Macroeconomics, Banking, Financial Stability, and Finance/Investing
Mututal Contagion between Banks and Sovereigns
Business Cycles in the European Monetary Union
Economics of Banking and Financial Intermediation
Cross-border capital flows
University:
11/2010 - 12/2015: UNIVERISTY OF ST. GALLEN (HSG), Switzerland | Ph.D. in Economics and Finance
08/2013 - 07/2014: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, USA - Stanford Graduate School of Business (Finance) | Visiting Ph.D. Student in Financial Economics for one year
01/2009 - 12/2009: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Australia | Economics & International Business Administration (exchange year)
10/2006 - 01/2011: UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK | Mag. rer. soc. oec. in International Business Studies
10/2006 - 07/2010: UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK | Mag. rer. soc. oec. in Economics
Advanced Doctoral Courses:
08/2012 - 08/2012: CEMFI Madrid | Banking, Global Liquidity, and Financial Stability (Prof. Hyun Song Shin, Princeton/BIS)
08/2012 - 08/2012: Study Center Gerzensee (Schweizerische Nationalbank) | Liquidity Regulation (Prof. Douglas Gale, NYU)
06/2012 - 07/2012: Barcelona Graduate School of Economics/Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Banking Theory and Empirical Banking (Prof. Xavier Freixas, UPF)
04/2016 - 04/2016: HSG/Global School Empirical Research Methods | Advanced Time Series Econometrics (Breitung, Univ. of Cologne)
High school:
09/2001 - 06/2006: Bundeshandelsakademie Schwaz
07/2023 - present: Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW-HSG), University of St.Gallen (HSG), Research Fellow - St.Gallen, Switzerland
03/2016 - present: University of St.Gallen (HSG), Lecturer in Economics - St.Gallen, Switzerland
03/2016 - 06/2023: Finreon AG, Head of Economic Research & Advisory / Portfolio Manager - Zurich, Switzerland
10/2010 - 02/2016: Institute of Economics, University of St.Gallen (HSG), Research & Teaching Associate / Ph.D. Student / Project Manager - St.Gallen, Switzerland
08/2013 - 07/2014: Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Visiting Ph.D. Student in Financial Economics - Stanford, United States
04/2010 - 09/2010: Rothschild, Investment Banking - M&A - Frankfurt, Germany
07/2008 - 09/2008: General Electric, Corporate Finance - Jenbach, Austria
02/2008 - 02/2009: University of Innsbruck, Teaching Assistant - Department for Economics & Statistics - Innsbruck, Austria
07/2007 - 09/2007: General Electric, Corporate Finance - Jenbach, Austria
07/2006 - 08/2006: Binder Holz - Austria
07/2005: Erste Bank/Sparkasse Schwaz AG, Project on the Global Fund Selection - Schwaz, Austria
08/2004: Versicherungsbüro Wetscher - Austria
07/2004: Darbo AG - Austria
07/2003: Versicherungsbüro Wetscher - Austria
University of St. Gallen (HSG):
Always received excellent teaching evaluations for all my courses
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Assessment-Level): SS2011 - present
- Introduction to Microeconomics (Assessment-Level): WS2011 - present
- Microeonomics II (Bachelor-Level): WS2012 - present
- MBA: Financial Modelling (core course in HSG MBA program)
- Supervising bachelor theses and academic term papers
- Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital and Economic Performance, Teaching Assistant – (Master Level, WS2011 & WS2015)
- Advanced Microeconomics II, Teaching Assistant – (Master Level, WS2011)
- Public Economics, Teaching Assistant – (Master Level, SS 2015)
University of Innsbruck:
- Introduction to Macroeconomics (Bachelor-Level, 02/2008–02/2009)
Publications in peer-reviewed Journals:
'Wage divergence, business cycle co-movement and the currency union effect', 2017, with M. Gächter and A. Riedl, Journal of Common Market Studies, July 2017.
Further Papers on international macroeconomics, banking, financial stability, and finance/investing in progress
Crux of Capitalism Project:
See, for instance, my Thought Leadership Pieces for the newly launched Crux of Capitalism Project:
www.cruxofcapitalism.com/our-insights
Book Chapter:
- 'Banking, Financial Stability, and Sovereign Debt'. In Macht des Vertrauens - Herausforderungen und Perspektiven in Krisenzeiten, Eds: Hoffend, I., Becker, R. and J. Vollmar (2012). Springer Verlag
Master Thesis:
- Gruber, A. (2010). On the Determinants of Business Cycle Synchronization. University of Innsbruck.
2022: CREDIT SUISSE AWARD FOR BEST TEACHING | Awarded by the students of University of St.Gallen (HSG)
2013 - 2014: FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO STANFORD UNIVERSITY | Swiss National Science Foundation
2014: SCHOLARSHIP TO THE 5th LINDAU MEETING OF NOBEL LAUREATES IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES | Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate
2010: ’Excellence in Exchange Award’ | Queensland University of Technology
2007 - 2010: SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT | Univ. of Innsbruck
2008: 1st RANKED STUDENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES PROGRAM | Univ. of Innsbruck
2008: FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO THE Queensland University of Technology | Univ. of Innsbruck
2006: SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE ’Dr. Moser Going Europe’-FOUNDATION | Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg
2015:
PiF Seminar at the School of Finance (St. Gallen)
Brown Bag Seminar at the Economics Department (St. Gallen)
2014:
Finance/Accounting Seminar (Stanford)
Finance Research & Internal Seminars (Stanford)
Western Economics Association (Denver)
European Meeting of Young Economists (Vienna)
Eastern Finance Association (Pittsburgh)
Royal Economic Society (Manchester)
Swiss Economists Meeting (Bern)
2013:
European Meeting of Young Economists (Copenhagen)
Swiss Institute for Banking & Finance (St. Gallen)
Campus for Finance Research Conference (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management)
PhD & Literature Seminars (St. Gallen)
2012:
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Literature Seminar (St. Gallen)
2011:
Research Seminar (FGN-HSG)
CEPR Workshop: ‘Corporate Finance and Economic Performance’ (St.Gallen, Participant)
Supporting HSG student clubs: Advisory Board Member ‘St.Gallen Financial Economics Review’ | Mentoring talks ‘Ad-Hoc Economics’
Active for university clubs in St. Gallen and Stanford as well as clubs/associations outside of university in the past and in the present