Short CV

Dr. Nicola Jentzsch  
 
Since 04/06 Head of Research ECRI
 
2000-2005 Freie Universität Berlin
Dept. of Economics, John F. Kennedy Institute 
Research Fellow
 
Work Experience / Teaching 
 
1994 - 1999 Freie Universität Berlin
North American Studies (Economics, Politics)
Economics, Political Science
 
04/05 - 06/05 Introduction to Economic Policy in the United States
10/04 - 04/05 International Trade Policy and Economics  
04/03 - 06/03 Economic Policy in the United States
10/02 - 02/03 International Trade Policy and Economics                       
Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the United States 
04/02 - 06/02 Competition and Regulation in the Information Economy 
10/01 - 02/02 International Trade Policy and Economics                       
History of American Economic Policy (1860 - 1914)
04/01 - 06/01 Economic Policy in the United States
10/00 - 02/01 U.S. Trade Politics and International Economy 
Competition and Regulation in the New Economy 
04/00 - 06/00 Economic Policy in the United States
Links to the courses are here.
 
Doctoral Thesis Department of Economics, FU Berlin
"Financial Privacy" (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg)
 
Principal Fields of Interest
Information Economy
Credit Markets, Credit Reporting, Microfinance & TA
Econometrics
IPE (trade, politics and institutions), CPE (U.S., EU)
Financial Sector Development in very poor countries
Fellowships and Professional Assignments (Selection)
2005 - 2007 Adviser & TA for:
World Bank (IBRD, CGAP, IFC), U.S. AID, European Commission, South African DTI, Bank of Tanzania, South Korea Federation of Banks 
Country experience:
USA, Germany, Belgium, South Africa, Tanzania
09/03 - 07/04 Research scholar at Yale University, Fox International Fellow 03/04 and Max Kade Scholar, New Haven.  
08/01 - 10/02 Visiting scholar at the Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Publications/Research Papers 
Please go to this website.
Selection of Conferences and Workshops (Speaker)
06/27-30/07 Annual Conference of the Chinese Economist Society, Changsha, China.
   
04/05/07 Conference „Emerging Priorities in Regional Financial Integration“, organized by the World Bank and Secretariat of the East African Community, Nairobi, Kenya.
    
05/10/07 Regional Conference on Credit Reporting in Africa, organized by World Bank, Cape Town, South Africa
    
09/29/06

International Credit Bureau Conference in Kiev, Ukraine, organized by International Finance Corporation und U.S. Agency for International Development 

    
21/11/05           Expert Roundtable „Latest Developments of European Household Indebtedness, European Credit Research Institute, Brüssel, Belgien
    
08/29/05 African Microfinance Conference "Integrating Microfinance into Formal Financial Markets, Dept. of Trade and Industry, SA, German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development; Cape Town, South Africa.  
   
05/15/05 Workshop "Public Credit Registries versus Private Credit Bureaus" with the Korea Federation of Banks," Berlin, Germany.
04/15/05 Conference Meeting of the Network on Consumer Finance, European Credit Research Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
10/27/04 Conference Meeting of the Network on Consumer Finance, European Credit Research Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
10/08/04 Presentation "Credit Reporting: South Africa in International Perspective," Micro Finance Regulatory Council, Johannesburg, South Africa.
08/18/04 Workshop "Estimating the Economic Effects of Data Protection," Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia, U.S.A.
10/07/04 Presentation "Best World Practices in Credit Reporting: Lessons for China," People's Bank of China, Beijing, China..
08/07/04 International Workshop on Household Credit, University of Beijing  and University of Virginia, Beijing.
01/28/04 Workshop "Credit Reporting Regulation: An International Comparison," Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, U.S.A.
05/15 - 05/17/03 Conference "Research in Economics: Methodology, Coherence and Effectiveness," Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
05/13 - 05/14/03

Finance and Consumption Conference "The Economics of Consumer Credit: European Experience and Lessons from the US," European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

04/29/03 Testimony on the economic implications of the consumer credit directive proposals, before the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
09/24/02 Seminar "Financial Privacy Regimes and Competition in the Credit Reporting Industry: U.S. versus Europe," World Bank, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
06/12/02 Seminar "The Role of Credit Bureaus in EU Credit Marktes Today," European Credit Research Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
 

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