Education |
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Ph.D. in Economics (Dr. oec. publ.) |
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
(June 2012)
Essays on the Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Development, Growth and Innovation (summa cum laude)
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Visiting scholar |
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
(09/2010 – 09/2011)
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M.A. in Economics |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
(08/2007 – 05/2008), GPA: 4.0
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M.B.A.
(“Diplom-Kauffrau”) |
University of Potsdam, Germany
(10/2003 – 09/2008)
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Visiting student:
St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance, Russia
(fall 2006)
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Research Interests |
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International Economics, Development, and Growth
Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
Monetary Economics |
Honors |
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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship (2010 – 2011)
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Warsaw International Economic Meeting best paper award(2010)
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“LMUexcellent” mentoring program (2010 – present)
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German Research Foundation scholarship (2008 – 2011)
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e-fellows.net scholarship (2008 – present)
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German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Dt. Volkes) scholarship (2007 – 2008)
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Foundation of the German Economy (Stiftung der Dt. Wirtschaft) scholarship (2004 – 2008)
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German Academic Exchange Service Grant (2003)
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German Academic Exchange Service St. Petersburg Dialogue Best Exam Award(2003)
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Working Papers |
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Robust FDI determinants, parameter heterogeneity and IPRs (with Christian Lorenczik)
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Audit statements with Dollar Unit Sampling – a Comparison of Error Projection Methods Potsdam: University Monograph (in German: "Prüfungsurteile mit Dollar Unit Sampling")
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Research in Progress |
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What determines long-run growth in developed and developing countries?
Endogenous intellectual property rights, innovation, and learning from imitation |
Teaching Experience |
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01/2009 – 08/2012 |
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Seminar: Policy Reactions to the Financial Crisis (summer/fall 2009)
Seminar: Labor Economics (winter/spring 2009)
T.A.: Macroeconomics I (spring 2009, 2010 and 2012; fall 2011) |
08/2007 – 05/2008 |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
T.A.: Econ 104 Principles of Macroeconomics (spring 2008)
T.A.: Econ 100 Introductory Economics (fall 2007)
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10/2004 – 07/2007 |
University of Potsdam, Germany
T.A.: Mathematics for Economists I (fall 2004, fall 2005)
T.A.: Mathematics for Economists II (spring 2005, 2006 & 2007, fall 2006)
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Internships |
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01/2007 – 04/2007 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG, Berlin, Germany |
03/2005 – 04/2005 |
Belarusian Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers “Prof. Kunjawski“, Minsk, Belarus |
08/2004 – 09/2004 |
Belarusian Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers “Prof. Kunjawski“, Minsk, Belarus |
Referee Activity |
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European Economic Review, Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis
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Conference and Seminar Presentations |
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2011 |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, USA), University of Washington (Seattle, USA)
Midwest Economic Association Conference 2011 (St. Louis, USA), Southwestern Society of Economists 2011 conference (Houston, USA)
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2010 |
University of Washington (Seattle, USA), Warsaw International Economics Meeting 2011 (Warsaw, Poland), European Workshop in Macroeconomics (Munich, Germany), 3rd International PhD Conference in Economics (Athens, Greece), 9th BGPE Research Workshop (Nuremberg, Germany), several seminar presentations at the LMU Munich
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2009 |
EDGE Jamboree (Aix-en-Provence, France), several seminar presentations at the LMU Munich
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Languages |
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German (native), English (fluent), Russian (fluent)
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