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    Pauline Affeldt has successfully defended her dissertation

    Pauline Affeldt, who works at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Three Essays on the Economics of Merger Control" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Tomaso Duso (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Radosveta Ivanova-Stenzel  (Technische Universität Berlin).We ...

    30.07.2019
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    Julia Schmieder Receives Two Prizes for her Research

    The Vienna University of Economics and Business has awarded Julia Schmieder from the Public Economics department with the Prize for Young Researchers, as well as the Prize for Outstanding Contributions to the Economic Policy Debate in Austria. The Graduate Center and its dean Prof. Weizsäcker congratulate her on the success!

    29.07.2019
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    Mara Barschkett Receives a Scholarship from the Network for Old Age Provision

    Mara Berschkett, from the Graduate Center has been granted a scholarship from the Network for Old Age Provision (Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung) from Ocotber 2019 on. The Dean of the Graduate Center, Prof. Weizsäcker congratulates her on the success!

    25.07.2019
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    Jakob Miethe has successfully defended his dissertation

    Jakob Miethe, who works at the International Economics department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Offshore Finance and the Economics of Regulation and Reform" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Lukas Menkhoff (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D. (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität ...

    24.07.2019
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    Julia Schmieder has successfully defended her dissertation

    Julia Schmieder, who works at the Public Economics department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Essays in Labor and Demographic Economics" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Peter Haan (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Andrea Weber (Central European University). We congratulate Julia on her success and ...

    24.07.2019
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    Martin Bruns has successfully defended his dissertation

    Martin Bruns, who works at the Forecasting and Economic Policy department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics: Identification in Vector Autoregressive Models and Robust Inference in Early Warning Systems" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität ...

    11.07.2019
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    Tatsiana Kliatskova has successfully defended her dissertation

    Tatsiana Kliatskova, who works at the Macroeconomics department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Essays in International Finance" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D. (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). We congratulate ...

    11.07.2019
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    Khalid ElFayoumi has successfully defended his dissertation

    Khalid ElFayoumi, who works at the Macroeconomics department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Heterogeneity in Macro-Finance: The Role of Disaggregate Dynamics in Aggregate Fluctuations" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D. ...

    11.07.2019
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    Cortnie Anne Shupe has successfully defended her dissertation

    Cortnie Anne Shupe, who worked at the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Household Finances and Labor Supply: The Role of Public Policies" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Carsten Schröder (Freie Universität Berlin, DIW Berlin) and Prof. David Neumark, PhD (University of ...

    20.06.2019
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    Daniel Bierbaumer has successfully defended his dissertation

    Daniel Bierbaumer, who worked at the Macroeconomics department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Commodity Pricing, Credit and Capital Flows: The Role of Financial Intermediaries" was supervised by Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D. (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Florentine Schwark ...

    03.06.2019
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    The Graduate Center Has New Student Representatives

    We are happy to announce Dennis Gaus and Jana Hamdan (both GC class 2017) as the new GC Student Representatives in 2019! We thank Felicitas and Daniel for their excellent work last year and look forward to a continued great collaboration with the new representatives. The two Student Representatives serve as spokespersons for the doctoral students. They facilitate communication between the GC staff ...

    11.03.2019
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    Björn Fischer receives Scholarship from the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung

    Björn Fischer from the Public Economics department has been granted a scholarship from the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (research network for old-age provision) from April 2019 on. The Dean of the Graduate Center, Prof. Weizsäcker congratulates Björn on his success!

    20.02.2019
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    Stefan Etgeton has successfully defended his dissertation

    Stefan Etgeton, who works at the Public Economics department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "The Impact of Pension Reforms on Income Inequality, Savings, and Health" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Peter Haan (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. André Decoster, Ph.D. (KU Leuven). We congratulate Stefan ...

    20.02.2019
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    Mathias Huebener wins Award for Best Dissertation in Educational Economics

    The Verein für Socialpolitik has awarded Mathias Huebener, a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the DIW Education and Family Department, with the prize for best dissertation in educational economics. His dissertation is titled "Essays on the impact of education and family policies on the formation of human capital". The prize is awarded every two years. 

    20.02.2019
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    Marie Le Mouel has successfully defended her dissertation

    Marie Le Mouel, who worked at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Knowledge-Based Capital and Firm Productivity" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Tomaso Duso (Technische Universität Berlin, DIW Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Alexandra Spitz-Oener (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). We congratulate ...

    21.12.2018
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    Graduation Ceremony 2018

    Last week, 12 new Ph.D. graduates received their certificates. In a festive ceremony with musical accompaniment, the new Ph.D.s were honored by the Graduate Center dean Prof. Georg Weizsäcker Ph.D. and the head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Hans Joachim Schellnhuber who held the commencement speech. We wish each and every one much success in their future careers! ...

    21.12.2018
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    Caroline Stiel has successfully defended her dissertation

    Caroline Stiel, who works at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title "German Public Utilities: Organisation and Productivity" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Tomaso Duso (Technische Universität Berlin, DIW Berlin) und Dr. Astrid Cullmann (Technische Universität Berlin, DIW Berlin). We ...

    09.11.2018
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    Aleksandra Peeva has successfully defended her dissertation

    Aleksandra Peeva, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Political Goals, Economic Constraints: Explaining the Motivation and Effects of Economic Sanctions" was supervised by Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D. (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Wolf (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). We ...

    23.10.2018
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    Alexander Konon has successfully defended his dissertation

    Alexander Konon, who is a member of the DIW Graduate Center, has successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Potsdam.The dissertation with the title "Essays on Career Choice under Risk and Ambiguity" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexander Kritikos (DIW Berlin, University of Potsdam) and Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo (IZA Bonn, University of Potsdam). We congratulate Alexander on his ...

    16.10.2018
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    Verena Grass has successfully defended her dissertation

    Verena Grass, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title " Aftermath of financial crises and natural disasters on public budgets" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl  (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Ronny Freier, Ph.D. (DIW Berlin, TH Wildau). We congratulate Verena on her success and wish ...

    17.07.2018
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