09/2006 – 10/2010
09/2006 – 08/2007
09/2005 – 08/2006
09/2002 – 08/2005
09/2000 – 07/2002
METEOR Graduate School
Ph.D. Student in Finance, defended in April 2011
Dissertation Title: “Persistent Risk Factors in Financial Markets”
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Peter Schotman
Master of Philosophy
Economic and Financial Research
Thesis Title: “Short Rates with Long Memory: A Term-structure Model”
Master of Science
Econometrics and Operations Research
Thesis Title: “A Subsampling Approach to Panel Cointegration Tests in the Presence of Cross-sectional Correlation”
Bachelor of Science
Econometrics and Operations Research
Thesis Title: “Estimating Equivalence Scales”
Vocational School
Dual-system Degree: Certified Banker and Financial Assistant