Christian Kascha

Curriculum Vitae

Education | Employment | Research Interests | Working papers | Teaching | Personal |


Education and degrees

2003 - 2007

European University Institute, Department of Economics, Italy

Ph.D Student, Degree: September 2007
Supervisor: Professor Helmut Luetkepohl
Thesis Title: Three Essays in Time Series Econometrics

June 2004 CidE, Summer School of Econometrics, Italy
2001 – 2003

Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin, Department of Economics, Germany

Master of Science in Economics (Diplom – Volkswirt)
Supervisor: Professor Harald Uhlig
Thesis Title: Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Baxter-King Economy

2000 – 2001

Libera Universita degli Studi Sociali – Guido Carli (Luiss), Department of Economics, Italy

Erasmus Student

1998 – 2000

Universitaet Potsdam, Department of Economics, Germany

Undergraduate Studies in Economics


Employment 

2007 – Researcher, Research department, Norges Bank (Central bank of Norway)


Research Interests

  • Time Series Analysis, VARMA and State Space Modelling, Macroeconometrics


Working papers
 "Business Cycle Analysis and VARMA Models" (pdf, 375 kB) with Karel Mertens (Cornell University),  March 2007 Version.
 "A Comparison of Estimation Methods for VARMA Models" (pdf, 677 kB), 2007.


Teaching

  • Time Series Econometrics, Teaching Assistant, European University Institute, Winter 2007
  • Time Series Econometrics, Teaching Assistant, European University Institute, Spring 2006
  • Statistics, Teaching Assistant, New York University, Florence, Autumn 2005
  • Time Series Econometrics, Teaching Assistant, European University Institute, Spring 2005
  • Introduction to Econometrics, Student Assistant, Exercise Sessions, Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin, Summer 2003
  • Introduction to Econometrics, Student Assistant, Exercise Sessions, Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin, Summer 2002


Personal

  • Date of Birth: September 2nd, 1978.
  • Nationality: German
  • Languages: German (mother-tongue), English (fluent), Italian (fluent), Spanish (fair)


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Last updated 17.08.2007