Education
University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany
Habilitation thesis (equivalent to a second PhD, required for professors in Germany): Neuronale Multi-Layer-Perceptron Netze in der monetären Theorie und Empirie (Using Neural Networks for Monetary Theory and Monetary Forecasting), July 2001.
PhD (adviser: Prof. Dr. F.Geigant), December 1993,
grade: summa cum laude (A+).
Subject: Seigniorage - Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse des staatlichen Geldschöpfungsgewinnes (Seigniorage - A Theoretical and Empirical Approach).
Diplom-Oekonom (comparable to Bachelors + Master in Economics) from the University of
Hannover, 1988
Habilitation thesis (equivalent to a second PhD, required for professors in Germany): Neuronale Multi-Layer-Perceptron Netze in der monetären Theorie und Empirie (Using Neural Networks for Monetary Theory and Monetary Forecasting), July 2001.
PhD (adviser: Prof. Dr. F.Geigant), December 1993,
grade: summa cum laude (A+).
Subject: Seigniorage - Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse des staatlichen Geldschöpfungsgewinnes (Seigniorage - A Theoretical and Empirical Approach).
Diplom-Oekonom (comparable to Bachelors + Master in Economics) from the University of
Hannover, 1988
Experience
| 01/2009 - 06/2024 |
Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| 7/2011 - present |
Tenured Full Professor, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| 07/2006 - 07/2011 |
Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| 09/2002 – 07/2006 | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
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07/2001 - present
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Privatdozent (equivalent to Associate Professor) at the Department of Economics, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany |
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03/1997 - 09/2002
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Tenured Position at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany |
| 01/1994 - 07/2001 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany. |
| 12/2000 - 05/2001 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Department of Economics, Tallahassee/USA. |
| 01/2001 | Research Visit at the University of New Mexico, Department of Economics, Albuquerque/USA. |
| 09/1999 | Research Visit at the Florida State University, Department of Educational Research, Tallahassee/USA |
| 10/1998 - 4/99 | Visiting Scholar at the University of California San Diego, San Diego/USA. |
| 03/1995 - 008/1995 | Visiting Professor for Economics at the Fachhochschule Schmalkalden (Applied University), Schmalkalden/Germany. |
| 1988 - 1993 | Academic Assistant at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany. |
| 1985 - 1988 | Research Assistant at the Department of Economics, Program of Monetary Economics and International Finance, University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany. |
| 09/1986 | Participation in an exchange program with the Baylor University, Waco/USA. |
| 1980 - 1982 | Apprenticeship at the Commerzbank AG, Hannover/Germany. |