Benedikt Ballensiefen, PhD Candidate in Finance

Personal webpage CV benedikt.ballensiefen@unisg.ch Job Market Paper: Collateral Choice Primary research interests: Asset pricing, monetary policy, and market microstructure

References: Angelo Ranaldo Professor of Finance & Systemic Risk and SFI Senior Chair (Chair) University of St.Gallen +41 71 224 7010 angelo.ranaldo@unisg.ch Prof. Paul Söderlind Professor of Finance (Chair) University of St. Gallen paul.soderlind@unisg.ch Prof. Martin Brown Director of the Study Center Gerzensee +41 31 780 3101 martin.brown@szgerzensee.ch

Jeannine Polivka, PhD Candidate in Econometrics

Personal webpage CV jeannine.polivka@unisg.ch Job Market Paper: Structural Volatility Impulse Response Analysis Primary research interests: Financial Econometrics, High Frequency Econometrics, Macroeconometrics, Time Series Analysis

References: Prof. Matthias R. Fengler (Chair) University of St.Gallen +41 71 224 2457 matthias.fengler@unisg.ch Prof. Christian Brownlees Universitat Pompeu Fabra ++34 93 542 2750 christian.brownlees@upf.edu Prof. Luca Fanelli University of Bologna +39 0541 434 253 luca.fanelli@unibo.it