Current Position

Professor
Chair of Monetary Economics, Department of Economics,
Free University Berlin

Associate Dean


Professional Activities

Research Professor ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Munich

Research Fellow CESifo

Member Editorial Board European Journal of Political Economy

Member Editorial Board International Economics and Economic Policy

Member Ausschuss für Geldtheorie und Geldpolitik des Vereins für Socialpolitik (Study Group on Monetary Theory and Policy of the German Economic Association)



Career

Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
Department of Economics, University of Munich (1991-94)

Senior Research Fellow and Academic Coordinator
Center for Economic Studies, University of Munich (1995-97, 1998)

John Foster Dulles Visiting Lecturer
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University (1997-98)

Senior Research Fellow CES and Research Director CESifo
University of Munich (1999-2001)

Economist
International Monetary Fund (2001 - 2003)

Professor, Chair of Monetary Economics, Department of Economics,
Free University Berlin (since 2003)


Academic Qualification

Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. M.A. in Economics)
Department of Economics, University of Munich (1991)

Dr. oec. publ. (equiv. Ph. D. in Economics)
Department of Economics, University of Munich (1996)

Habilitation
Department of Economics, University of Munich (2002)


Fields of Interest

Monetary Policy and Theory, International Macro,
Public Choice, Economic History