Research interests

Banking and Financial Market Structures with a focus on the Euro Area

Curriculum vitae

• Since Jan. 2026: Juniorprofessor for Banking at the University of Cologne.
• 2023 – 2026, Economist at the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.
• Phd in Economics and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, 2022, with research stay at the University of Maryland funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation
• B.A. and M.A. in Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Selected publications

• Money Market Disconnect, with Angelo Ranaldo and Benedikt Ballensiefen in: The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 36/10 (2023), pp. 4158–4189.
• Monetary Union, Asymmetric Recession, and Exit, with C. Keuschnigg, L. Kirschner and M. Kogler in: Review of International Economics, Volume 31, Issue 5, November 2023, Pages 1833–1863.

Selected media publications

• Natural Bank Reliance, IMF Working Paper Series WP/25/115.