Professor of Economics, Cologne University of Applied Sciences (since November 2019)
Senior Research Analyst, Flossbach von Storch Research Institute (since April 2015)
Associated Professor, University of Göttingen (since July 2015)
Habilitation in Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany (July 2015)
PhD in Economics of Complexity & Creativity, University of Turin, Italy (July 2010)
Master in Economics, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Italy (June 2007)
Master in Economics and Institutions of European and International Integration, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy (October 2006)
Bachelor in Economics and Institutions of European and International Integration, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy (October 2004)
Lecturer, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Germany (2017-2019)
Post-Doc, University of Göttingen, Germany (2010-2015)
Mapping Sustainability Measurement: A Review of the Approaches, Methods and Literature. Springer Nature: Heidelberg, 2024. (with Susann Kowalski)
Active versus Passive: In the Bond Universe. Journal of Beta Investing Strategies 14(2), 2023.
Calibrating the EU’s Trade Dependency . Survival 65(1): 81-96, 2023.
Verification of the Weak-Form Informational Efficiency of Fuel Markets in the Visegrad Group. Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych 24(3): 149-161, 2023.
Capitalization of Knowledge. In: Antonelli, C. (ed.) Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation, pp. 54 - 61, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
Competent Demand. In: Antonelli, C. (ed.) Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation, pp. 31 - 38, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
Measuring the Business Cycle Chronology with a Novel Business Cycle Indicator for Germany. Journal of Business Cycle Research 17(1): 71-89, 2021. (with Thomas Mayer)
Recent Patterns of Economic Alignment in the European (Monetary) Union. Journal of Risk & Financial Management 14(8): 362-385, 2021. (with Jörg König)
Competent Demand Pull and Technological Flows within Sectoral Systems: The Evidence on Differences within Europe. Cambridge Journal of Economics 43(6): 1525-1547, 2019. (with Cristiano Antonelli)
Understanding Low Interest Rates: Evidence from Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 66 (1), 28-53 , 2019. (with Thomas Mayer)
Longevity and Technological Change. Macroeconomic Dynamics 23(4): 1471-1503, 2019. (with Klaus Prettner)
Technological Change, Rent and Income Inequalities: A Schumpeterian Approach. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 115: 85-98, 2017. (with Cristiano Antonelli)
Labor Force Participation of Women in the EU? What Role Do Family Policies Play? Labour, 31(1): 15-42, 2017. (with Stephan Klasen)
Knowledge Externalities and Sectoral Interdependences: Evidence from an Open Economy Perspective. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 102: 240-249, 2016.
What Are the Drivers of Total Factor Productivity in the European Union? Economics of Innovation and New Technology 25(4), 406-434, 2016. (with Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso & Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann Danzinger)
Current Accounts in the European Union and the Sectoral Influence: An Empirical Assessment. Comparative Economic Studies 58 (2), 152-173, 2016.
The Cost of Knowledge and Productivity Dynamics. An Empirical Investigation on a Panel of OECD Countries. In: Link, A.N. and C. Antonelli (Eds.), Strategic Alliances. Leveraging Economic Growth and Development, p. 155-174, Routledge, 2016. (with Cristiano Antonelli).
The Competent Demand Pull Hypothesis. In: Quatraro, F. and F. Crespi (Eds.), The Economics of Knowledge, Innovation and Systemic Technology Policy, p. 48-69, Routledge, 2016. (with Cristiano Antonelli).
Knowledge Externalities and Demand Pull: The European Evidence. Economic Systems 39: 608-631, 2015. (with Cristiano Antonelli)
Uneven Effects of Financial Liberalization on Productivity Growth in the EU: Evidence from a Dynamic Panel Investigation. International Journal of Production Economics 159: 334-346, 2015.
The Competent Demand Pull Hypothesis: Which Sectors Do Play a Role? Economia Politica 32(1): 97-134, 2015. (with Cristiano Antonelli)
New Evidence on the Determinants of Current Accounts in the EU. Empirica, Journal of European Economics 42(4): 769-793, 2015.
European Market Integration, R&D Agglomeration Economies, and the Location Choice of Firms in Poland. Eastern European Economics 53 (6), 491-513, 2015. (with Astrid Krenz)
Financial Liberalization, Financial Development and Productivity Growth ? An Overview. International Journal of Monetary Economics & Finance 7(1): 40-65, 2014.
Financial Liberalization, Growth, Productivity and Capital Accumulation: The Case of European Integration. International Review of Economics & Finance 25: 291-309, 2013.
A New Taxonomy Based on Pecuniary Knowledge Externalities: Knowledge Interactions in a Vertically Integrated System. Economic Systems Research 24(1): 35-55, 2012.
Pecuniary Knowledge Externalities across European Countries ? are there leading Sectors? Industry & Innovation18(4): 415-436, 2011.
Pecuniary Knowledge Externalities and Innovation: Intersectoral Linkages and their Effects beyond Technological Spillovers. Economics of Innovation & New Technology 20(5): 495-515, 2011.
China y Rusia: ¿amigos para siempre? Expansión, 19 Ocotber 2022.
Chinees-Russische handelsbetrkkingen: partnership met grenzen, Analist, 21 September 2022.
Flossbach von Storch Research-Experten: "Buy-and-Hold funktioniert hier nicht", e-fundresearch.come, 17 June 2021.
EU-Wiederaufbauprogramm: "Der nächste Spaltpilz für den Euro", WirtschaftsWoche, 8 September 2020.
El mercado laboral de Estados Unidos durante la crisis del coronavirus, RankiaPro, 19 May, 2020.
Tiefer im globalen Schuldensumpf, Das Investment, 8 April 2020.
Was nach Draghi kommt, Das Investment, 1 November 2019.
Deutschland im Abschwung, Frankfurter Allgemene Zeitung, 19 October 2019.
Flossbach von Storch: Das Land ist seit Monaten in der Rezession, Institutional Money, 16 October 2019.
Der Handelsstreit hat schlimme Folgen – auch für die USA, Das Investment, 26 June 2019.
Causas y consequencias de pronósticos económicos erróneos, RankiaPro, 20 June 2019.
For many Germans, cash is still king, NPR, 9 June 2019.
¿Qué esperar de la reunión del Banco Central Europeo? Funds & Markets, 6 March 2019.
The Art of Italian Bookkeeping (Cont.), The Globalist, 5 March 2019.
Brexit: Lower Immigration = Lower Growth, The Globalist, 9 January 2019.
Trump bringt die Fed in die Zwickmühle, Boerse ARD, 26 September 2018.
El 'nuevo Nafta' solo es una tregua en la crisis comercial con China, El Economista, 1 September 2018.
El BCE afronta su reunion del jueves ..., Europa Press, 26 July 2018.
La bomba de la deuda mundial amenaza con estallar, El Pais, 9 June 2018.
Warum und wie Donald Trump den Welthandel aufmischt, Das Investment, 29 March 2018.
Protectionism is back on the US policy agenda, The Globalist, 5 March 2018.
The Italian banking sector has a false sense of security, The Corner, 28 February 2018.
Italia, 'cigno nero': la cita electoral mas incierta llega en pleno auge de la volatilidad, Invertia, 23 February 2018.
La regulacion mas estricta sobre ETFs sinteticos podra impactar en el crecimiento y la velocidad de convergencia entre el mercado de ETFs en Europa y EE.UU., Funds Society, 12 December 2017.
Quo Vadis, China?, The Globalist, 16 October 2017.
Abseits des Zufalls, Private Banking Magazin, 5 October 2017.
Cosas que no sabamos de los ETF, Funds People, 25 July 2017.
Aktive Fonds bringen mehr als ETFs, Wall Street Online, 6 July 2017.
Fusionen statt Investitionen: Hat die Nullzinspolitik der EZB versagt?, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, 28 June 2017.
Nur nicht nervos werden!, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 17 June 2017.
Free and fair US trade?, The Globalist, 15 May 2017.
Der Irrglaube der EZB, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 18 February 2017.
Volkswirtschaftlich entsteht kein Wachstum, Basler Zeitung, 19 December 2016.
Zweifelhafter Boom im Firmenmarkt, Zuger Zeitung, 18 December 2016.
Hoffen auf Italien, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3 December 2016.
Obacht vor China, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 5 November 2016.
Aging and the interest rate, Nikkei Asian Review, 24 December 2015.
Sind Sparer schuld am Zinstief? Die Mär von der weltweiten Spar Flut, WirtschafsWoche, 3 November 2015.
Federal Reserve interest rate rise: Why you should be watching the people, not the data, The Telegraph, 4 October 2015.
Where will Poland go from here?, The Globalist, 2 June 2015.
DAAD converence grant (August 2013)
Erasmus Mobility Programme (March 2013)
Dorothea Schlözer qualitfication programme (2012)
Lindau Nobel Prize Winners Meeting (August 2011)
PhD grant at the University of Turin (2007-2010)
Leonardo Da Vinci grant for an internship abroad (2006)
Bulletin of Economic Research; Credit and Capital Markets (Kredit und Kapital); Comparative Economic Studies; Contemporary Economics; Czech Science Foundation; Economic Modelling; Economic Systems Research; Economics and Human Biology; Economics of Innovation and New Technologies; Economics E-Journal; The Economist's Voice; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Empirica; Empirical Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy Studies; ERC - European Research Council; Finance Research Letters; International Journal of Business Innovation and Research; International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research; International Journal of Finance and Economics; International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance; International Review of Economics; Italian Journal of Regional Science; Journal of Applied Economics; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of Evolutionary Economics; Journal of Finance and Economics; North American Journal of Economics and Finance; Polish National Science Center; Regional Studies; Research Policy; Review of Industrial Organization; Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics; Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Technology in Society; World Development
Polish (native)
German (fluent)
English (fluent)
Italian (fluent)
Spanish (intermediate)
French (basic)