Current Position
| Dec. 2016 – present | Lecturer (Akademischer Rat)
University of Bonn, Germany
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Past Positions
Jan. 2015 – July 2018
| Assistant Professor
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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June 2013 – Nov. 2016
| Assistant Professor
Research Center SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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June 2013 – Dec. 2014
| Research Economist
Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany
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July 2009 – May 2013
| Research Assistant
Chair of Financial Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
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| Nov. 2008 – July 2009 | Student Assistant
Chair of International Banking and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany |
Research Interests
Financial Economics, FinTechs and Digitalization, International Finance, Banking Regulation, Banking and Financial Stability, Systemic Risk, Contagion, Sovereign Default, Applied Econometrics
Academic Career
Sept. 2008 – July 2013
| Ph.D. in Economics
Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM) Frankfurt - Mainz – Darmstadt, Germany
Dissertation
Title: “Systemic Risk and Contagion in the European
Union”
Defense:
July 2013 (summa cum laude)
Thesis Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel (University of Bonn, past: Johannes Gutenberg
University Mainz)
Prof. Dr. Jan Pieter Krahnen (Goethe University Frankfurt)
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| Oct. 2006 – Oct. 2008 |
Master’s Programme in International Business Economic Relations
University of Konstanz, Germany |
| Oct. 2002 – July 2006 |
Economics (B.Sc.)
Sofia University, Bulgaria |
Awards
April 2014
| Hochschulpreis des Deutschen Aktieninstituts (DAI) - Best Dissertation Award of Deutsches Aktieninstitut
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March 2014
| Sonderpreis der Deutschen Bundesbank – Special Award of Deutsche Bundesbank for Best Dissertation at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
Research Stays
Jan. 2016 – Oct. 2017
| Halle Institute for
Economic Research, Halle (Saale), Germany |
| Sept. 2011 – Feb. 2012 |
European Central Bank, Financial Stability Surveillance Division, Frankfurt, Germany |
Publications
| “The
Euro Area Sovereign Debt Crisis: Can Contagion Spread from the
Periphery to the Core?
” (with Denis Gorea, International Review of Economics and Finance, 2014, 30: 78-100) |
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| “Systemic Risk Measure - A Portfolio Probabilistic Perspective on Measuring Default Risk” (ECB Financial Stability Review, June 2012, Box 8, pp. 99-100) |
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Working Papers
“Bail-in
Regulation and Market Discipline” (with Matthias Pütz)
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“Bank Resolution Regimes and Systemic Risk”
(with Thorsten Beck and Isabel Schnabel)
| [link] | “Cross-Border
Bank Resolution and Bank Risk” (with Michela
Altieri)
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“Integration
Culture of Global Banks and the Transmission of Lending Shocks”
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| “International Banking Conglomerates and the
Transmission of Lending Shocks across Borders” | [link] |
| “Contagion between Western Europe and the Transition Economies: Evidence from the Subprime Crisis” | [link] | “Assessing Systemic Fragility - A Probabilistic Perspective”
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Referee
Journal of Banking and Finance, Quantitative Finance, Economics of Transition, International Economics and Economic Policy
Memberships
American Economic Association, American Finance Association, European Economic Association, European Finance Association, German Economic Association, German Finance Association
Conferences and Meetings
December 2016
| 5th Emerging Scholars in Banking and Finance
Conference, Cass Business School
London, England
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October 2016
| Bank of Finland and ESRB Conference
Helsinki, Finland |
September 2015
| German
Finance Association Annual Meeting 2015
Leipzig, Germany
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June 2015
| INFINITI Conference 2015
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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January 2015
| Daimler-Benz Stiftung |
September 2014
| German Economic Association Annual Meeting 2014
Hamburg, Germany
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June 2014
| IFABS Conference 2014
Lisbon, Purtugal |
April 2014
| 2014 Spring Meeting of Young Economists
Vienna, Austria
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December 2013
| Eurofidai Paris December 2013 Finance Meeting
Paris, France
| | September 2013 | German Economic Association Annual Meeting 2013
Düsseldorf,
Germany |
| August 2013 | European Economic Association Annual Meeting 2013
Gothenburg, Sweden |
| October 2012 |
German
Finance Association Annual Meeting 2012
Hannover,
Germany |
| September 2012 |
Intra-European
Imbalances, Global Imbalances, International Banking, and International
Financial Stability
DIW Berlin, Germany |
| September 2012 |
Verein
für Socialpolitik Annual Meeting 2012
Göttingen, Germany |
| June 2012 |
Europe
and the World Economy beyond the Sovereign Debt Crisis
Warsaw
School of Economics, Poland |
| May 2012 |
Econometrics
and Macroeconomics Conference
University of
Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| March 2012 |
1st
Workshop in Financial Economics
University of Mainz,
Germany |
| Sept. 2011 |
Verein für Socialpolitik Annual Meeting 2011
Frankfurt, Germany |
| Aug. 2011 |
2011 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Lindau, Germany |
| Apr. 2011
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2011 Spring Meeting of Young Economists
Groningen, Netherlands |
Teaching Experience
Nov. 2016 - Present
| University of Bonn, Germany
- Lecturer in Corporate Finance (Bachelor)
- Lecturer in Banking and Securitization (Master)
- Lecturer in Empirical Banking (Ph.D.)
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Jan. 2015 - July 2018
| Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
- Tutorials in Banking and Securitization (Master)
- Tutorials in Advanced Financial Economics (Ph.D.)
- Supervisor of Bachelor and Master theses
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Oct. 2009 - June 2013
| Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
- Tutorials in Empirical Banking and Finance (Master)
- Tutorials in Applied Econometrics (Bachelor)
- Supervisor of Bachelor theses
- Seminars in Financial Economics and Econometrics (Bachelor, Master)
| Sept. 2003 - July 2006
| Sofia University, Bulgaria
- Tutorials in Microeconomics (Bachelor)
- Tutorials in Informatics (Bachelor)
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Summer Schools and Seminars
| July 2011
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GSEFM Doctoral Summer Institute, Eltville, Germany
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| Aug. 2010 – Sept. 2010 |
CEMFI Doctoral Summer School, Madrid, Spain |
| Oct. 2005 – Mar. 2006
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World Bank’s Global Issues Seminar Series, Local Facilitator for the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
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Grants
| Jan. 2016 | Scholarship IWH EXplore for a research stay at IWH | Dec. 2012
| AEA/ASSA
Annual Meeting Travel Grant (GSEFM) | | Dec. 2012 | Spanish
Economic Association Travel Grant (Goethe University)
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| Aug. 2011 |
EBRD Sponsorship to attend the 2011 Lindau Laureate Meeting |
| June 2010 |
DAAD Grant to attend the CEMFI Doctoral Summer School |
| Apr. 2007 – Oct. 2008 |
DAAD Scholarship for the Academic 2007/2008 |
| Nov. 2005 – July 2006 |
Atanas Burov Scholarship for the Academic 2005/2006 |
Additional Skills
| Languages |
English (fluent), German (good), Bulgarian (mother tongue)
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| Computer Literacy |
Programing and data processing: MatLab, Stata, EViews
Applications: LaTeX, MS Office
Databases: World Bank WDI,
IMF WEO, Bankscope (Orbis), SNL, Datastream, Bloomberg, Markit,
Compustat, CRSP
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