Professor Hartmut Fischer received his
Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Fischer has
a number of areas of specialization: international trade,
international finance and development economics. He has served as a
consultant to the World Bank and the European Union. Research
interests include economic problems faced by countries in
transition from socialist market economies, country risk analysis,
issues of governance, the process of convergence vs. divergence
between poor and rich countries, international trade, migration,
and capital flows. His current area of special interest is on the
economics of environmental problems in the globalization
process.
