Financial Stability and Bank Regulation
Mututal Contagion between Banks and Sovereigns
Business Cycles in the European Monetary Union
Economics of Banking and Financial Intermediation
Cross-border capital flows
University:
01/2011 - 02/2016: UNIVERISTY OF ST. GALLEN (HSG), Switzerland | Ph.D. student in Economics and Finance
08/2013 - 07/2014: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, USA - Graduate School of Business (Finance) | Visiting Ph.D. Student for one year
01/2009 - 12/2009: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Australia | Economics & International Business Administration (exchange year)
10/2006 - 01/2011: UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK | Mag. rer. soc. oec. in International Business Administration
10/2006 - 07/2010: UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK | Mag. rer. soc. oec. in Economics
Advanced Doctoral Courses:
08/2012 - 08/2012: CEMFI Madrid | Banking, Global Liquidity, and Financial Stability (Prof. Hyun Song Shin, Princeton/BIS)
08/2012 - 08/2012: Study Center Gerzensee (Schweizerische Nationalbank) | Liquidity Regulation (Prof. Douglas Gale, NYU)
06/2012 - 07/2012: Barcelona Graduate School of Economics/Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Banking Theory and Empirical Banking (Prof. Xavier Freixas, UPF)
High school:
09/2001 - 06/2006: Bundeshandelsakademie Schwaz
07/2023 - present: University of St.Gallen (HSG), Research Fellow at the Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research - St.Gallen, Switzerland
03/2016 - present: University of St.Gallen (HSG), Lecturer in Economics - St.Gallen, Switzerland
03/2016 - 06/2023: Finreon AG, Head of Economic Research & Advisory / Asset Manager - Zurich, Switzerland
01/2011 - 03/2016: University of St.Gallen (HSG), Research & Teaching Assistant, Switzerland
04/2010 - 09/2010: Rothschild (Investment Banking - M&A) - Frankfurt, Germany
07/2008 - 09/2008: General Electric (Corporate Finance), Austria
02/2008 - 02/2009: University of Innsbruck, Teaching Assistant, Austria
07/2007 - 09/2007: General Electric (Corporate Finance), Austria
07/2006 - 08/2006: Binder Holz, Austria
07/2005: Erste Bank/Sparkasse, Austria
08/2004: Versicherungsbüro Wetscher, Austria
07/2004: Darbo AG, Austria
07/2003: Versicherungsbüro Wetscher, Austria
University of St. Gallen (HSG): (excellent teaching evaluations)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2011)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2012)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2013)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2016)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2017)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2018)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2019)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2020)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2021)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2022)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2023)
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level, SS2024)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2011)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2012)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2016)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2017)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2018)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2019)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2020)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2021)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2022)
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level, WS2023)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2012)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2014)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2015)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2016)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2017)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2018)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2019)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2020)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2021)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2022)
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level, WS2023)
- Assistent – Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital and Economic Performance – (Master Level, WS2011 & WS2015)
- Assistent – Advanced Microeconomics II – (Master Level, WS2011)
- Assistent – Public Economics – (Master Level, SS 2015)
Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck:
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Bachelor-Level, WS2008)
Publications in peer-reviewed Journals:
'Wage divergence, business cycle co-movement and the currency union effect', 2017, with M. Gächter and A. Riedl, Journal of Common Market Studies, July 2017.
Further Papers on international macroeconomics, banking, and financial stability in progress
Thought Leadership Pieces for the newly launched Crux of Capitalism Project:
www.cruxofcapitalism.com/our-insights
Book Chapter:
- 'Banking, Financial Stability, and Sovereign Debt'. In Macht des Vertrauens - Herausforderungen und Perspektiven in Krisenzeiten, Eds: Hoffend, I., Becker, R. and J. Vollmar (2012). Springer Verlag
Master Thesis:
- Gruber, A. (2010). On the Determinants of Business Cycle Synchronization. University of Innsbruck.
2013 - 2014: FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO STANFORD UNIVERSITY | Swiss National Science Foundation
2014: SCHOLARSHIP TO THE 5th LINDAU MEETING OF NOBEL LAUREATES IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES | Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate
2010: ’Excellence in Exchange Award’ | Queensland University of Technology
2007 - 2010: SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT | Univ. of Innsbruck
2008: 1st RANKED STUDENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES PROGRAM | Univ. of Innsbruck
2008: FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO THE Queensland University of Technology | Univ. of Innsbruck
2006: SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE ’Dr. Moser Going Europe’-FOUNDATION | Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg
2015:
PiF Seminar at the School of Finance (St. Gallen)
Brown Bag Seminar at the Economics Department (St. Gallen)
2014:
Finance/Accounting Seminar (Stanford)
Finance Research & Internal Seminars (Stanford)
Western Economics Association (Denver)
European Meeting of Young Economists (Vienna)
Eastern Finance Association (Pittsburgh)
Royal Economic Society (Manchester)
Swiss Economists Meeting (Bern)
2013:
European Meeting of Young Economists (Copenhagen)
Swiss Institute for Banking & Finance (St. Gallen)
Campus for Finance Research Conference (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management)
PhD & Literature Seminars (St. Gallen)
2012:
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Literature Seminar (St. Gallen)
2011:
Research Seminar (FGN-HSG)
CEPR Workshop: ‘Corporate Finance and Econ. Performance’ (St.Gallen,
Participant)
Active for the St. Gallen Symposium & University Clubs in St. Gallen and Stanford