Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gerhard Sorger
Gerhard Sorger


Sorger, G., & Kalk, A. (2023). Climate policy under political pressure. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 122, Article 102900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102900




Sorger, G. (2019). Bubbles and cycles in the Solow-Swan model. Journal of Economics / Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie, 127(3), 193-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-018-0638-9

Dasgupta, P., Mitra, T., & Sorger, G. (2019). Harvesting the commons. Environmental and Resource Economics, 72(3), 613–636. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-018-0221-4




Sorger, G., Gersbach, H., & Amon, C. (2018). Hierarchical growth: basic and applied research. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 90, 434-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2018.03.007



Sorger, G. (2018). Capital price bubbles and dynamic inefficiency. Working paper / The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) No. 1802 http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Papers.Econ/RePEc/vie/viennp/vie1802.pdf


Dasgupta, P., Mitra, T., & Sorger, G. (2016). Harvesting the Commons. Working paper / The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) No. 1608 http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Papers.Econ/RePEc/vie/viennp/vie1608.pdf

Sorger, G. (2016). Multiplicity of balanced growth paths in an endogenous growth model with elastic labor supply. In H. Dawid, K. Dörner, G. Feichtinger, P. Kort, & A. Seidl (Eds.), Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making: Essays in Honor of Richard F. Hartl (pp. 189-200). Springer.



Time preference and productivity: Observations in a growth model with heterogeneous agents

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

1 Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


On the effect of anticipation under lack of commitment

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

18 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Discounted dynamic optimization and Bregman divergence

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

4 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Climate policy under political pressure

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

23 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Climate policy under political pressure

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

12 Apr 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Climate policy under political pressure

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

20 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Endogenous credit constraints and equilibrium indeterminacy

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

4 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Endogenous credit constraints and equilibrium indeterminacy

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

26 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Endogenous credit constraints: the role of informational non-uniqueness

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

5 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


On the implications of collateral constraints

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

15 Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Ramsey model with heterogeneous time-preference: a selective survey

Sorger, G. (Keynote speaker)

6 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Bubbles and cycles in the Solow-Swan model

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

5 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Capital price bubbles and dynamic inefficiency

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

20 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Delegating climate policy to a suprannational authority: a theoretical assessment

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

4 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Delegating climate policy to a suprannational authority: a theoretical assessment

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

6 Jul 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multiplicity of balanced growth paths in an endogenous growth model with elastic labor supply

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

14 Sept 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Zyklen und Chaos im Ein-Sektor Wachstumsmodell mit elastischem Arbeitsangebot

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

22 Apr 2016

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Cycles and chaos in the one-sector growth model with elastic labor supply

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

10 Feb 2016

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Inverse problems and rationalizability in economic growth theory

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

25 Nov 2015

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Non-cooperative resource exploitation by patient players

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

14 May 2015

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On a class of spatial growth models

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

12 Feb 2015

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On Ramsey's conjecture

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

24 Apr 2014

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On Ramsey's conjecture

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

24 Jul 2013

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On Ramsey's conjecture

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

6 Jun 2013

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Time-preference and intertemporal choice in economics

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

18 Mar 2013

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Central bank independence and the monetary instrument problem

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

21 Nov 2012

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Central bank independence and the monetary instrument problem

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

10 Jul 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Rationalizability in Optimal Growth Theory

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

2 Feb 2011

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Intergenerational equity and stationarity

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

28 Sept 2010

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Intergenerational equity and stationarity

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

14 May 2010

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Generationengerechtigkeit und stationäre Präferenzen

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

7 May 2010

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Inflation dynamics under optimal discretionary fiscal and monetary policies

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

23 Nov 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Hierarchical growth: basic and applied research

Sorger, G. (Invited speaker)

12 Jun 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Some notes on discount factor restrictions for dynamic optimization problems

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

19 Jul 2008

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Optimal fiscal and monetary policy without commitment

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

16 Jul 2008

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Heterogeneous time-preference and the long-run distribution of wealth: Attempts to address the Ramsey conjecture

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

8 May 2008

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Horizontal innovations with endogenous quality choice

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

21 Apr 2008

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Horizontal innovations with endogenous quality choice

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

7 Apr 2008

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Horizontal innovations with endogenous quality choice

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

31 Mar 2008

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Horizontal innovations with endogenous quality choice

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

6 Oct 2007

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Horizontal innovations with endogenous quality choice

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

23 Jun 2007

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Strategic saving decisions in the infinite-horizon model

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

22 May 2006

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Strategic saving decisions in the infinite-horizon model

Sorger, G. (Speaker)

27 Mar 2006

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