Brief profile
Professional experience
Since April 2022: W3 Professorship in General Economics, specialising in (monetary) macroeconomics, Technical University of Freiberg
October 2020 – February 2022: W3 Acting Professorship in Statistics and Econometrics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
November 2016 – March 2022: W1 Junior Professorship in Economics, specialising in Empirical Economic Research, Chemnitz University of Technology (on leave of absence: 10/2020 – 02/2022)
08/2013 – 10/2016: Academic Councillor (on a temporary basis), University of Duisburg-Essen
08/2009 – 07/2013: Research Assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen
Education
August 2009 – May 2013: PhD, University of Duisburg-Essen
10/2007 – 04/2009: Master’s degree, University of Duisburg-Essen
10/2003 – 09/2007: Bachelor’s degree, University of Duisburg-Essen
Editorial work
- Co-Editor-in-Chief International Economics and Economic Policy
- Associate Editor International Journal of Finance & Economics
- Section Editor-in-Chief (Section: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets) Economies
- Guest Editor (Special Issue: New Challenges for Monetary Policy and Financial Markets) Journal of Macroeconomics
- Guest Editor (Special Issue: New Challenges for Monetary Policy and Financial Markets) Macroeconomic Dynamics
- Guest Editor (Special Issue: Expectations, Sentiments and Energy Price Dynamics) Energy Economics
- Guest Editor (Special Issue: Survey Data, Expectations and the Macroeconomy) Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation
- Guest Editor (Special Issue: Financial Econometrics and Empirical Modelling of Financial Markets) Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Selected publications
(2026). Anchoring of inflation expectations and the role of monetary policy and cost-push factors. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. [DOI]
(2026). Uncertainty Shocks and Inflation: The Role of Credibility and Expectation Anchoring. Journal of International Money and Finance, 160: 103472 (with Joscha Beckmann). [DOI]
(2025). Fundamental Determinants of Exchange Rate Expectations. International Journal of Forecasting, 41(3): 1003–1021 (with Joscha Beckmann). [DOI]
(2025). Expectation Formation and the Phillips Curve Revisited. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 29: e2. [DOI]
(2024). Macroeconomic Effects from Media Coverage of the China–US Trade War on selected EU Countries. European Journal of Political Economy, 85: 102611 (with Joscha Beckmann and Michael Murach). [DOI]
(2023). Perceived Monetary Policy Uncertainty. Journal of International Money and Finance, 130: 102761 (with Joscha Beckmann). [DOI]
(2023). Are the Forecasts of Professionals Compatible with the Taylor Rule? Evidence from the Euro Area. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 27(3): 698–717. DOI
(2022). Heterogeneity of Beliefs and Information Rigidity in the Crude Oil Market: Evidence from Survey Data. European Economic Review, 143: 104041. DOI
(2022). Exchange Rate Expectations, Abnormal Returns, and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation, 196: 1–25 (with Joscha Beckmann). DOI
(2021). Fiscal Policy Uncertainty and its Effects on the Real Economy: German Evidence. Oxford Economic Papers, 73(4): 1516–1535 (with Joscha Beckmann). DOI
(2020). Is the Negative Interest Rate Policy Effective? Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation, 174: 75–86. DOI
(2020). The Relative Valuation of Gold. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 24(6): 1346–1391 (with Dirk Baur and Joscha Beckmann). DOI
(2019). Crude Oil Futures Trading and Uncertainty. Energy Economics, 80: 793–811. DOI
(2018). Monetary Policy Shocks, Expectations, and Information Rigidities. Economic Inquiry, 56(4): 2158–2176 (with Joscha Beckmann). DOI
(2017). Capital Flows and GDP in Emerging Economies and the Role of Global Spillovers. Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation, 142: 140–163 (with Joscha Beckmann). DOI
(2017). Exchange Rate Expectations since the Financial Crisis: Performance Evaluation and the Role of Monetary Policy and Safe Haven. Journal of International Money and Finance, 74: 283–300 (with Joscha Beckmann). DOI
(2017). The Impact of Uncertainty on Professional Exchange Rate Forecasts. Journal of International Money and Finance, 73: 296–316 (with Joscha Beckmann). DOI
(2014). Does Global Liquidity Drive Commodity Prices? Journal of Banking & Finance, 48: 224–234 (with Joscha Beckmann and Ansgar Belke). DOI
