received repeated recognition through national research and teaching evaluations, including four six-year research periods (sexenios) and five five-year teaching awards (quinquenios).

He regularly contributes to academic conferences and policy discussions, and serves as referee for a wide array of international journals. He is also active in academic evaluation, having served on ANECA's national accreditation panels for economics.

Publications
Articles in journals JCR
  • Herwartz, H.; Theilen, Bernd (2024): "Green Parties and the Quest for Biodiversity: The Political Economy of Fiscal Commitments in OECD Economies", Environmental & Resource Economics ,87, 2455-2486
  • Herwartz, H.; Theilen, Bernd; Wang, S. (2024): "Unraveling the structural sources of oil production and their impact on CO2 emissions", Energy Economics ,132, 107488
  • Rodriguez-Justicia, D.; Theilen, Bernd (2023): “Ideological alignment, public sector size and tax morale: empirical evidence from OECD economies”, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications ,10, 663
  • Theilen, Bernd; Tomori, Françeska (2023): "Regulatory commitment versus non-commitment: Electric vehicle adoption under subsidies and emission standards", Resource and Energy Economics ,74, 101388
  • Fageda, X.; Flores-Fillol, Ricardo; Theilen, Bernd (2022): "Price versus quantity measures to deal with pollution and congestion in urban areas: A political economy approach", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ,115, article 102719
  • Herwartz, H.; Rodríguez-Justícia, D.; Theilen, Bernd (2022): "A New Measure of Wage Risk: Occupation‑Specific Evidence for Germany", Social Indicators Research ,10.1007/s11205-022-02995-6,
  • Herwartz, H.; Theilen, Bernd (2022): "Effectiveness and counter‐cyclicality of fiscal consolidation under compliance regulation: The case of the Stability and Growth Pact", Economics & Politics ,10.1111/ecpo.12234,
  • Rodriguez-Justicia, D.; Theilen, Bernd (2021): "Immigration and tax morale: the role of perceptions and prejudices", Empirical Economics ,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02083-7,
  • Esteve-González, P.; Herwartz, H.; Theilen, Bernd (2020): "National support for the European integration project: Does financial integration matter?", Economics & Politics ,DOI: 10.1111/ecpo.12166,
  • Herwartz, H.; Theilen, Bernd (2020): "Government ideology and fiscal consolidation: Where and when do government parties adjust public spending?", Public Choice ,DOI 10.1007/s11127-020-00785-7,
  • Fageda, X.; Flores-Fillol, Ricardo; Theilen, Bernd (2019): "Hybrid cooperation agreements in networks: The case of the airline industry", International Journal of Industrial Organization ,62, 194-227
  • Rodríguez Justicia, David; Theilen, Bernd (2018): "Education and tax morale", Journal of Economic Psycology ,64, 18-48
  • Sanz Córdoba, Patricia; Theilen, Bernd (2018): "Partial tax harmonization through infrastructure coordination", Economic Inquiry ,DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12554,
  • Esteve-González, P.; Theilen, Bernd (2017): "The economic determinants of party support for European integration", Acta Poltica ,53, 348-366
  • Herwartz, H.; Theilen, Bernd (2017): "Fiscal Decentralization and Public Spending: Evidence from Heteroscedasticity-Based Identification", The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy ,DOI 10.1515/bejeap-2016-0339,
  • Herwartz, H.; Theilen, Bernd (2017): "Ideology and redistribution through public spending", European journal of Political Economy ,46, 74-90
  • Herwartz, Helmut.; Sardà Pons, Jordi; Theilen, Bernd (2016): "Money demand and the shadow economy: empirical evidence from OECD countries", Empirical Economics ,50, 1627–1645
  • Theilen, Bernd; Herwartz, Helmut (2016): "Ideology and redistribution through public spending", European Journal of Political Economy ,46, 74-90
  • Flores-Fillol, Ricardo; Ibañez, G.; Theilen, Bernd (2014): "Domestic and international research joint ventures: The effect of collusion", Economics Letters ,122, 79-83
  • Herwartz, Helmut; Theilen, Bernd (2014): "On the political and fiscal determinants of income redistribution under federalism and democracy: evidence from Germany", Public Choice ,159, 121-139
  • Herwartz, Helmut; Theilen, Bernd (2014): "Partisan influence on social spending under market integration, fiscal pressure and institutional change”, European Journal of Political Economy ,34, 409-424
  • Slivko, Olga; Theilen, Bernd (2014): "Innovation or Imitation? The effect of spillovers and competitive pressure on firms' R&D strategy choice", Journal of Economics ,112, 253-282
  • Herwartz, Helmut; Theilen, Bernd (2013): "Does the EU financing system contributes to shadow economic activity?", Economics & Politics ,25, 135-161
  • Herwartz, Helmut; Theilen, Bernd (2013): "Health care and indeology: a reconsideration of political determinants of public healthcare funding in the OECD", Health Economics ,23, 225–240
  • Theilen, Bernd (2013): "Contract Delegation with Bargaining", Economic Inquiry ,51, 959-970
  • Theilen, Bernd (2012): "Decentralization of Contracts with interim side-contracting", Theory and Decision ,73, 561-590
  • Theilen, Bernd (2012): "Product differentiation and competitive pressure", Journal of Economics ,107, 257-266
  • Theilen, Bernd; Herwartz, H. (2010): "The determinants of health care expenditure: new results from semiparametric estimation", Health Economics ,19(8), 964-978
  • Theilen, Bernd (2009): "Market competition and lower tier incentives", The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics ,9 (1), 1-29
  • Theilen, Bernd (2009): "Monitoring gains and decentralization", The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics ,9 (1), 1-26
  • Theilen, Bernd (2008): "Lobbying and contract delegation in public procurement", The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy ,8, 1-38
  • Theilen, Bernd (2007): "Delegation and information sharing in Cournot duopoly", Journal of Economics ,92 (1), 21-50
  • Theilen, Bernd (2003): "Simultaneous moral hazard and adverse selection", Economics Letters ,79, 283-289
  • Theilen, Bernd; Herwartz, H. (2003): "The determinants of health care expenditure: testing pooling restrictions in small samples", Health Economics ,12, 113-124
  • Theilen, Bernd; Seidl, Ch. (1994): "Stochastical independence of distributional attitudes and social status", European Journal of Political Economy ,10, 295-310
  • Theilen, Bernd; Lütkepohl, H. (1991): "Measures of multivariate kurtosis and skewness", Statistical Papers ,32, 179-183
Articles in journals not indexed in the JCR
  • Theilen, Bernd; Theilen Civera, M. (2020): "Cómo afectará la Covid-19 al mundo del deporte", Harvard Deusto Business Review ,301, 70-82
  • Theilen, Bernd (2009): "Hacia una aplicación correcta de los sistemas de incentivos", Harvard Deusto Business Review ,185, 61-70
  • Theilen, Bernd (2002): "Innovación y estructura organizativa de la empresa", Havard Deusto Business Review ,108, 68-76
  • Theilen, Bernd; Schmidt, U. (1995): "Prinzipal- und agententheorie", Wist ,9, 483-486
Books
  • Theilen, Bernd (1996): "Optimal contract and organizational design under moral hazard and adverse selection", Editorial: Josef Eul, Bergisch Gladbach, Köln
Book Chapters
  • Fageda, X.; Flores-Fillol, Ricardo; Theilen, Bernd (2019): “Joint ventures in the transatlantic airline market", Kevin Cullinane (eds.) Advances in Airline Economics ,vol. 8, Emerald Books (ISSN:2212-1609)
  • Theilen, Bernd; Segarra Blasco, Agustí (2002): "La supervivencia de empresas", Segarra Blasco, Agustí (eds.) La creación y la Supervivencia de las Empresas Industriales ,Cívitas, Madrid
  • Theilen, Bernd (2000): "Prospectiva de cambios en el sector asegurador en España y su interrelación con el sistema de salud", C. Murillo (eds.) El mercado de los seguros sanitarios en España ,Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid
  • Theilen, Bernd (1994): "Anreizmechanismen", Lexikon der Volkswirtschaftslehre ,Editorial: moderne industie, Landsberg
Projects
Competitive calls

With companies

  • Title: Impacto económico del desmantelamiento de la Central Nuclear Vandellòs I

    Principal Investigator: Llop Llop, Maria

    Members: Sardà Pons, Jordi; Theilen, Bernd; marti.oliva

    Reference: Start Year: 2005 End Year: 2007

    Entity: Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos, S.A.

  • Title: Rentabilitat econòmica i social de la connexió ample via Europea

    Principal Investigator: Segarra Blasco, Agustí

    Members: Theilen, Bernd; monica.martin

    Reference: 004230 Start Year: 1999 End Year: 1999

    Entity: APTA - Autoritat Portuària de Tarragona


With public

  • Title: Creació, supervivència i creixement de les empreses industrials: una aplicació a l'arc de la mediterrània i a la vall de l'Ebre

    Principal Investigator: Segarra Blasco, Agustí

    Members: Theilen, Bernd; monica.martin

    Reference: 005862 Start Year: 2000 End Year: 2001

    Entity: COCI - Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Tarragona

  • Title: Prospectiva de cambios en el sector asegurador en España y su interrelación con el sistema de salud

    Principal Investigator: Carlos Murillo Fort

    Members: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Theilen, Bernd; Belén López Panisello; Pere Segarra; Beatriz González

    Reference: Economia sectorial / 009454 - Sector de la salut Start Year: 199 End Year: 2000

    Entity: MSCO - Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo


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