Current Position
Professor of Economics
Department of Law and Economics, Darmstadt University of Technology (2009-)
Other Affiliations
Research Professor
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich
Research Fellow
CESifo
Education
Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. M.A. in economics)
Free University Berlin (1995)
Dr. rer. pol. (equiv. Ph.D. in economics)
Humboldt University Berlin (2000)
Professional Experience
Head of Division
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich (2007-2009)
Junior Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Free University Berlin (2003-2009)
(on leave, 2007-2009)
Senior Economist
Bankgesellschaft Berlin (1995-2003)
Visiting Experience
Bank of Canada
Bank of Namibia
Deutsche Bundesbank
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Trinity College Dublin
University of Munich
Some of my published research is heavily cited. For instance, the Journal of Urban Economics
and the Canadian Journal of Economics provide rankings.
The Handelsblatt has various rankings of German-speaking economists based on research output.
I'm #25 among economists under the age of forty and #85 by output since 2003 (as of 9/07).
The Tagesspiegel has a short portrait (in German).
The Handelsblatt has a portrait of the economics faculty at the Free University Berlin (in German).