PhD students

Christophe Q. Valvason

Ferdinand Lössl 

Patrick Schöngrunder (co-supervision with Olivier Renaud)

Silvia Scarpa (co-supervision with Maria Ferrante)

Dongmei Liu

Anastasia Floru (co-supervision with Diego Kuonen and Tina Ambos)

Atchiman Marilyn Ello (co-supervision with Christophe Comberscure)

PhD alumni

Gilles Cattani, defended the 16.11.2022 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Smart modeling and large data sets.

Mariem Nouar, defended the 16.06.2022 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Three essays on regional trade and growth,  joint supervision with Prof. Céline Carrère 

Katarzyna Reluga, defended the 03.07.2020 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Simultaneous and Post-Selection Inference for Mixed Parameters, joint supervision with Prof. María José Lombardía Cortiña

Peter Kramlinger, defended the 28.04.2020 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Essays on Inference in Linear Mixed Models, joint supervision with Prof. Tatyana Krivobokova

Setareh Ranjbar, defended the 16.05.2018 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Contributions to robust analysis of structural models, joint supervision with Prof. Elvezio Ronchetti

Virginie Trachsel, defended the 13.04.2018 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Heterogeneity and International Economics

Raoul Theler, defended the 30.1.2018 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Heterogeneous Coefficient Identification and Estimation in Econometric Models

Giacomo Benini, defended the 13.04.2017 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland: Varying Coefficient Models in Presence of Endogeneity

Ren Ohinata, defended the 03.05.2012 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Three Essays on Application of Semiparametric Regression: Partially Linear Mixed Effects Model and Index Model

Max Köhler, defended the 02.05.2012 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Econometric Studies on Flexible Modeling of Developing Countries in Growth Analysis

Carsten Hundertmark, defended the 02.05.2012 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Econometric methods for measuring segregation and wage discrimination - a theoretical and practical study

Anja Schindler, defended the 29.09.2011 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Bandwidth selection in nonparametric kernel estimation

Duygu Savasci , defended the 28.09.2011 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Three studies on semi-mixed effects models

Nils-Bastian Heidenreich, defended the 11.04.2011 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Applications of nonparametric methods in economic and political sciences

Jing Dai, defended the 08.04.2011 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Simple solutions to hard problems in the estimation and prediction of welfare distributions

Michael Scholz, defended the 08.04.2011 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: Semiparametric structure guided by prior knowledge

Sebastian Vollmer, defended the 29.06.2009 at the University of Göttingen, Germany: A contribution to the empirics of economic and human development, joint supervision with Prof. Stephan Klasen

Jorge Barrientos-Marín, defended the 26.01.2007 at the University of Alicante, Spain: Some practical problems of recent nonparametric procedures: Testing, estimation and application

Member in or President of Ph.D. Thesis Committees at

University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; University of the Bask Country (Bilbao), Spain; University Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, France; University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; University of Cantabria (Santander), Spain; University of Alicante, Spain; Georg-August Universität Göttingen (in the faculties of Economics, Agriculture, and Mathematics), Germany; University of Geneva, Switzerland; University of A Coruña, Spain; University of Vigo, Spain; Cass Business School, City University of London, UK

Selected Master Theses Topics

• Gradient-Based Posterior Sampling for DSGE Models (by Flavio Guitian)

• Overparameterized Neural Networks: Exploring the Neural Tangent Kernel (by Eloi Favre)

• Exploring the limits of Lasso method in randomized control trials - a simulation study (by Victor Daniel)

• Heterogeneous treatment effects estimation using Metalearners: A comparison of implementations (by Grégory Maulet)

• Why does a high rank in the Global Health Security Index predict a high Covid-19 mortality rate? (by Alex Morel)

• Predicting Truck Arrival Time (by Rivollat Neigeline, internship at Amazon UK)

• From Data Storage to Reporting: The continuous data analysis in a big insurance company (by Simon Kofel, based on an internship at Mobiliar Swiss Life Insurance Company Ltd)

• Smooth Backfitting for D > N (by Leo Banaglia)

• Data Analysis in a Revenue Management Team (by Simon Da Silva, internship at Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SA)

• On the MSE of Propensity Score based treatment effect estimation when the Propensity Score is misspecified (by Gilles Cattani)

• A microeconometric analysis of healthcare utilization in Switzerland (by Ismail Müller)

• The Effect of Debt Relief on Health Expenditures and Outcomes in Highly Indebted Poor Countries (by Hendrik Christian Doll)

• Impact Evaluation: An Application to an Innovation in Microfinance (by Giuditta Rusconi)