Free University of Berlin Department of Economics Lansstr. 7

Free University of Berlin Department of Economics Lansstr. 7

July 2012
MORITZ SCHULARICK
Free University of Berlin
Department of Economics
Lansstr. 7-9
14195 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 8385 2884
Mobile: +49 170 880 1791
e-mail: [email protected]
ACADEMIC CAREER
Assistant Professor of Economics and Economic History, Free University of Berlin,
Department of Economics, 2007Evaluation and Tenure Extension, Free University of Berlin, September 2010
Visiting Professor, Economics Department, Cambridge University, 2008/09
Visiting Professor, Economics Department and Stern School of Business, New York University,
2011/2012
EDUCATION
Free University of Berlin, Doctorate in Economics (summa cum laude), 2005
Thesis: Capital Flows from Rich to Poor, Investment Risks and Global Public Goods.
Advisors: Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich (FU Berlin) and Niall Ferguson (Harvard)
Humboldt University of Berlin, M.A., 2000, (final grade: 1.3)
London School of Economics, M.Sc., 1999 (with distinction)
University of Paris VII, Maîtrise, 1998 (mention très bien)
FELLOWSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), Member of the “Interdisciplinary Working Group on
Public Debt” since October 2012
Elected Member of the Junge Akademie der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
(Young Academy of Sciences of Berlin-Brandenburg), July 2010
Research Fellow of the Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft (IW), 2011Fellow of the Center for the Evolution of the Global Economy, UC Davis, 2010Associate of the Centre for Quantitative Economic History, Cambridge University, 2008-
-2RESEARCH GRANTS
Research Grant of VolkswagenStiftung for the study of "Financialization of the Economy"; awarded in
March 2011: 567,000 EUR
"Finance and the Wealth of Nations," joint grant with Alan Taylor (UC Davis) and Oscar Jorda (UC
Davis), Institute for New Economic Thinking, awarded in June 2011: 140,000 USD
Joint grant with Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich (FU Berlin) for an interdisciplinary working group of the
National Academy of Sciences on "Public Debt", awarded in July 2011: 176,000 EUR
Young Academy Research Grant, National Academy of Sciences and Berlin-Brandenburgische
Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2010: 25,000 EUR
German Academic Exchange Service, London School of Economics Scholarship, 1998-1999
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Student Scholarship, 1996-1999
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED)
2012
International Monetary Fund (02/12); New York University (02/12); Rutgers
University (03/12); New School for Social Research (03/12); University St. Gallen
(03/2012); Institute for New Economic Thinking (04/12); Humboldt University Berlin
(05/12); Universität Gießen (05/12); European Central Bank (05/12); European Central
Bank (06/12); National Bureau for Economic Research (07/12); Central Bank of
Turkey (07/12).
2011
European Central Bank (10/11); University of Bonn (11/11); Warwick University
(11/11); Bank of England (07/11); University of Göttingen (04/11); Bank for
International Settlements (04/11); Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (04/11); Federal
Ministry of Finance, Berlin (02/11); University of Leipzig (01/11)
2010
International Monetary Fund (11/10); Northwestern University (09/10); Verein für
Socialpolitik, Kiel (09/10); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (07/10);
University of Mannheim (06/10); Munich Seminars, CESifo Munich (05/10);
University Carlos III, Madrid (05/10); University of Münster (04/10); Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco (03/10); National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston
(02/10)
-2009
European Central Bank, Frankfurt (12/09); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
(12/09); University of Cambridge (11/08); London School of Economics (02/2007);
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (06/07); University of Warwick (11/05); Ecole Normale
Supérieure, Paris (05/05)
-3ACADEMIC SERVICE
Refereeing
American Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal,
Economica, Contemporary Economic Policy, European Review of Economic History, Financial
History Review, Emerging Markets Trade and Finance, Review of Economics and Institutions,
International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Growth
Editorial Boards
European Review of Economic History, Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Economic History
Yearbook)
Departmental Committees
Head of the Budget Committee (since 2009); Head of Examination Office (2010); Erasmus
Exchange Coordinator (since 2008)
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Empirical Macroeconomics
 Causes and consequences of financial crises
 Financial factors in the business cycle
 Fiscal policy and public debt
2. International Finance
 The U.S. economy and global imbalances
 Financial integration, capital flows, and growth
 Political economy of the international monetary system
3. Economic and Financial History
 American economic history
 Financial history
 Globalization in historical perspective