Assistant Professor of Finance, University Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
Hi, I'm Lukas.
I am Assistant Professor of Finance at the University Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). My main research interests are macro-finance, financial history, and international finance.
I have been awarded the Social Sciences Research Grant from the Fundación Ramón Areces as Principal Investigator, for the project "Financial Risk Across Sectors". My paper "Golden Fetters or Credit Boom Gone Bust?" has received a revise and resubmit at the Economic Journal. Our paper (joint with Lukas Hack (ETH)) "Loanly Governments" has been accepted to the NBER's International Seminar on Macroeconomics.
Our paper (joint work with Björn Richter (UPF)) "When Two Become One: Foreign Capital and Household Credit Expansion" is now forthcoming in the Review of Financial Studies (RFS).
My Dissertation was a finalist for the Dissertation Price of the World Economic HistoryCongress 2025 (Lund).
I have been awarded the Add-on Fellowship of the Joachim Herz Foundation for my research on the international financial system of the interwar period. I have been awarded the New Researcher Grant (Jovenes Doctores) of the University Carlos III de Madrid.