Curriculum vitae
Sebastian Kripfganz
www.kripfganz.de
Office address
Department of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt
House of Finance, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Telephone
+49 178 2868343 (mobile), +49 69 798 33813 (office)
E-mail
[email protected]
Current Position
since 9/2014
Visiting scholar
Department of Economics, Michigan State University
(host: Prof. Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Ph.D.)
since 8/2009
Research and teaching assistant
Department of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt
Chair for International Macroeconomics and Macroeconometrics
(Prof. Michael Binder, Ph.D.)
Doctoral Studies
Ph.D. student in Economics
Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM),
Goethe University Frankfurt, www.gsefm.eu
Thesis title
Advances in Dynamic Panel Data Econometrics
Expected completion date
Spring 2015
References
Prof. Michael Binder, Ph.D. (advisor)
Prof. Dr. Horst Entorf
Department of Money and Macroeconomics,
Goethe University Frankfurt
Department of Applied Econometrics and
International Economic Policy,
Goethe University Frankfurt
House of Finance, Grüneburgplatz 1,
60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
RuW, Grüneburgplatz 1,
60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
[email protected]
Tel. +49 69 798 33809
[email protected]
Tel. +49 69 798 34765
Prof. Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Ph.D.
Prof. Dr. Uwe Hassler
Department of Economics,
Michigan State University
Department of Applied Econometrics and
International Economic Policy,
Goethe University Frankfurt
Marshall-Adams Hall, 486 W Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI 48824-1038, USA
RuW, Grüneburgplatz 1,
60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
[email protected]
Tel. +1 517 353 5972
[email protected]
Tel. +49 69 798 34764
Research Interests
Primary Area
Econometrics: Panel Data Econometrics, Spatial Econometrics
Secondary Areas
Applied Microeconomics: Income Dynamics, Social Interactions
Applied Macroeconomics: Economic Growth, Regional Convergence
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Curriculum vitae
Current Research
Job Market Paper
Working Papers
Unconditional Transformed Likelihood Estimation of Time-Space Dynamic Panel
Data Models (available at www.kripfganz.de)
Estimation of Linear Dynamic Panel Data Models with Time-Invariant Regressors
(Discussion Paper 25/2013, Deutsche Bundesbank, with Claudia Schwarz; revised version
available at www.kripfganz.de)
Matrix Powers and Marginal Effects in Spatial Autoregressive Models (available at
www.kripfganz.de)
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: Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model Estimation in Stata (with Daniel
Schneider; Stata code available at www.kripfganz.de)
Stata Estimation Toolbox for Dynamic Panel Data Models (working title)
Awards
2012
2009
Education
since 10/2008
Best paper prize for young economists (additional price), Warsaw International
Economic Meeting
Best 1st year Ph.D. student (shared price), Ph.D. Program in Economics, Graduate
School of Economics, Finance, and Management, Goethe University Frankfurt
Ph.D. Program in Economics (first two years equivalent to MRes program),
Goethe University Frankfurt
2003 – 2006
Diplom (equivalent to MSc) in Economics, University of Mannheim
2001 – 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)
Prior Part-Time / Short-Term Positions
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)
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Teaching Experience
2011, 2012, 2013, Teaching assistant, Advanced Econometrics II, Goethe University Frankfurt
(master and Ph.D. level)
and 2014
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
12/2014 forthcoming Econometric Society, European Winter Meeting, Madrid
12/2014 forthcoming Spanish Economic Association, 39th Simposio, Palma de Mallorca
8/2014
Econometric Society, 68th European Meeting, Toulouse
7/2014
20th International Panel Data Conference, Tokyo
6/2014
International Association for Applied Econometrics, 1st annual conference,
London
6/2014
Spatial Econometrics Association, 8th World Conference, Zurich
4/2014
13th International Workshop Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, Toulon
9/2013
Verein für Socialpolitik, annual conference, Düsseldorf
8/2013
Research Workshop on Panel Data Methods, Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz
7/2013
19th International Panel Data Conference, London
8/2012
Econometric Society, 66th European Meeting, Málaga
7/2012
7th Warsaw International Economic Meeting
Selected Seminar Presentations
11/2014
Econometrics lunch seminar, University of Chicago
10/2014
Econometrics seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing
6/2012, 11/2013,
and 5/2014
Money and Macro brown bag seminar, Goethe University Frankfurt
11/2012
Brown bag lunch seminar, The World Bank, Washington, DC
1/2012 and 9/2012
Summer institute, Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management
(GSEFM), Frankfurt am Main and Eltville
Referee and Professional Memberships
Referee
FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis
Memberships
Econometric Society, International Association for Applied Econometrics, Verein
für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association), Goethe Money and Macro
Association
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Other Professional Activities
2013/2014
Search committee member, Goethe University Frankfurt
since 2012
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)
Grants and Stipends
2014
Travel grant, Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität
2013 and 2014
Travel grant for junior scientists, Goethe University Frankfurt
2013 and 2014
Travel grant for young scientists, Goethe Money and Macro Association (GMMA)
2012
Congress travel grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2012
Travel grant, University of Warsaw
2009
Ph.D. stipend, 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 price (public voting) in a photo contest of the University of Mannheim, 2006
Hiking
Member of Deutscher Alpenverein e.V. (German Alpine Club), since 2004
Cycling
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