Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Institute of Economic Policy I

List of Diploma Thesis

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Student Name
Thesis Title Date Finished First Occupation after Diploma / Master Thesis
Jan Auerbach

Labor Markets and Migration in East and West Germany: A Quantitative, Dynamic Analysis

September 2007 not available
Chuanwen Dong

Effort, Unemployment and Business Cycle
(paper.pdf-file. 1756 KB)

September 2007 not available
Toni Ahnert

Fiscal Policy with agent heterogeneity

September 2007 graduate student at UPF Barcelona
Stephan Stahlschmidt

On the heterogeneity of price stickiness and its consequences for European monetary policy (paper.pdf-file. 277 KB)

August 2007 not available
Xiaofeng Liu

German Tax Reforms and the Value of German Corporations
(paper.pdf-file. 1110 KB)

August 2007 not available
Matthieu Droumaguet

GUI Stand-alone Tools for Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models and Their Application to a Model with Deep Habits

August 2007 Ph.D. student at EUI
Angela Fiedler

Basic Income and Macroeconomic Consequences
(paper.pdf-file. 2461 KB)

August 2007 not available
Maria Grith

Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Two Country Model with Sticky Prices
(paper.pdf-file. 2560 KB)

August 2007 not available
Arda Ozcan

Comparing the Monetary Policies of the Fed and the ECB
(paper.pdf-file. 519 KB) (abstract.html)

August 2007 not available
Wenjuan Chen

Fiscal Policy in An Estimated Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model
(paper.pdf-file. 1522 KB) (abstract.html)

July 2007 Ph.D. student at University of Minnesota
Maria Atamanchuk

Optimal Policy Rules in an export-oriented Economy
(paper.pdf-file. 1048 KB) (abstract.html)

July 2007 not available
Nawid Siassi

Unemployment Insurance and the Role of Human Capital
(paper.pdf-file. 2108 KB) (abstract.html)

December 2006 not available
Anja Goede Hartz IV and Transitions on the German Labor Market December 2006 not available
Rong Sun

The Role of Firing Costs for Labor Market Dynamics and Business Cycle
(paper.pdf-file. 1113 KB) (abstract.html)

September 2006 Graduand at Deutsche Bundesbank (Frankfurt a.M.)
Marc Vahlert

Robust Control Analysis of Labor Markets
(paper.pdf-file. 621KB) (abstract.html)

August 2006 not available
Thomas Hildebrand Business Cycle Dynamics under Catching Up with the Joneses Preferences in Leisure
(paper.pdf-file. 2015 KB) (abstract.html)
July 2006 Ph.D. student at Humboldt-Universität
Benjamin Schuenemann Real Effects of Monetary Policy with Nominal Price and Wage Rigidities
(paper.pdf-file. 2015 KB) (abstract.html)
June 2006 Ph.D. student at EUI
Jenny Simon Optimal Taxation with Endogenous Insurance Markets June 2006 Ph.D. student at MIT
Burcu Erdogan How different are Constant Interest Rate Inflation Forecasts from Variable Interest Rate Forecasts?
(paper.pdf-file. 4693 KB) (abstract.html)
December 2005 not available
Silke Simon Revisiting the Welfare Costs of Business Cycles: Taking Labor Markets Seriously
(paper.pdf-file. 1.704KB) (abstract.html)
August 2005 Ph.D. student at London School of Economics
Michail Kurusiov A Graphical User Interface Toolkit for Quantitative Macroeconomics
(paper.pdf-file. 933KB) (abstract.html)
August 2005 Analyst
Corporate Finance Practices
McKinsey Co. Inc., München
Wenjun Zhou Estimating a Generic Macroeconomic Model with Asset Pricing Implications August 2005 not available
Aysegül Sanli The Effects of Monetary Policy in a Multi-Sector New Keynesian Model: An Analysis Using Recent Micro Evidence on Price Changes
(paper.pdf-file. 403KB) (abstract.html)
August 2005 not available
Sigitas Karpavicius The Inflow of Eastern European Workers to the German Labor Market: Consequences and Policy Issues
(paper.pdf-file. 1.826KB) (abstract.html)
August 2005 Economist
Macroeconomic and forecasting division
Economic Department, Bank of Lithuania
Jiao Jie On Fiscal Policy Feedback Rules and Indeterminacy
(paper.pdf-file. 963KB) (abstract.html)
August 2005 not available
Pooyan Amir Ahmadi Measuring the Effects of a Shock to Monetary Policy: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression (FAVAR) Approach with Agnostic Identification
(abstract.html)
August 2005 not available
Alexander Warren Zieroth On International Cooperation in Monetary and Fiscal Policy
(paper.pdf-file, 445 KB) (abstract.html)
August 2005 not available
Li Yu Deep Habits: Macroeconomic and Asset Pricing Implications
(paper.pdf-file, 1.840 KB) (abstract.html)
July 2005 not available
Lijia Mo An Analysis of the Dynamics of the Vintage Capital
(paper.pdf-file, 2.206 KB) (abstract.html)
July 2005 not available
Holger Gerhardt Reference-Dependent Consumer Preferences and Price Setting
(paper.pdf-file, 1.277 KB) (abstract.html)
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Diplom in Economics
December 2004 Ph.D. student at the Institute of Economic Policy I, Humboldt University Berlin
Thomas Krüger Ist die Kaufkrafttheorie der Lohnerhöhung Unsinn?
(paper.pdf-file, 771 KB) (abstract.html)
October 2004 not available
Volker Ziemann Conditional Asset Pricing with Higher Moments
(paper.pdf-file, 437 KB) (abstract.html)
October 2004 Research engineer at Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Center in Nice
Katarina Primorac Monetary Policy in a DSGE Model for Europe
(paper.pdf-file, 439 KB) (abstract.html)
August 2004 not available
Zoe Kuehn Can Market Imperfections Explain the Behavior of Exchange Rates?
(paper.pdf-file, 2.953 KB) (abstract.html)
July 2004 Ph.D. student at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid
Ali Kivilcim Özdagli Implications of Aggregate and Idiosyncratic Shocks for Neoclassical Growth and Wealth Distribution
(paper.pdf-file, 466 KB) (abstract.html)
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Master in Economics and Management Science
July 2004 Ph.D. student at University of Chicago
Qiong Zhou What Makes Regions Grow? The Case of China
(paper.pdf-file, 265 KB) (abstract.html)
May 2004 not available
Almut Balleer Technology Shocks and Labor: An Analysis Using Medium-Run Identification
(paper.pdf-file, 797 KB) (abstract.html)
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Diplom in Economics
March 2004 Ph.D. student at the University of Bonn
Martin Kliem Habit Formation with Nonseparability between Consumption and Leisure
(paper.pdf-file, 2.953 KB) (abstract.html)
February 2004 Ph.D. student at the Institute of Economic Policy I, Humboldt University Berlin
Jana Riedel The New Growth Theory: Does it work?
(paper.pdf-file, 10.246 KB) (abstract.html)
February 2004 not available
Alexander Kriwoluzky Matching Theory to Data: Impulse Responses in Dynamic Macro Models versus Impulse Responses in Bayesian Vector Autoregression
(paper.pdf-file, 713 KB) (abstract.html)
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Master in Economics and Management Science
December 2003 Ph.D. student at Humboldt University
Stephan Stahlschmidt On The Heterogeneity of Price Stickiness and its Consequences for European Monetary Policy
(paper.pdf-file, 1,88 MB)
August 2007 not available
Qi Sun Consumption CAPM and Cross Section of Expected Returns
(paper.pdf-file, 526 KB) (abstract.html)
December 2003 Ph.D. student at University of St. Andrews
Henning Weber Examining news shocks
(paper.pdf-file, 678 KB) (abstract.html)
December 2003 Ph.D. student at Free University Berlin
Tamara Basic What are The Costs and Benefits of Currency Boards?
(paper.pdf-file, 334 KB) (abstract.html)
Awarded the National Bank of Austria, Olga Radzyner Award for Young Economists from Eastern Europe
October 2003 Economic assistant at the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia
Long Kang Solving RBC Models by Second Order Approximation to the Policy Function
(paper.pdf-file, 318 KB)
August 2003 Ph.D student at University of Indiana
Gouri Gupta Stability and Growth Pact: Why, why not and what are the alternatives?
(paper.pdf-file, 1171KB)
July 2003 not available
Fang Xu Consumption, Wealth and Financial Market
(paper.pdf-file, 325KB)
June 2003 not available
Christian Kascha Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Baxter-King Economy June 2003 Ph.D student at European University Institute
Boris Glass What Precipitates (Effective) Currency Attacks? March 2003 Ph.D. student at European University Institute, Florence
Katja Schmidt Is Trust Important for Economic Development and Growth?
(paper.pdf-file, 520 KB) (abstract.html)
March 2003 not available
Claudia Trentini What is the dynamic impact of fickle investors?
(paper.pdf-file, 638 KB) (abstract.html)
March 2003 Ph.D student at European University Institute, Florence
Frank-Michael Würdisch Was Gewerkschaften tun sollten?
(paper.pdf-file, 638 KB) (abstract.html)
February 2003 not available
Gérald Neuville The Dynamics of Government September 2002 not available
Stefan Ried New Keynesian Open Economy Models versus the Six Major Puzzles in International Macroeconomics
(paper.pdf-file, 804KB) (abstract.pdf-file)
September 2002 Ph.D student at the Institute of Economic Policy I, Humboldt University Berlin
Thomas Wanzek On Capital Income Taxation in a Two-Country Model with Cross-Border Investment
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Diplom in Economics
August 2002 Postgraduate student at London School of Economics and Political Science
Andreas Uthemann Perfectly competitive innovation or patent protection: what is better for growth and social welfare?
(paper.pdf-file, 415 KB)
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Diplom in Economics
August 2002 Ph.D. Student at the University College London
Chern Celine Liew What is the role of international capital market volatility for growth?
(paper.pdf-file, 339KB) (abstract.html)
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Master in Economics and Management Science
July 2002 Ph.D. student at Munich School of Management, University of Munich
Emanuel Mönch Can stock returns be explained with macroeconomic factors?
(paper.pdf-file, 1.12MB)
July 2002 Ph.D student at the Institute of Economic Policy I, Humboldt University Berlin
Atilim Seymen Fiscal Policy in a Real Business Cycle Model
(abstract, pdf-file)
June 2002 Research assistant at Institut für Konjunktur und Wachstum, University of Hamburg
Zeno Enders Policy Implications of Sunspot Models
(abstract, pdf-file)
Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Master in Economics and Management Science
June 2002 Ph.D. student at European University Institute, Florence
Brunelle Thierry To what extend can government enhance growth in developing countries? March 2002 Expert in statistics and planification of education for developing countries, French Ministry of Foreign Affair
Lahl David Die Tobin-Steuer: eine gute Idee? January 2002 not available
Mathias Trabandt Should US and European monetary policy be coordinated? A sticky information approach

Awarded the Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V.-Award for the Best Diplom in Economics

August 2001 Ph.D student at the Institute of Economic Policy I, Humboldt University Berlin