Prof. Dr. Harald Tauchmann
Phone: +49 (0) 911 / 5302 95635
Room: FG 2.041
Office Hours: by appointment / nach Vereinbarung
E-mail: harald.tauchmann@fau.de
Harald Tauchmann has been a professor of health economics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg since October 2012. Previously, he was a junior research group leader at the Health Economics Research Centre CINCH and a research associate at RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen. He studied economics, political science, sociology, and biology at the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg and the University of Manchester. He subsequently obtained his doctorate at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental Economics at the University of Heidelberg. His research focuses on applied econometrics and empirical health economics, emphasizing health insurance competition and individual health behaviour.
Ηarald Tauchmann ist seit Herbst 2012 Professor für Gesundheitsökonomie an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Zuvor war er Nachwuchsgruppenleiter am Gesundheitsökonomischen Forschungszentrum CINCH und Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung in Essen. Er studierte Volkswirtschaftslehre, Politische Wissenschaft, Soziologie und Biologie an der Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg sowie der University of Manchester, und promovierte sich anschließend am Interdisziplinären Institut für Umweltökonomie der Universität Heidelberg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen angewandte Ökonometrie und empirische Gesundheitsökonomie, mit den Themenschwerpunkten Krankenkassenwettbewerb und individuelles Gesundheitsverhalten.
2006
- Tauchmann, H., Hafesbrink, J., Nisipeanu, P., Thomzik, M., Bäumer, A., Brauer, A.,... Schroll, D.-W.-I.M. (2006). Innovation für eine nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft - Einflussfaktoren und Handlungsbedarf. Heidelberg: Physica Verlag.
2004
- Tauchmann, H. (2004). CO2-Vermeidung und Brennstoffwahl in der Elektrizitätserzeugung. Ökonometrische Analysen. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.
2025
- Tauchmann, H., Augurzky, B., Bauer, T.K., Reichert, A.R., & Schmidt, C.M. (2025). Obesity and Cash Rewards. Economics & Human Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101492
- Bünnings, C., Simankova, I., & Tauchmann, H. (2025). Health Shocks and Health Behavior: A Long-Term Perspective. European Journal of Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-024-01747-2
- Tauchmann, H., Reif, S., & Valder, F. (2025). Diagnosis Related Payment for Inpatient Mental Health Care: Hospital Selection and Effects on Length of Stay. Health Economics, 34(3), 472-499. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4920
2023
- Tauchmann, H., & Wübker, A. (2023). Weight Loss and Sexual Activity in adult Obese Individuals: Establishing a causal link. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 243(6), 663-698. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2022-0039
- Tauchmann, H., & Farbmacher, H. (2023). Linear Fixed-Effects Estimation with Non-Repeated Outcomes. Econometric Reviews, 42(8), 635-654. https://doi.org/10.1080/07474938.2023.2224658
- Tauchmann, H. (2023). lgrgtest: Lagrange-multiplier test after constrained maximum-likelihood estimation. Stata Journal, 23(2), 386–401. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X231175265
- Hueber, S., Biermann, V., Tomandl, J., Warkentin, L., Schedlbauer, A., Tauchmann, H.,... Kühlein, T. (2023). Consequences of early thyroid ultrasound on subsequent tests, morbidity and costs: an explorative analysis of routine health data from German ambulatory care. BMJ Open, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059016
2022
- Tauchmann, H. (2022). Stellungnahme der dggö - Zum Konsens zum Thema Homöopathie in der medizinischen Versorgung. Gesundheitsökonomie und Qualitätsmanagement, 27(2), 68-69. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1758-8004
- Hafner, L., Biermann, V., Donnachie, E., Hueber, S., Kühlein, T., Tauchmann, H., & Tomandl, J. (2022). Short and medium-term cost effects of non-indicated thyroid diagnostics: Empirical evidence from German claims data. European Journal of Health Economics, 23, 565-595. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-021-01382-1
- Tauchmann, H., Kifmann, M., Herr, A., & Brosig-Koch, J. (2022). Zum "Konsens" zum Thema "Homöopathie in der medizinischen Versorgung". Gesundheitsökonomie und Qualitätsmanagement, 27, 68-69.
2021
- Bünnings, C., Hafner, L., Reif, S., & Tauchmann, H. (2021). In sickness and in health? Health shocks and relationship breakdown: Empirical evidence from Germany. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 190, 164-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.07.029
- Oberfichtner, M., & Tauchmann, H. (2021). stackreg – stacked linear regression analysis to facilitate testing of hypotheses across OLS regressions. Stata Journal, 21(2), 411-429. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X211025801
- Hafner, L., Tauchmann, H., & Wübker, A. (2021). Does moderate weight loss affect subjective health perception in obese individuals? Evidence from field experimental data. Empirical Economics, 21(2), 2293-2333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-020-01971-8
2019
- Bünnings, C., Schmitz, H., Tauchmann, H., & Ziebarth, N.R. (2019). The Role of Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality in Health Plan Choice. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 86(2), 415-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12219
- Badunenko, O., & Tauchmann, H. (2019). Simar and Wilson two-stage efficiency analysis for STATA. Stata Journal, 19(4), 950-988. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X19893640
2017
- Büyükdurums, T., Kopetsch, T., Schmitz, H., & Tauchmann, H. (2017). On the Interdependence of Ambulatory and Hospital care in the German Health System. Health Economics Review, 7(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-016-0132-4
- Tauchmann, H., & Reichert, A. (2017). Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 133, 187-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2016.10.018
2015
- Paloyo, A.R., Reichert, A.R., Reuss-Borst, M., & Tauchmann, H. (2015). Who responds to financial incentives for weight loss? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Social science & medicine, 145, 44–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.09.034
- Reuss-Borst, M., Peters, E., Payolo, A., Reichert, A., & Tauchmann, H. (2015). Finanzielle Anreize zur Gewichtsreduktion nach stationärer Rehabilitation. Versicherungsmedizin, 2, 64-69.
- Reichert, A., Augurzky, B., & Tauchmann, H. (2015). Self-perceived Job Insecurity and the Demand for Medical Rehabilitation: Does Fear of Unemployment Reduce Health Care Utilization? Health Economics, 24(1), 8-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2995
- Bünnings, C., & Tauchmann, H. (2015). Who Opts Out of the Statutory Health Insurance? A Discrete Time Hazard Model for Germany. Health Economics, 24(10), 1331-1347. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3091
2014
- Reichert, A., & Tauchmann, H. (2014). When Outcome Heterogeneously matters for Selection: A Generalized Selection Correction Estimator. Applied economics, 46/7, 762-768. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2013.851780
- Tauchmann, H. (2014). Lee (2009) Treatment effect bounds for non-random sample selection. Stata Journal, 14(4), 884-894.
- Schüller, D., Tauchmann, H., Upmann, T., & Weimar, D. (2014). Pro-Social behavior in the TV show "Come Dine With Me": An empirical investigation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 45, 44-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2014.07.005
2013
- Behl, P., Dette, H., Frondel, M., & Tauchmann, H. (2013). Energy Substitution: When Model Selection Depends on the Focus. Energy Economics, 39, 233-238.
- Felder, S., & Tauchmann, H. (2013). Federal State Differentials in the Efficiency of Health Production։ An Artifact of Spatial Dependence? European Journal of Health Economics, 14(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-011-0345-8
- Tauchmann, H., Paloyo, A., Reinermann, H., & Reichert, A. (2013). The Causal Link between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss: An Evidence-Based Survey of the Literature. Journal of Economic Surveys, 28 (3), 401-420. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12010
- Tauchmann, H., Lenz, S., Requate, T., & Schmidt, C. (2013). Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach to Insufficient Price Variation in Individual-Level Data. Empirical Economics, 45, 539-566. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-012-0611-3
2012
- Behl, P., Dette, H., Frondel, M., & Tauchmann, H. (2012). Choice is Suffering: A Focused Information Criterion for Model Selection. Economic Modelling, 29(3), 817-822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2011.09.002
- Kvasnicka, M., & Tauchmann, H. (2012). Much Ado About Nothing? Smoking Bans and Germany's Hospitality Industry. Applied economics, 44(35), 4539-4551. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.591739
- Tauchmann, H. (2012). Partial Frontier Efficiency Analysis. Stata Journal, 12(3), 461-478.
2011
- Schmidt, C., & Tauchmann, H. (2011). Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Alcohol Consumption: A Quantile Regression Approach. Journal of Health Economics, 30(1), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.09.005
- Augurzky, B., & Tauchmann, H. (2011). Less Social Health Insurance, more Private Supplementary Insurance? Empirical Evidence from Germany. Journal of policy modeling, 33(3), 470-480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.12.002
2010
- Tauchmann, H. (2010). Consistency of Heckman-type Two-Step Estimators for the Multivariate Sample-Selection Mode. Applied economics, 42(30), 3895-3902. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840802360179
- Lenz, S., Schmidt, C., & Tauchmann, H. (2010). Smoking Initiation in Germany: The Role of Intergenerational Transmission. Health Economics, 19(2), 227-242. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1470
2009
- Tauchmann, H., Clausen, H., & Oelmann, M. (2009). Do Organizational Forms matter? Innovation and Liberalization in the German Wastewater Sector. Journal of policy modeling, 31(6), 863-876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2009.07.001
2008
- Tauchmann, H. (2008). West-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Cannabis Use: Socioeconomics or Culture? Economics : the Open-Access, Open-Assessment e-Journal, 2008-29. https://doi.org/10.5018
2007
- Tamm, M., Tauchmann, H., Wasem, J., & Greß, S. (2007). Elasticities of Market Shares and Social Health Insurance Choice in Germany: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach. Health Economics, 16(3), 243-256. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1167
- Tauchmann, H. (2007). Koexistenz von privater und gesetzlicher Krankenversicherung bei Kopfpauschale und allgemein freier Kassenwahl? Sozialer Fortschritt: unabhängige Zeitschrift für Sozialpolitik, 56(6), 157-163.
2006
- Tauchmann, H. (2006). Firing the Furnace? An Econometric Analysis of Utilities' Fuel Choice. Energy Policy, 34(18), 3898-3909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2005.09.014
2005
- Tauchmann, H. (2005). CO2 Abatement and Fuel Mix in German Electric Power Generation: Is the Ecological Electricity Tax Ecologically Effective? Energy & Environment, 16(2), 255-271.
- Tauchmann, H. (2005). Efficiency of two-step Estimators for Censored Systems of Equations: Shonkwiler and Yen reconsidered. Applied economics, 37(4), 367-374. https://doi.org/10.1080/0003684042000306987
1997
- Tauchmann, H., Potrafki, G., & Marré, H. (1997). Das Handwerk zwischen den Großzählungen. Statistische Rundschau Nordrhein-Westfalen, 49(4), 223-241.
2012
- Tauchmann, H. (2012). Sozialethische Kriterien und konkrete Reformvorschläge für eine gerechte Umorganisation des Gesundheitswesens. eine Betrachtung aus ökonomischer Perspektive. In M. Dabrowsaski, J.Wolf und K. Abmeier (Hrg.), Gesundheitssystem und Gerechtigkeit, Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn. (S. 185-191).
2011
- Augurzky, B., Gülker, R., Reichert, A.R., & Tauchmann, H. (2011). The German Health System: An Overwview. In H.S. Rout (Eds.), Health Care Systems: A Global Survey, New Dehli: New Century Publications. (pp. 179-196).
2009
- Augurzky, B., Gülker, R., Reichert, A.R., & Tauchmann, H. (2009). Überkapazitäten im deutschen Krankenhaussektor - auch im Fall einer Grippepandemie? In Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (Hrg.), Schweinegrippe, AIDS & Co - Infektionskrankheiten als globales Problem, Berlin. (S. 14-19).
2008
- Tamm, M., Tauchmann, H., Wasem, J., & Greß, S. (2008). The Dynamics of Price-Responsieness in the German School Health Insurance System. In B.Rosen, R. Saltman and M.Shani (Eds.), Health Systems: We are in a Post Reform Era?, Tel Hashomer: The Israel ,National Institute of Health. (pp. 408-417).
2007
- Engel, D., & Tauchmann, H. (2007). Sind privatrechtlich organisierte Wasserversorger tatsächlich innovativer? empirische Befunde des AquaSus-Projekts. In P.Haug und M.T.W. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Die Rolle der Kommunen in der Wasserwirtschaft, Baden-Baden: Nomos. (pp. 115-138).
2006
- Augurzky, B., Bermann, S., Göhlmann, S., Krolop, S., Liehr-Griem, A., Schmidt, C.M.,... Terkatz, S. (2006). Strukturreform im deutschen Gesundheitswesen. In H. Reinermann (Hrg.), Das Dilemma der modernen Medizin - Gratwanderung zwischen Machbarkeit, Sinnhaftigkeit und Bezahlbarkeit, Baden-Baden, Nomos. (S. 139-167).
2019
- Tomandl, J., Hafner, L., Biermann, V., Tauchmann, H., Schöffski, O., Kühlein, T., & Hueber, S. (2019, December). Analysis of morbidity and health care usage of patients with suspected thyroid disorders. Paper presentation at Preventing Overdiagnosis Congress 2019, Sydney, AU.
- Tomandl, J., Hafner, L., Biermann, V., Tauchmann, H., Schöffski, O., Hueber, S., & Kühlein, T. (2019, October). Morbidität und Inanspruchnahme des Gesundheitswesens von PatientInnen mit Verdacht auf Schilddrüsenerkrankungen. Eine retrospektive Kohortenanalyse unter Verwendung von Routinedaten. Paper presentation at 18. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung, Berlin, DE.
- Hueber, S., Tomandl, J., Hafner, L., Biermann, V., Tauchmann, H., Schöffski, O.,... Kühlein, T. (2019, September). Überversorgung durch nicht-indizierten Ultraschall der Schilddrüse? Eine Analyse von Routinedaten der Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Bayerns. Paper presentation at 53. Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin (DEGAM), Erlangen, DE.
- Hafner, L., Tomandl, J., Biermann, V., Tauchmann, H., Schöffski, O., Hoyer, S.,... Kühlein, T. (2019, March). Kosteneffekte durch nicht indizierte Diagnostik der Schilddrüse. Poster presentation at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie 11. Jahrestagung Gesundheitsverhalten und Prävention, Augsburg, DE.
2025
- Tauchmann, H., & Yurkevich, E. (2025). CFBINOUT: Stata module to perform Control Function Estimation of Binary Outcome Models.
- Tauchmann, H. (2025). XTDHAZARD: Stata module to perform Own-Differences IV/CF Estimation of the Discrete-Time Hazard Model.
2021
- Tauchmann, H. (2021). LMTEST: stata module to perform Lagrange multiplier test after constrained maximum likelihood estimation.
- Tauchmann, H., & Farbmacher, H. (2021). Linear Fixed-Effects Estimation with Non-Repeated Outcomes.
2019
- Tauchmann, H. (2019). Fixed-Effects estimation of the Linear Discrete-Time Hazard Model: an Adjusted First-Differences Estimator.
- Bünnings, C., Hafner, L., Reif, S., & Tauchmann, H. (2019). In Sickness an in Health? Health Shocks and Relationship Breakdown: Empirical Evidence from Germany.
2018
- Badunenko, O., & Tauchmann, H. (2018). Simar and Wilson two-stage efficiency analysis for STATA.
- Augurzky, B., Bauer, T., Reichert, A., Schmidt, C.M., & Tauchmann, H. (2018). Habit Formation, Obesity, and Cash Rewards.
2017
- Hafner, L., Tauchmann, H., & Wübker, A. (2017). Does Moderate Weight Loss Affect Subjective Health Perception in Obese Individuals? Evidence from Field Experimental Data.
2015
- Reichert, A.R., Tauchmann, H., & Wübker, A. (2015). "Wheight Loss and Sexual Activity in Adult Obese Individuals: Establishing a Casual Link".
- Bünnings, C., Schmitz, H., Tauchmann, H., & Zierbarth, N. (2015). "How Health Plan Enrollees Value Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality".
2014
- Reichert, A., & Tauchmann, H. (2014). When Outcome Heterogeneously matters for Selection: A Generalized Selection Correction Estimator.
- Augurzky, B., Bauer, K., Reichert, A.R., Schmidt, M., & Tauchmann, H. (2014). "Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers - Experimental Insights Into the Fight Against the Obesity epidemic".
2013
- Tauchmann, H. (2013). Lee’s treatment effect bounds for non-random sample selection - an implementation in Stata.
2012
- Schmitz, H., & Tauchmann, H. (2012). Factor Substitution in Hospitals: A DEA based Approach.
- Augurzky, B., Bauer, T.K., Reichert, A.R., Schmidt, C., & Tauchmann, H. (2012). Does Money Burn Fat?-Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.
2011
- Reichert, A.R., & Tauchmann, H. (2011). The Causal Impact of Fear of Unemployment on Psychological Health.
- Paloyo, A., Reinermann, H., & Tauchmann, H. (2011). The Casual Link Between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss - An Evidence Survey of the Lecture.
- Behl, P., Dette, H., Frondel, M., & Tauchmann, H. (2011). Being Focused: When the Purpose of Inference Matters for Model Selection.
2010
- Augurzky, B., Reichert, A.R., & Tauchmann, H. (2010). The Effect of Self-assessed Job Security on the Demand for Medical Rehab.