Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft/Volkswirtschaftslehre/

Forschungsschwerpunkt Statistik und Ökonometrie

Dr. Sascha Becker

Sascha Becker

Freie Universität Berlin

Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft

Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie (bis 2011)

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

E-Mail

sascha.becker@fu-berlin.de

Curriculum Vitae

Education


	2009 - 2010	Doctoral Student in Economics Freie Universität Berlin
	2007 - 2009	Ph.D. Program in Economics Goethe University Frankfurt
	2004 - 2006	Master (Diplom) in Economics Goethe University Frankfurt
	2002 - 2004	Undergraduate Studies in Economics Goethe University Frankfurt

Work Experience


	January 2007 - present	Research Assistant Research Project: Inflation and Relative Price Variability (supported by Monetary Stability Foundation)
	April 2009 - August 2010	Teaching and Research Assistant Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie, Freie Universität Berlin
	January 2007 - March 2009	Teaching and Research Assistant Department of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt
	June 2007 - August 2007	Intern ECB, International Policy Analysis Division, Frankfurt
	April 2006 - December 2006	Student Research Assistant Department of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt

Fields of Interest


	Empirical Macroeconomic Modelling International Macroeconomics Time Series / Panel Econometrics

Publications


	Becker, S.S., Nautz, D.: Inflation and Relative Price Variability: New Evidence for the United States, Southern Economic Journal, July 2009, 76(1): 146-164.

Discussion Papers

Becker, S., Nautz, D.: Inflation, Price Dispersion and Market Integration through the Lens of a Monetary Search Model. European Economic Review, forthcoming, link

Becker, S.S.: What Drives the Relationship between Inflation and Price Dispersion? Market Power vs. Price Rigidity. SFB Discussion Paper 649 2011-019.

Presentations

	September 2011	Annual Congress, Verein für Socialpolitik; Frankfurt am Main.
	August 2011	Annual Congress, European Economic Association; Oslo.
	August 2010	Annual Congress, European Economic Association; Glasgow.
	June 2010	INFINITI Conference on International Finance; Dublin.
	December 2009	DIW Macroeconometric Workshop; Berlin.
	September 2009	Annual Congress, Verein für Socialpolitik; Magdeburg.
	September 2008	Annual Congress, Verein für Socialpolitik; Graz.