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GPEF Job Market Candidates 2026/2027

Placement Officer: Prof. Matthias Weber

Placement Administrator: Sabrina Helmer

Ana Paula Armendariz Pacheco, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics and Econometrics

 

Personal website
CV
anapaula.armendarizpachecounisg.ch

Job Market Paper: 
Do Drug Consumption Rooms Reduce Drug-Related. Hospitalizations? Evidence from Switzerland

Primary research interests: Causal Inference, Causal Machine Learning, Health Economics

References:
Prof. Dr. Michael Lechner
Professor of Economics with special focus on Applied Microeconometrics
at the University of St.Gallen
+41 71 224 28 14
michael.lechnerunisg.ch

Prof. Dr. Martin Huber
Professor of Applied Econometrics and Policy Evaluation at the University of Fribourg
+41 26 300 82 74
martin.huberunifr.ch

Prof. Dr. Eugenio Zucchelli
Associate Professor of Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
eugenio.zucchelliaesara.com

Prof. Dr. Rocío Sánchez-Mangas
Professor of Econometrics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
+34 91 497 55 22
rocio.sanchezuam.es

 

Andrea Burro, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics and Econometrics

 

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CV
andrea.burrounisg.ch

Job Market Paper: 
Self-Esteem and Procrastination: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Primary research interests: Labor Economics, Experimental Economics, Economics of Education

References:
Prof. Beatrix Eugster, PhD 
Professor of Economics at the University of St. Gallen
+41 71 224 31 79
beatrix.eugsterunisg.ch

Prof. Michela Carlana, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics at Bocconi University
michela.carlanaunibocconi.it

Prof. Bruno Caprettini, PhD
Assistant Professor in Trade and Development at the University of St. Gallen
+41 71 224 77 50
bruno.caprettiniunisg.ch

Prof. Giuseppe Sorrenti, PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Economics
at University of Lausanne (HEC)
+41 21 692 36 69
giuseppe.sorrentiunil.ch

Björn Hartmann, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics 

 

Personal website
CV
bjoern.hartmannunisg.ch

Job Market Paper: 
Structural Change under Limited Growth Pass-Through

Primary research interests: International Trade, Economic Growth, and Structural Change

References:
Prof. Dr. Reto Föllmi
Professor of International Economics at the University of St.Gallen
+41 71 224 22 69
reto.foellmiunisg.ch

Prof. Dr. Dominik Sachs
Professor of Macroeconomics and Public Finance at the University of St.Gallen
+41 71 224 3513
dominik.sachsunisg.ch

Prof. Akos Valentinyi, PhD
Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Manchester
valentinyi.agmail.com
 

 

Marcel Freyschmidt, Ph.D. Candidate in Finance

 

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CV
marcel.freyschmidtunisg.ch

Job Market Paper: Pricing Beyond Insurance: Capital Markets and Emerging Risks

Primary research interests: Quantitative Risk Management, Emerging Tail Risks (NatCat and Cyber Risks),
Alternative Risk Transfer Instruments (Cat Bonds), and Public-Private Partnerships

References:
Prof. Martin Eling
University of St.Gallen
Full Professor of Insurance Economics
Dean School of Finance, Director I.VW.
Tel.: +41 71 224 7980
martin.elingunisg.ch

Prof Dr. Alexander Braun 
University of St. Gallen
Associate Professor of Insurance and Capital Markets
Director I.VW.
Tel.: +41 71 224 36 53
alexander.braununisg.ch

Prof. Dr. Georges Dionne 
HEC Montréal 
Full Professor of Finance at HEC Montréal
Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Risk Management
Tel.: +1 514 340-6596
georges.dionnehec.ca

Prof. Dr. David Eckles 
University of Georgia
Professor in the Risk Management and Insurance Program at UGA's Terry College of Business 
decklesuga.edu
Tel.: +1 706 542-3578

Nicole Hentschel, Ph.D. Candidate in Finance

 

    

Personal webpage
CV
nicole.hentschelunisg.ch

Job Market Paper:
Risk Attitudes do not explain Cash Holdings

Primary research interests: household finance and behavioral economics, particularly payment behavior

 

References:
Prof. Dr. Martin Brown
Director of the Study Center Gerzensee 
Professor (adjunct) of Financial Economics at the University of St. Gallen
+41 71 224 7042
martin.brownszgerzensee.ch

Dr. Helmut Stix 
Senior Advisor Economic Research Section
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) 
helmut.stixoenb.at

Prof. Dr. Christian Biener
Associate Professor of Behavioral Risk Management,
Faculty Member Swiss Finance Institute
University of St.Gallen
christian.bienerunisg.ch

Prof. Dr. Anastasia Kartasheva
Associate Professor, School of Finance,
Faculty Member Swiss Finance Institute
University of St.Gallen
anastasia.kartashevaunisg.ch

Edouard Mattille, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics and Finance

Personal website
CV
edouard.mattilleunisg.ch

Job Market Paper: Hiding in plain sight: preferred habitat effects in short-term rates

Primary research interests: international finance, financial intermediation, and market microstructure in the context of foreign exchange (FX) and short-term interest rate markets

References:
Prof. Angelo Ranaldo
University of Basel
+41 71 224 7980
angelo.ranaldounibas.ch

Prof. Dr. Martin Brown
Director of the Study Center Gerzensee 
Professor (adjunct) of Financial Economics at the University of St. Gallen
+41 71 224 7042
martin.brownszgerzensee.ch

Prof. Suresh Sundaresan
Robert W. Lear Professor of Finance and Economics 
Columbia Business School
+1 (212) 8544423
ms122gsb.columbia.edu

Dingchen Ning, Ph.D. Candidate in Finance

 

Personal website
CV
dingchen.ningunisg.ch

Job Market Paper: 
Information asymmetry in cyber insurance markets

Primary research interests: insurance economics, cyber risk, and financial markets

References:
Prof. Martin Eling
University of St.Gallen
+41 71 224 7980
martin.elingunisg.ch

Prof. Anastasia Kartasheva
University of St.Gallen
+41 71 224 7995
anastasia.kartashevaunisg.ch

Prof. Rustam Ibragimov
Imperial College Business School
+44 20 7594 9344
i.rustamimperial.ac.uk

 

Personal website
CV
paul.schaudtunisg.ch

Job Market Paper: 
Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict (with Kai Gehring)

Primary research interests: Development Economics, Resource Economics, Economic Geography, and Political Economy

References:
Prof. Roland Hodler 
University of St.Gallen
+41 71 224 2578
roland.hodlerunisg.ch

Prof. Mathias Thönig
University of Lausanne
+41 21 692 33 93
Mathias.Thoenigunil.ch

Prof. Filipe Campante
John Hopkins University
+1 (202) 663-5687
fcampantejhu.edu

 

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