Curriculum vitae - Sebastian Kripfganz

Curriculum vitae
Dr. Sebastian Kripfganz
www.kripfganz.de
Office address
Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Money and Macroeconomics, House
of Finance, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 3, 60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Telephone
+49 69 798 33813 (office)
E-mail
[email protected]
Current Position
8/2009 – 8/2015
Research and teaching assistant
Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Money and Macroeconomics,
Chair for International Macroeconomics and Macroeconometrics
(Prof. Michael Binder, Ph.D.)
Research Interests
Primary Area
Econometrics: Panel Data Econometrics, Spatial Econometrics
Secondary Areas
Applied Microeconomics: Income Dynamics, Social Interactions
Applied Macroeconomics: Economic Growth, Regional Convergence
Current Research
Working Papers
(papers and Stata code available at www.kripfganz.de)
Estimation of Linear Dynamic Panel Data Models with Time-Invariant Regressors
(ECB Working Paper 1838 / August 2015, European Central Bank, with Claudia Schwarz)
Matrix Powers and Marginal Effects in Spatial Autoregressive Models
xtdpdqml: Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Linear Dynamic Panel Data
Models in Stata
Unconditional Transformed Likelihood Estimation of Time-Space Dynamic Panel
Data Models
Work in Progress
Determinants and Output Growth Effects of Debt Distress (with Michael Binder and
Tihomir Stučka)
Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models with
Predetermined Regressors (with Sulkhan Chavleishvili)
Regional Convergence Across Space and Time: The German Case (with Melanie
Krause)
ardl: Stata Module to Estimate Autoregressive Distributed Lag Models (with Daniel
Schneider)
Education
10/2008 – 5/2015
Ph.D. Program in Economics (first two years equivalent to MRes program), Goethe
University Frankfurt, Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management
(degree: Dr. rer. pol., summa cum laude; advisor: Prof. Michael Binder, Ph.D.; thesis title:
Advances in Dynamic Panel Data and Spatial Econometrics)
10/2003 – 12/2006
Diplom (equivalent to MSc) in Economics, University of Mannheim
10/2001 – 7/2003
Vordiplom in Economics, University of Leipzig
Prior Full-Time Positions
3/2007 – 9/2008
Economist, Bayerische Landesbank, Economics and Research Division, Munich
(country risk analysis with regional focus on Latin America)
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Curriculum vitae
Prior Part-Time / Short-Term Positions
9/2014 – 12/2014
Visiting scholar, Michigan State University, Department of Economics, East
Lansing (Prof. Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Ph.D.)
9/2012 – 11/2012
Consultant, The World Bank, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
Network, Washington, D.C. (programming of a flexible Stata add-on for the microdecomposition analysis of observed variations in poverty and inequality)
7/2006 – 12/2006
Student assistant, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging
(Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D.; Diploma thesis on aging and labor productivity)
5/2006 – 6/2006
Intern, Siemens AG, Global Government Affairs, Munich
2/2006 – 5/2006
Intern, Bayerische Landesbank, Economics and Research Division, Munich
8/2004 – 9/2004
Intern, Halle Institute for Economic Research, Department Business Cycle and
Growth (Prof. Dr. Udo Ludwig; analysis of business cycle indicators for East German
services sectors)
10/2002 – 6/2003
Student assistant, University of Leipzig, Department of Microeconomics (Prof. Dr.
Harald Wiese)
Teaching Experience
2011, 2012, 2013, Teaching assistant, Advanced Econometrics II, Goethe University Frankfurt
(master and Ph.D. level)
2014, and 2015
2013/2014
Tutor, Macroeconomics I, Goethe University Frankfurt (bachelor level)
2010/2011 and
2011/2012
Teaching assistant, Applied Macroeconometrics / Empirical Economic Growth,
Goethe University Frankfurt (bachelor level)
2010
Instructor, Primer in Econometrics and Statistics, pre-semester course, Goethe
University Frankfurt (master and Ph.D. level)
Conference and Workshop Presentations
2014
Econometric Society European Winter Meeting (Madrid); 39th Simposio of the
Spanish Economic Association (Palma de Mallorca); 68th Econometric Society
European Meeting (Toulouse); 20th International Panel Data Conference (Tokyo); 1st
International Association for Applied Econometrics Annual Conference (London);
8th World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association (Zurich); 13th
International Workshop Spatial Econometrics and Statistics (Toulon)
2013
Verein für Socialpolitik Jahrestagung (Düsseldorf), Research Workshop on Panel
Data Methods (Mainz); 19th International Panel Data Conference (London)
2012
66th Econometric Society European Meeting (Málaga); 7th Warsaw International
Economic Meeting
Seminar Presentations
2015
University of Exeter; University of Groningen; ENSAI (Rennes)
2014
University of Chicago; Michigan State University (East Lansing); University of St.
Gallen; Goethe University Frankfurt
2013
Goethe University Frankfurt
2012
The World Bank (Washington, DC); Goethe University Frankfurt
2008
University of Tübingen
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Curriculum vitae
Awards
2012
2009
Best paper prize for young economists (additional prize), Warsaw International
Economic Meeting
Best 1st year Ph.D. student (shared prize), Ph.D. Program in Economics, Goethe
University Frankfurt, Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management
Grants and Stipends
2015
Goethe Money and Macro Association (travel grant); Goethe University Frankfurt
(travel grant)
2014
Verein für Socialpolitik / Deutsche Bundesbank (conference subsidy / stipend);
Goethe Money and Macro Association (travel grant); Vereinigung von Freunden
und Förderern der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität (travel grant); Goethe
University Frankfurt (travel grant)
2013
Goethe Money and Macro Association (travel grant); Goethe University Frankfurt
(travel grant)
2012
German Academic Exchange Service (travel grant), University of Warsaw (travel
grant)
2009
Goethe University Frankfurt (Ph.D. stipend)
Referee and Professional Memberships
Referee
FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis
Memberships
Econometric Society; Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association);
Royal Economic Society; Goethe Money and Macro Association
Other Professional Activities
2013/2014
Search committee member, Goethe University Frankfurt
2012 – 2015
Organizer, Money and Macro brown bag seminar, Goethe University Frankfurt
2011 – 2014
Representative of the research assistants, board of examiners, Graduate School of
Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM), Goethe University Frankfurt
Skills
Languages
German (native), English (fluent), French (basic)
Programming
Stata (including Mata), MATLAB
Extracurricular Interests
Chess
Active player and voluntary work, SG Turm Leipzig e.V., since 1991
Soccer
Referee in Leipzig, Mannheim and Munich, 2000 – 2007
Photography
1st prize (public voting) in a photo contest of the University of Mannheim, 2006
Hiking
Member of Deutscher Alpenverein e.V. (German Alpine Club), 2004 – 2015
Cycling
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