UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

Articles

• "More than just one labor market cycle in Germany? An analysis of regional unemployment data", mit J. Boysen-Hogrefe, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung, 2011, 44, 279-292.

Working Papers

"The Directional Identification Problem in Bayesian Factor Analysis: An Ex-Post Approach.", (with C. Aßmann and J. Boysen-Hogrefe), CAU Kiel Economics Working Papers 2012-11, as well published by Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel, Kieler Arbeitspapier 1799.

"Bayesian Analysis of Dynamic Factor Models: An Ex-Post Approach towards the Rotation Problem." (mit C. Aßmann und J. Boysen-Hogrefe), Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel, Kieler Arbeitspapier 1902.

Presentations

• "Does Germany Have Two Different Labor Markets? An Analysis of Regional Unemployment Data.", 6th IWH/IAB Workshop, Halle (Saale), 20 Jahre Arbeitsmarkt Ostdeutschland - Erfahrungen und Perspektiven, October 29 - 30, 2009
• "The Directional Identification Problem in Bayesian Factor Analysis: An Ex-Post Approach.", Statistical Week, Vienna, September 18 - 21, 2012
• "The Directional Identification Problem in Bayesian Factor Analysis: An Ex-Post Approach.", ESOBE 2012 (Poster Session), Vienna, November 1  - 2, 2012
• "The Directional Identification Problem in Bayesian Factor Analysis: An Ex-Post Approach.", Research Seminar of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, November 9, 2012
• "Directional Identification for Bayesian Analysis of Dynamic Factor Models.", Time Series 2013 (Poster Session), Vienna, May 2-5, 2013
• "Independent Components and Mixing Factors.", Research Seminar of the Institute for Statistics and Econometrics, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, June 20, 2013
• "A Novel Identification Approach to Bayesian Factor Analysis with Sparse Loadings Matrices.", ESOBE 2013 (Poster Session), Oslo, August 22-23, 2013
• "The Directional Identification Problem in Bayesian Factor Analysis: An Ex-Post Approach.", European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Gothenburg, August 26-30, 2013
• "The Directional Identification Problem in Bayesian Factor Analysis: An Ex-Post Approach.", Verein für Socialpolitik, Düsseldorf, September 4-7, 2013
• "An Ordering-invariant Approach to Identification in Bayesian Dynamic Factor Analysis.", Research Seminar of the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, November 7, 2013
• "Bayesian Analysis of Dynamic Factor Models: An Ex-Post Approach towards the Rotation Problem.", Econometric Research Seminar of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, January 23, 2014

Teaching

Excercises:

• Descriptive and Economic Statistics
• Area of Expertise in Econometrics: Bayesian Econometrics
• Statistical Inference (University of Kiel)
• Advanced Statistics I (University of Kiel)
• Advanced Statistics II (University of Kiel)

PC-Excercises:

• Advanced Econometrics: Microeconometrics
• Area of Expertise in Econometrics: Bayesian Econometrics
• Simulation Based Inference (University of Kiel)
• Advanced Statistics I (University of Kiel)

Field of research

• Multivariate Statistics, especially factor models
• Bayesian Statistics and Econometrics
• Macroeconometrics
• Regional labor market dynamics