Alumni
Alumni of RGS Econ are successfully placed in renowned academic, public and private-sector institutions around the world.
Dr. Maryna Ivets
Title of Dissertation: Health, Environment, and Behavior: Four Empirical Essays . (2014-2023)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Blankart, Katharina
Placement & Current Position: Senior Researcher, WifOR Institute
Dr. Gabriel Arce Alfaro
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Empirical Monetary Economics. (2017-2023)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Hanck
Placement & Current Position: Economist at the Research Collaboration Unit, Central Bank of Ireland
Dr. Nina Furbach
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Regional and Labor Economics (2014-2023)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philip Jung
Placement & Current Position: Economis, European Central Bank
Dr. Kevin Glück
Title of Dissertation: Inheritance Taxation, Unemployment, and Asset Pricing in Frictional Labour Markets (2018-2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philip Jung
Placement: Data Scientist, Barmer
Current Position: Referent, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Dr. Pascal Goemans
Title of Dissertation: Essays on the Impact of Government Spending in
Uncertain Times and Economic Slumps (2016-2023)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Volker Clausen
Placement & Current Position: Post-Doc, FernUniversität in Hagen
Dr. Philipp Markus
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Regional and Migration Economics (2018-2023)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tobais Seidel
Placement & Current Position: Post-Doc, RWI
Dr. Lukas Tomberg
Title of Dissertation: Determinants of Prosocial Behavior: Essays in Behavioral Economics (2018-2023)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manuel Frondel
Placement & Current Position: Post-Doc, RWI
Dr. Fabian Bald
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Migration, Selection and Sorting in the Spatial Economy (2017-2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Seidel
Placement: Juniorprofessor for Regional and Urban Economics, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Current Position: Juniorprofessor for Regional and Urban Economics, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Dr. Tigran Aydinyan
Title of Dissertation: Social Preferences and Economic Behavior under Financial Losses and Volatility: Theory and Experiments (2016-2022)
Prof. Dr. Lilia Zhurakhovska
Placement: Legal Tech Data Analyst at Allen and Overy LLP, Frankfurt am Main
Current Position: Data Analyst (Legal Engineer) at Noerr
Dr. Stephan Hetzenecker
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Using Shrinkage Estimators in Econometrics (2017-2022)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Hanck
Placement: Data Analyst, Generali Deutschland AG
Current Position: Data Analyst, Generali Deutschland AG
Dr. Sascha Keweloh
Title of Dissertation: Structural vector autoregressions and information in moments beyond the variance (2017-2022)
Prof. Dr. Ludger Linnemann
Placement: Post doc, TU Dortmund
Current Position: Post doc, TU Dortmund
Dr. Andre Seepe
Title of Dissertation: Short-run shocks, longer-run consequences: How business cycle fluctuations affect technological progress (2017-2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philip Jung
Placement: Data Analyst, ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde
Current Position: Data Analyst, ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde
Dr. Kangkan Dev Choudhury
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Games in Dynamic Environments (2016-2021)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugen Kovac
Placement: Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Bamberg
Current Position: Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Bamberg
Dr. Fabian Dehos
Title of Dissertation: Evidence-Based Policy Evaluation: Microeconometric Perspectives on Public Governance (2013-2021)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marie Elina Paul
Placement: Post-doctoral researcher, RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and Mercator School of Management at University of Duisburg-Essen
Current Position: Placement: Post-doctoral researcher, RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and Mercator School of Management at University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Fang Duan
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Model Specification of Multivariate Dependence Structure (2014-2021)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dominik Wied
Placement: Assistant Vice President, Deutsche Bank
Current Position: Assistant Vice President, Deutsche Bank
Dr. Marvin Müller
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Applied Microeconomics (2017-2021)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugen Kovac
Placement: Senior Consultant, Kerkhoff Consulting
Current Position: Manager, Kerkhoff Consulting
Dr. Hendrik Steinbrecher
Title of Dissertation: Taxing high and paying low - fiscal policy in the German Interbellum (2013-2021)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philip Jung
Placement: Data Analyst, ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde
Current Position: Data Analyst, ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde
Dr. Tom Bauermann
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Agent-Based Macroeconomics - Contributions of Agent-Based Modeling to Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (2015-2020)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Roos
Placement: Bremische Bürgerschaft, Enquetekommission "Klimaschutzstrategie für das Land Bremen"
Current Position: Hans-Böckler Stiftung
Dr. Raphael Becker
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Innovation and Technology Diffusion with Interdependent Market Entry (2015-2020)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Seidel
Placement: XPACT Consulting
Current Position:
Dr. Philipp Korfmann
Title of Dissertation: Essays on local labor markets, firm taxation and worker mobility (2014-2020)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philip Jung
Placement: Statistical Analyst, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Current Position: Data Scientist, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Simon Decker
Title of Dissertation: Risk Aversion, Health Insurance and Health Inequality (2011-2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Martin Karlsson, Ph.D
Placement: Researcher, “Health Economics” department, RWI Essen
Current Position:
Dr. Marco Horvath
Title of Dissertation: Empirical Essays on Price Mechanisms in Energy Markets (2014-2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manuel Frondel
Placement: Researcher "Environment and Resources", RWI Essen
Current Position: Data Scientist, Ford
Dr. Christopher Krause
Title of Dissertation: The distributional implications of business cycles and fiscal policy (2015-2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ludger Linnemann
Placement: Post-Doc, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Current Position: Post-Doc, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Dr. Jan Prüser
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Modelling Fat Time Series Data using Bayesian Econometrics (2015-2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Hanck
Placement: Banking & Finance, Data Scientist
Current Position: Post-Doc, TU Dortmund
Dr. Ulrich Berg
Title of Dissertation: Eassays on Banking, Financial Markets and Forecasting (2013-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke
Placement: Risk Analyst / Data Scientist, Auxmoney GmbH
Current Position:
Dr. Marius Bickmann
Title of Dissertation: Demographic Change, Migration and Public Pensions - A Macroeconomic Analysis (2013-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ludger Linnemann
Placement: Bundeswirtschaftsministerium
Current Position: OECD Economics Department
Dr. Merve Cim
Title of Dissertation: Empirical Analyses of Migration and the Labor Market: The Role of Tasks, Skills, and Education (2012-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: RPA Consultant, Adastra
Current Position: Lead RPA Analyst, Adastra
Dr. Martin Fischer
Title of Dissertation: The Long-Term Effects of Education on Health and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Historical School Reforms in Sweden and Germany (2011-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Martin Karlsson, Ph.D
Placement: Post-Doc, Karolinska Institute
Current Position: Senior Researcher, Lund University
Dr. Laura Janisch
Title of Dissertation: On the Move: Opportunities and Challenges of International Migration (2013-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Data Scientist, ARAG
Current position: Vice President Insurance Analytics, ARAG
Dr. Jonas Keil
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Financial Integration, Monetary Policy and Real Estate Markets (2008-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke
Placement: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik
Current position: Ministry of Economic Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr. Michael Kramm
Title of Dissertation: Game Theoretical Analyses of Industrial and Societal Organization - Economic Design with a Focus on Heterogeneity and the Impact of Informational Asymmetries (2012-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lars Metzger
Placement: Post-Doc, TU Dortmund
Current Position: Acting Professor, University of Cologne
Dr. Matthias Westphal
Title of Dissertation: Individual Consequences and Public Challenges of Social
Change – Six Empirical Essays in Health Economics and Economics of Education (2013-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hendrik Schmitz
Placement: Junior Professorship, Economics, Technical University Dortmund
Current position: Junior Professorship, Economics, Technical University Dortmund
Dr. Christian Wittrock
Title of Dissertation: The effects of public inputs, goods and services on household's and firms' location decision (2013-2018)
Prof. Dr. Nadine Riedel
Placement: Data Scientist Stepstone
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, DKV Mobility Services
Dr. Guanzhong Yang
Title of Dissertation: Incentives and Information: Experimental Studie (2009-2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jeannette Brosig-Koch
Placement: Consultant, ifb group
Current Position: Senior Specialist, KPMG
Dr. Irina Dubova
Title of Dissertation: Empirical Essays on the Role of Global Shocks and Cross-Country Spillovers (2012-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke
Placement: Risk Controlling Department, DZ Bank
Current Position: Specialist Risk, Sparkassen Rating und Risikosysteme
Dr. Andreas Gerster
Title of Dissertation: Empirical Evaluations of Climate Policies (2012-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manuel Frondel
Placement: Post-Doctoral Researcher, RWI
Current Position: Acting Professor, University of Mannheim
Dr. Marcel Henkel
Title of Dissertation: Three Essays on the Causes and Consequences of Spatial Inequality (2012-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Seidel
Placement: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Universität Bern, Center for Regional Economic Development (CReD)
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Universität Bern, Center for Regional Economic Development (CReD)
Dr. Fabian Herrmann
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Macroeconomics: Monetary Policy, Interest Rate Spreads, and Financial Markets (2011-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Roland Winkler
Placement: Economic Scenario Generation, Ampega Asset Management
Current Position: Investment Strategist, Ampega Asset Management
Dr. Mathias Klein
Title of Dissertation: Household Debt and the Macroeconomy (2012-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ludger Linnemann
Placement: DIW
Current Position: Senior Economist, Sveriges Riksbank
Dr. Hamed Markazi Moghadam
Title of Dissertation: Evolutionary models of market structure (2011-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leininger
Placement: Post-Doc, University of Hannover)
Dr. Michael Simora (Economist, Data Scientist)
Title of Dissertation: Individual Perception, Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change (2013-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manuel Frondel
Placement: Data Scientist, Adastra
Current Position: Head of Adastra South
Dr. Ute Volz
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Macroeconomics (2005-2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Volker Clausen
Placement: Deutsche Bundesbank
Current position: Deutsche Bundesbank
Dr. Johannes Ludwig
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Income, Consumption and their Distribution (2011-2016)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Roos
Placement: Researcher, Deutsche Bundesbank
Current Position: Deputy Head, Deutsche Bundesbank, New York Representative Office
Dr. Sarah Okoampah
Title of Dissertation: Four Empirical Essays on Demographic Change and the Labor Market (2011-2016)
Supervisor: Prof. Martin Karlsson, Ph.D
Placement: Post-Doc, University Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Nils Wittmann
Title of Dissertation: Financial Assets, Fiscal Policy, and the Macroeconomy (2010-2016)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schabert
Placement: Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Düsseldorf
Current Position: Senior Expert for Advanced Analytics, McKinsey & Company,
Dr. Rui Dang
Title of Dissertation: Empirical Essays on Social Interactions and Health Inequalities (2011-2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, USA
Current Position: Senior Lecturer in Economics, Westminster International University in Tashkent
Dr. Matthias Giesecke
Title of Dissertation: Retirement Decisions: The Role of Labour Supply, Financial Incentives, and Mortality Expectations (2009-2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schnabel
Placement: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, RWI
Current Position: Federal Ministry of Finance
Dr. Anne Oeking
Title of Dissertation: External lmbalances and Domestic Macroeconomic Policies in an Interconnected World: Essays in lnternational Macroeconomics (2011-2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke
Placement: Economist, International Monetary Fund
Current Position: Economist, International Monetary Fund
Dr. Adam Pilny
Title of Dissertation: Identifying Potentials for Efficiency Enhancements in German Health Care Markets -Microeconometric Evidence for the Supply-side and the Demand-side (2010-2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Research Scientist, RWI, Essen
Current Position: Projektmanager, Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
Dr. Joost Röttger
Title of Dissertation: Essays in Dynamic Macroeconomics: Public Policy, Household Savings, and Lack of Commitment (2010-2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schabert
Placement: Center for Macroeconomic Research, University of Cologne
Current Position: Economist, Deutsche Bundesbank
Dr. Julia Belau-Garmann
Title of Dissertation: Outside Options and Centrality in Cooperatiove Game Theory (2010-2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leininger
Placement: Post-Doc, TU Dortmund
Current position: Head of Department, Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz Bonn
Dr. Sebastian Garmann
Title of Dissertation: The Role of Political Institutions and Representation in Economic Policy - An Empirical Analysis (2010-2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfram F. Richter
Placement: ETH Zürich
Current Position: Bundesrechnungshof
Dr. Philip Messow
Title of Dissertation: Statistical Problems of Time Varying Volatility in Economic Time Series (2010-2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer
Placement: Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt
Current Position: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Robeco
Dr. Benjamin Niestroj
Title of Dissertation: A macroeconomic perspective on asset returns and liquidity premia
(2009-2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schabert
Placement: Consultant, d-fine
Current Position: Professor, FOM, Zukunftsinstitut
Dr. Björn Sossong
Title of Dissertation: Applying discrete choice experiments to recent topics in health economics
(2009-2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Felder
Placement: Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
Current Position: CEO, Quopinion
Dr. Christoph Strupat
Title of Dissertation: Microeconometric Analyses of Family Planning, Health and Infrastructure Interventions in Developing Countries (2009-2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Christoph M. Schmidt
Placement: Post-Doc, University of Heidelberg
Current Position: Senior Economist, German Institute of Development and Sustainability
Dr. Claudia Burgard
Title of Dissertation: Post-Compulsory Education in Germany: Empirical Analyses of Higher Education Policies and Further Training (2008-2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Business Analyst (Predictive Analytics), StepStone, Düsseldorf
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, StepStone
Dr. Regina Flake
Title of Dissertation: Migrants in Germany: The Role of Intergenerational Relations in Economic Integration and Labor Market Effects (2008-2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Economist, German Economic Institute
Current Position: Senior Economist, German Economic Institute
Dr. Klemens Keldenich (Senior Product Manager, GfK SE)
Title of Dissertation: Communication and Group Behavior in Economic Decision making (2008-2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jeannette Brosig-Koch
Placement: Senior Consultant, Simon-Kucher & Partners
Current Position: VP, Axel Springer Consulting Group
Dr. Michael Kind
Title of Dissertation: Microeconometric Analyses of Unemployment, Reemployment and Labor Force Participation in Germany (2009-2013)
Supervisor: John P. Haisken-DeNew
Placement: Data Analyst, Kienbaum
Current Position: Head of Data Science and Data Management, Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH)
Prof. Dr. Marcus Klemm
Title of Dissertation: Life satisfaction and risk perceptions: What can subjective data tell us about economic behavior? (2008-2013)
Supervisor: John P. Haisken-DeNew
Placement: Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg – Schweinfurt
Current Position: Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg – Schweinfurt
Dr. Jonas Vogt
Title of Dissertation: Reduced Form Credit Risk Models and the Second Dimension Risk Premium - Technical Foundations, Estimations and Applications (2010-2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer
Placement: Quoniam Asset Management, Frankfurt a.M
Current Position: Professor, Duale Hohshule Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Matthias Keese
Title of Dissertation: Saving in an aging society – Empirical issues in old-age provision and household debt. (2007-2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schnabel
Placement: ThyssenKrupp Management Consulting
Current Position: Leiter HR operations, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof
Dr. Tobias Körner
Title of Dissertation: Governance of Banks, Economic Growth, and Financial Stability (2007-2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Christoph M. Schmidt
Placement: Staff of German Council of Economic Experts,
Current Position: Professor, Hochschule Deutsche Bundesbank
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Dr. Annika Meng
Title of Dissertation: The economics of long-term care: care arrangements, caregivers' incentives to work, and provision gaps (2007-2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schnabel
Placement: Central Krankenversicherung AG
Current Position:
Dr. Maarten van Kampen
Title of Dissertation: Copula Constancy Tests (2008-2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer
Placement: Post-Doc, TU Dortmund
Dr. Saskia Schmidt
Title of Dissertation: Trade Unions and Minimum Wages (2006-2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph M. Schmidt
Placement:
Dr. Frauke Dobnik
Title of Dissertation: Non-stationary Panels and Cross-section Dependence: Applications to Macroeconomic Research Questions (2008-2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke
Placement: Market Research, Thyssen Krupp
Current Position: Business Consultant bei Deutsche Multiauskunftei
Dr. Michaela Trax
Title of Dissertation: The Internationalization of Firms: Cross-Border Investments, Cultural Diversity and Firm Performance. (2007-2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jens Südekum
Placement: Acting Juniorprofessor, University of Duisburg-Essen
Current Position: Head of Technology Finance, Vodafone
Prof. Dr. Daniel Baumgarten
Title of Dissertation: Labor Market Dynamics and Globalization (2006-2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Assistant Professor of International Trade, University of Munich (LMU)
Current Position: Professor, Hochschule Hannove
Dr. Peggy Bechara
Title of Dissertation: Heterogeneity in Job and Wage Mobility (2006-2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Post-Doc, RWI
Current Position: Referentin für Daten und Prozesse bei Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe
Dr. Christoph Braun
Title of Dissertation: Optimal Taxation of Human Capital Investments (2006-2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfram F. Richter
Placement: Tax Advisor, KPMG
Current Position: Senior Tax Manager Germany & Central EuropeSenior Tax Manager Germany & Central Europe, Plastic Omnium
Dr. Stefanie Neimann
Title of Dissertation: "Two people gotta stick together...'' - Four essays on the interrelationship between marriage-related and economic decisions. (2005-2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kornelius Kraft
Placement: Knappschaft-Bahn-See, Bochum
Current Position:
Dr. Alfredo Paloyo
Title of Dissertation: The armed forces and society: econometric analyses of a military drawdown and compulsory military service (2007-2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement: Lecturer, University of Wollongong
Current Position: Associate Professor and Head of Economics at the University of Wollongong
Dr. Malte Rieth
Title of Dissertation: Risk Premia and Sovereign Default. (2006-2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schabert
Placement: Strategist, Asset Management Research, Landesbank Berlin AG, Berlin
Current Position: Professor of Monetary Economics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
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Prof. Dr. Hendrik Schmitz
Title of Dissertation: Searching for sources of inefficiency in the German health care sector: demand-side, supply-side, and labour-force-status effects on health and health care utilization (2006-2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schnabel
Placement: Post-Doc, RWI
Current Position: Full Professor of Statistics and quantitative methods of empirical economics, University of Paderborn
Dr. Leilanie Basilio
Title of Dissertation: Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation - An Analysis for Germany (2005-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer
Placement:
Current Position:
Dr. Christian Bredemeier
Title of Dissertation: Essays on heterogeneous agents: political economy and labor markets (2006-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schabert
Placement: Post-Doc, TU Dortmund
Current Position: Associate Professor of Applied Economics, University of Wuppertal
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Dr. Yiquan Gu
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Industrial and Societal Organization: Certification, Variety and Concern for Face (2006-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leininger
Placement: Lecturer, University of Liverpool Management School
Current Position: Professor of Spatial Economics and Industrial Organization, Henley Business School, University of Reading
Dr. Jan Heufer
Title of Dissertation: Essays on Revealed Preference: Contributions to the Theory of Consumer's Behavior (2005-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leininger
Placement: Post-Doc, TU Dortmund
Current Position: (Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Dr. Markus Hörmann
Title of Dissertation: Interest Rates, Liquidity, and Optimal Monetary Policy (2006-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schabert
Placement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Current Position:
Dr. Alesia Khudnitskaya
Title of Dissertation: Integrating Statistical Credit Scoring into the Retail Business Cycle (2007-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer
Placement: Deutsche Bank
Current Position: Vice President at Deutsche Bank, Risk Methodology, Berlin
Dr. Vivien Procher
Title of Dissertation: The Internationalization of French Firms (2005-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Christoph M. Schmidt
Placement: Grenoble School of Management
Current Position: Professor, University of Marburg
Dr. Sina Risse
Title of Dissertation: On Negatively Interdependent Preferences in Rent-Seeking Contests (2004-2010)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leininger
Placement: Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Düsseldorf
Current Position:
Dr. Jan Brenner (1978-2009, Research Scientist, RWI, Essen)
Title of Dissertation: Empirical Evidence on the Integration of Immigrants
Dr. Annika Herr
Title of Dissertation: On Hospital Competition: Quality, Efficiency, and Ownership (2004-2009)
Placement: Postdoc, DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Current Position: Professor, Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Dr. Sebastian Rausch
Title of Dissertation: Macroeconomic Consequences of Demographic Change: Modeling Issues and Applications (2004-2008)
Placement: CEPE - Centre for Energy Policy and Economics Department of Management, Technology, and Economics ETH Zürich
Current Position: Full Professor of Economics, Heidelberg University; Head of Research Department “Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management”, ZEW-Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim
Dr. Stefanie Schurer
Title of Dissertation: The Role of Unobserved Heterogeneity in Labor and Health Economics (2004-2008)
Supervisor: Prod. Dr. Dr. hc. Christoph Schmidt
Placement: Associate Professor, School of Economics at the University of Sydney, Australia
Current Position: Professor of Economics, School of Economic, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Pavel Stoimenov
Title of Dissertation: A measure of mutual complete dependence (2004-2008)
Supervisor: Prod. Dr. Walter Krämer
Placement: Post Doc, TU Dortmund
Current Position: Senior Quantitative Portfolio Analyst Senior Quantitative Portfolio Analyst, OMV
Dr. Baudouin Tameze-Azamo
Title of Dissertation: Minimum Distance Estimation of GARCH(1,1)-models (2004-2008)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer
Current Position: independent Consultant
Dr. Tobias Wenzel
Title of Dissertation: On Product Differentiation and Shopping Hours - Five Essays in Industrial Organization (2005-2008)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leininger
Placement: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Erlangen - Nürnberg
Current Position: Lecturer, University of Düsseldorf & DICE
Dr. Christoph Hanck
Title of Dissertation: Testing in Nonstationary and Dependent Panels with Applications to PPP (2004-2007)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer
Placement: Post-Doc, TU Dortmund
Current Position: Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen
