Ingo Böbel International University of Monaco   2 Av Prince Héréditaire Albert Stade Louis II Entrée B Monaco, MC-98000 Monaco   ibobel@wanadoo.fr   http://www.monaco.edu   Biographical Sketch: Born April 1947 Diplom-Volkswirt University Erlangen-Nürnberg 1973 Dr.rer.pol. University Erlangen-Nürnberg 1978 Dr.rer.pol.habil University Erlangen-Nürnberg 1986 Leverhulme Research Fellow, University Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1979 Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Management, Newark, New Jersey, USA, 1980-1984 Professor of Economics, Nordic University, Flensburg 1988-1989 Professor of Economics, University Leipzig, 1990-1991 Co-Founder of Coeur Consulting, Tegernsee-Rottach-Egern, Germany, 1996 Professor of Economics, International University of Monaco, since 2000   Primary Research Focus: Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Economics of Markets, Property Rights and Institutional Change   JEL Areas: A0 : General Economics and Teaching D0 : Microeconomics: General