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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

EDUCATION

1990 – 1994

Ph.D. Stanford University (U.S.A.)

1988 – 1990

M.Sc. Mathematical Economics and Econometrics (2-Year Program),
London School of Economics (U.K.)

1986

Vordiplom, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Freiburg (Germany)

1985

Abitur, Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium, Neckarsulm (Germany)


APPOINTMENTS

2013 – present

Professor, Mannheim University

2005 – 2020

Research Professor, ICREA

2003 – 2020

Professor, Pompeu Fabra University

1998 – 2003

Associate Professor, Pompeu Fabra University

1996 – 1998

Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley

1994 – 1996

Visiting Assistant Professor,  Pompeu Fabra University;
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley


RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

2009 – present

Kiel Institute Research Fellow

2004 – present

CESifo Research Fellow

1999 – present

CEPR Research Fellow


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2021 – 2023

Graduate School of Economic & Social Sciences (GESS), Dean of Graduate Studies

2020 – 2023

Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics (CDSE), Academic Director

2011, 2018 – 2022

FBBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards in Economics, Finance, and Management, Member of the award committee

2017, 2019

European Research Council Advanced Grants, Panel member

2015, 2016, 2017

FBBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards in Development Cooperation, Member of the award committee

2015

European Research Council Consolidator Grants, Panel member

2011 – 2015

Director of CEPR Macroeconomics and Growth Program

2010 – 2012

Council Member, Executive Committee, European Economic Association

2010

European Research Council Starting Grants, Panel member

2009 – 2013

Council Member, European Economic Association

2009 – 2012

FEDEA, Research Director

2009 – 2012

Editorial Board, SERIEs

2009

Chair of Scientific Committee, European Economic Association Conference

2007 – 2012

Director, Master in Economics and Research Master in Economics, Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona GSE

2007 – 2011

Co-Editor, The Economic Journal

2007

Chair of Scientific Committee, Simposio de Analisis Economico

2003 – 2007

Co-Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics

2001 – 2009

Editorial Board, Review of Economic Studies

1999 – 2016

Associate Editor, Research in Economics

1999 – 2018

Member of Program Committee, European Economic Association Conference
1999 – 2016Member of Program Committee, Simposio de Analisis Economico