Last
update: Odense, October 18, 2007
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Thursday office: |
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Centre for Economic and
Business Research |
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Campusvej 55 |
Porcelænshaven 24B, Building
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DK-5230 Odense M |
DK-2000 |
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phone: +45 6550 3363 |
phone: +45 3546 3496 |
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fax: +45 6615 8790 |
fax: +45 3815 3499 |
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email: uka@sam.sdu.dk |
email: uka.cebr@cbs.dk |
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www.cebr.dk/uk |
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Wednesday office
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Centre for European
Economic Research |
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Dept. of
Industrial Organization and International Management |
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phone: +49 621 1235
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fax: +49 621 1235 170 |
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email: kaiser@zew.de |
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www.zew.de/de/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter.php3?action=mita&kurz=uka |
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Birth
date and place: January 31,
German
citizen, permanent resident of
Fluent
in Danish and English; native German
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Abitur: |
Ricarda Huch
Gymnasium Krefeld ( |
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University: |
University of Konstanz ( |
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Studies abroad: |
University of
Massachusetts at Amherst (USA), Visiting Student of
Economics; fall 1993 |
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Diploma: |
Diplom-Volkswirt, University of Konstanz, grade
"gut"; Feb. 1997 |
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Master’s thesis: |
"The Determinants of BUND Futures Price Changes: An Ordered Probit Analysis Using DTB and LIFFE Data"; grade
"sehr gut" Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Winfried Pohlmeier |
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Doctoral thesis: |
"Innovation, Employment, and Firm Performance in the German Service
Sector", University of Konstanz, grade "sehr gut"; July 2001 |
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Thesis committee: |
Prof. Dr. Winfried Pohlmeier
(thesis supervisor), Prof. Dr. Oliver Fabel
(thesis co-supervisor), Prof. Dr. Rainer Schnell (oral
examiner); all |
July
1990 – June 1991, Hannover
(
KHD Great Britain Ltd.,
Treuhandanstalt, Berlin, Direktorat
Abwicklung; August – October 1992.
Arbeitsamt Konstanz, Statistics Dept., August – October 1994.
Bankhaus
Neelmeyer AG,
ZEW, Dept.
of Industrial Economics and International Management;
March – April 1996.
ZEW, Dept.
of Industrial Economics and International Management; July – August 1996.
Research fellow
at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Dept.
of Industrial Economics and International Management; Feb.
1997 – April 1999.
Head of the project “Business survey in
the ICT-intensive services industry” (a cooperation project with
Germany’s leading credit rating agency “Creditreform”,
ZEW, Dept.
of Industrial Economics and International Management; June
1999 – August 2001.
Research
associate at the Center
of Finance and Econometrics at the University of Konstanz; Jan.
1998 – Jan. 2001.
Senior researcher
at the ZEW, Research
Group Information and Communication Technologies; May
2001 – June 2002.
Research
affiliate at the National Bureau of
Economic Research,
Visiting Fellow, Harvard
University, Dept. of Economics
(host: Prof. Ariel Pakes, PhD),
Associate
Professor (with tenure), University of Southern
Denmark at Odense, Dept.
of Economics; July 2002 – Dec. 2004.
Core member, Centre for Economic and Business Research,
Permanent guest
professor, Centre for European Economic Research,
Dept. of
Industrial Economics and International Management; since Feb. 2003.
Full Professor of Economics with Special
Assignments in Econometrics and its Applications, University of Southern Denmark at
Odense, Dept.
of Economics (now Dept. of Business & Economics);
since Jan. 2005.
Member, Centre for Industrial Economics at
„Grundfos Prize
2003“, with S.E. Hougaard
Jensen, N. Malchow-Møller, J.R. Skaksen and A. Sørensen, Euro 6.300 for each winner for personal disposal
plus Euro 6.300 for research, May 2003
Winner „Wettbewerb
Winterarbeit“, Federal Armed Forces,
Euro 250, April 1991
“The Economics of Innovation”, compressed
course,
“The economics of patents”, lecture within
the cross-faculty course “Business Development and Innovation Management”,
Dept. of Marketing and Management; fall semester 2007.
“Industrial Economics”, University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Business
and Economics; fall semester 2007.
“Industrial Economics”, University of Southern
Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Business
and Economics; spring semester 2007.
“Microeconometrics”,
University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Business
and Economics; fall semester 2006.
“Oligopoly Models in Economics”, University of Southern Denmark at Odense,
Executive MBA, Sept. 2, 2006.
“Economic Integration II”, University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Business
and Economics; spring semester 2006.
Study group “The Empirical Evaluation of Credit
Risk” (graduate level), University of Southern Denmark at
Odense, Dept. of Economics;
fall semester 2005.
20 percent of the course “Dynamic and
Financial Econometrics” (graduate level, shared with
20 percent of the course “Advanced
Econometrics” (graduate level, shared with Julia Häring,
Jørgen Lauritsen, Cédric
Schneider, Jacob Nielsen Arendt), University of
Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Economics;
spring semester 2005.
“Economic Integration II”, University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Economics;
spring semester 2005.
“Economic Policy” (graduate
level), University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Economics;
fall semester 2004.
20 percent of the course “Dynamic and
Financial Econometrics” (graduate level, shared with
“Economic Integration II”
(graduate level), University of Southern Denmark at
Odense, Dept. of Economics;
spring semester 2004.
“Economic Policy” (graduate
level), University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Economics;
fall semester 2003.
“Research policy“ (graduate
level),
“Mergers and Acquisitions”
(PhD program),
“Economic Integration II”, University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Economics;
spring semester 2003.
“Economic Policy” (graduate
level), University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Dept. of Economics;
fall semester 2003.
Lecturer in "Industrial Policy in the European
Union: Institutions, Research Policy and Merger Analysis"
(graduate level), University of Southern
Denmark at Odense, Dept.
of Economics; compressed course taught in Feb. 2002.
Lecturer in
"Multivariate Analysis Methods" (graduate level), Munich School of
Management at the Ludwigs-Maximilians
University Munich; spring term 2000.
“Logit-type models
for the estimation the demand for differentiated products”, compressed course,
Centre for European Economic Research, April 20, 2006.
Seminar on "Credit Risk
Measurement", Centre for European Economic Research,
Workshop "Ökonometrische
Verfahren zur Bonitätsrisikomessung" (Econometric approaches to
credit risk measurement), Center of Finance and Credit Risk Measurement, University of Mainz; Feb. 16, 2001.
Seminar on "Credit Risk
Measurement", Centre for European Economic Research,
Ph.D.
students I am/I was involved with
Supervisor: Jannick Damgaard (Danmarks Nationalbank); expected
date of completion February 2010.
Supervisor: Julia Häring (now Lundbeck A/S,
Supervisor (with Tomas Rønde,
Co-supervisor: Ralf Dewenter (now University of the Federal Armed
Forces,
Ph.D. committee
member: Anne Dyrberg Rommer
(Danmarks Nationalbank),
“Accounting-based credit-scoring models: econometric investigations”,
Ph.D. committee
chairman: Edlira Gjonça (now University College London),
“Socio-economic determinants of longevity in
Economic Policy
Research Network (EPRN,
European
Commission (6th framework), “Science and Technology Research In a
Knowledge-based Economy“ (“COST“), financing of the exchange of researchers;
other participating institutions: Université Libre de Bruxelles, K.U. Leuven),
University of Cyprus, Université Paris I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, University of Pécs, Bocconi University,
University of Maastricht, Warsaw School of Economics,
European
Commission (6th framework), “Analysing and
Evaluating the Impact of Innovation of Publicly-Funded Research Programmes” (“IMPLORE”), DKK 75,700/10,000 Euro; other
participating institutions: Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH,
(Austria), UNU-MERIT, (the Netherlands), Glasgow Scottish Enterprise Technology
Park, (UK), VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
(Germany), Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece), Warsaw School
of Economics Word Economic Research Institute (Poland), Wise Guys Ltd. (UK),
Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2007
European
Commission (6th framework), “The value of patents for today’s
economy and society”, tender no.
ETD/2004/IM/E3/77, Euro 30,000/DKK 228.000, subcontractor of Fondazione CERM and Bocconi
University, Italy; other institutions involved: Eindhoven University of
Technology (the Netherlands), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Germany), Universitè
de Lyon 2 (France), University of Sussex (United Kingdom), Centre for European
Economic Research (Germany), University of Pécs
(Hungary).
Statens Samfundsvidenskabelige Forskningsråd
(Danish Social Science Research Council), “Human Capital, Patenting Activity,
and Technology Spillovers” (with Thomas Rønde), DKK
2,321,152/Euro 306,998.20; Jan. 2004 – Dec. 2007.
Erhvervs og Boligstyrelsen
(National Agency for the
Economic Policy
Research Network (EPRU,
Erhvervs og Boligstyrelsen
(National Agency for the
VolkswagenStiftung,
founding of the research project "Panel Data models for the Analysis of
Models for Differentiated Product Demand" within the "Empirical
Economics – Program of Fellowships for German Researchers in the United States",
DKK 604,864/Euro 80,000; fall 2001 – fall 2002.
Verband der Vereine Creditreform,
co-sponsorship of the project “Business survey in
the ICT-intensive services industry” (since 1994); additional
partners are the new agencies “vereinigte wirtschaftsdienste” (since 1998) and “bloomberg”
(since 1999)
German Science
Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,
DFG), founding of the research project "Human capital, skill structure and
labor market effects in demographic change”, heads of project: Winfried Pohlmeier and Friedhelm Pfeiffer;
Feb. 1995– Dec 1998.
German Science
Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,
DFG), founding of the research project "Technical Progress, Qualification
and Labor Demand" within the DFG target program "Industrial Economics
and Input Markets", heads of project: Winfried Pohlmeier and Friedhelm Pfeiffer;
Feb. 2000 – Feb. 2002.
Responsible for the
Econometrics education at the
Member of a committee to strengthen
Mathematical Economics at the
Coordinator of the research
project “Technology, Patents and Innovation” at the CEBR,
Chairman of a commission to
establish a new international BA study program “International Public
Economics”,
Member of the evaluation committee of
Ph.D.-scholarship applicants,
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, March 11 – 12, 2008.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, Oct. 16 – 17, 2007.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, July 30 – August 3, 2007.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, July 19 – 20, 2007.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, Feb. 26 – March 2, 2007.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, Dec. 5 –8, 2006.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, Oct. 4 – Oct. 6, 2006.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, June 19 – June 23, 2006.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, April 18 – April 21, 2006.
Centre
for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and International
Management,
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, Dec. 5 – Dec. 7, 2005.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, June 30, 2005.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, April 5 – April 8, 2005.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, Nov. 1 – Nov. 5, 2004.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, April 5 – April 8, 2004.
Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and
International Management, Jan. 12 – Jan. 16, 2004.
Centre for European Economic
Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and International Management, Oct. 13. – Oct. 19, 2003.
Centre for European Economic
Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and International Management, June 30. – July 4, 2003.
University of
Konstanz, Dept. of Economics, June 2 – June 28, 2003.
Centre for European Economic
Research, Dept. of Industrial Economics and International Management, April 28
– May 3, 2003.
Centre for European Economic Research, Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies, Dec. 11 - Dec 18, 2003.
National Bureau of
Economic Research, Sept. 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002.
Harvard University,
Dept. of Economics, Sept.
1,
2001 – June 30, 2002.
University of
Konstanz, Chair for
Econometrics, March 30 – April 24, 2000.
University of
Konstanz, Chair for
Econometrics, Nov. 6 – Nov. 8, 1999.
University of
Konstanz, Chair for
Econometrics, Sept. 20 - Sept. 24, 1999.
“Empirical aspects of
Innovation and the Adoption of New Technology”, Workshop on “Innovation,
R&D, and Adoption of New Technology“,
Evaluation of the faculty
“Technology, Policy and Management” at Technical University of Delft,
Evaluation of the
“Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes und der Länder”
(Research Data Service Center), Düsseldorf, Oct. 12 –
13, 2006.
Member of a hiring committee for a full
professorship in “Applied Economics”, University of Copenhagen, spring 2008.
Member of a hiring committee for an
assistant/associate professorship at
Chairman, hiring committee
for an assistant/associate professorship at the
Member of the paper
evaluation committee, Annual meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik),
Evaluator for Agence Nationale de
Member of the paper
evaluation committee, Annual meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik),
Member of the paper
evaluation committee, Annual meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik),
Co-editor “Schmollers Jahrbuch - Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften” (Editors: Gert
G. Wagner and Joachim Wagner), since Jan. 2008.
Member of the Advisory board of “KombiFiD
– Combined firm data for
Centre for European Economic Research conference on
the “Economics of Information and Communication Technologies”,
Centre for European Economic Research conference on
the “Conference on Economics of Innovation and Patenting”,
Workshop on ICT and Firm Strategies, Centre for
European Economic Research, October 6 – 7, 2006.
5th Berlecon workshop on the
Economics of Information Technology: “E-Business – economic impact and policy
implications“,
Co-organizer (with Thomas Rønde, Hans Christian Kongsted
and Cédric Schneider), workshop on Human Capital, Spillovers and Patenting Actvity,
Co-organizer (with James R. Markusen, Jan Rose Skaksen, Ulrich Kaiser, Anders Sørensen
and Nikolaj
Malchow-Møller), workshop on Entrepreneurship, Copenhagen, Oct.
10-11, 2004.
Organizer of the Dept. of
Economics seminar series at the
Organization of the ZEW conference "The Economics
of Information and Communication Technologies", co-organized by Irene Bertschek and Max Keilbach,
Mannheim; June 18-19, 2001.
Economics of
Innovation and New Technology (2001, 2004, 2005)
Empirical Economics (2004, 2005)
Electronic Markets (2004)
German Economic Review (2004)
Information Economics and Policy (2005, 2006)
International
Journal of Industrial Organization (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
International Review of Economics
& Finance (2003)
Jahrbücher
für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (2005)
Journal of Applied Econometrics (2005)
Journal of Economics (2003)
Journal of
Economics and Management Strategy (2004)
Journal of Industrial Economics
(2003, 2004, 2005)
Journal of Institutional and
Theoretical Economics (2002. 2006)
Journal of Technology Transfer (2006)
Management Science (2004)
Regional Science
and Urban Economics (2002)
Regional Studies (2004)
Research Policy (2005, 2006, 2007)
Review of
Industrial Organization (2002)
Scandinavian
Journal of Economics (2003, 2005)
Small Business Economics (2004, 2006)
Zeitschrift
für Betriebswirtschaft (2004)
Deutsche
Statistische Gesellschaft (German Statistical
Association)
German Economic Association for
Business Administration e. V.
Verein für Socialpolitik
(German Economic Association)
Verein für Socialpolitik,
Industrieökomischer Ausschuss
Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Ricarda Huch Gymnasiums Krefeld
Verein der Ehemaligen der Universität Konstanz e.V.
University of
Massachusetts at Amherst
Harvard
University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences