Team

Oliver Märtz has been working as Research Associate at the Chair of Public Economics at the University Speyer since October 2022. He successfully completed his Bachelor studies on Economic Sciences at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg. Between 2019 and 2022 he graduated as Master of Economics at the University Hohenheim Stuttgart.

Publications:

• Désirée I. Christofzik and Oliver Märtz (2026): Distance matters: Geographical proximity and fiscal rules enforcement. European Journal of Political Economy 93, 102824.
• Désirée I. Christofzik, Matthias Hohlstein and Oliver Märtz (2026): Untersuchung der Auswirkungen einer progressiven kommunalen Schuldenbremse (PKS). Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studie im Auftrag der Gemeinde Wiesenburg/Mark, Februar 2026.
• Désirée I. Christofzik and Oliver Märtz (2024): Written statement for the preparation of the public hearing in the interior committee of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament on 7th February, 2024 regarding the draft law on the state law for the new regulation of financial relations between the state and the local authorities, Print 18/7536, January 2024.

Matthias Hohlstein has been working as Research Associate at the Chair of Public Economics at the University Speyer since June 2024. In 2021 he successfully completed his Bachelor studies on Business Administration and Economics at the University of Hohenheim. Between 2021 and 2024 he successfully completed the Master of Science programme in Management and Economics at Ulm University.