Since October 2015:

Assistant Professor, University of Barcelona and Research-affiliate, Barcelona Institute of Economics I.E.B.

October 2012-2015:

Post-Doc, University of Barcelona and Research-affiliate, Barcelona Institute of Economics I.E.B.

Spring 2015 and Summer 2016:

Visiting, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil

Scholarship holder Becas Iberioaméricas

Summer 2012

Visiting Researcher, ifo Institute, Munich, Germany

2008 - 2012:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bonn, Germany
Thesis: Essays in Empirical Public Finance
Supervisor: Juergen von Hagen

2004 - 2008:

Undergraduate studies, University of Goettingen

2017 (incl. scheduled):

CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics (paper nominated for the Distinguished Affiliate award), Munich, Germany

RIDGE Forum Public Economics, Montevideo, Uruguay

Venice CESifo Summer Forum, Venice, Italy

2016:

Seminars: Paris School of Economics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Canadian Public Economics Group 2016 Meetings, Montreal, Canada

PET 2016 FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SMYE 2016, Lisbon, Portugal

ZEW Public Finance Conference, Mannheim, Germany

ZEW Taxation Conference, Mannheim, Germany

2015:

Invited Seminar, DIW, Berlin

EEA 2015, Mannheim, Germany

70th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Dublin, Ireland

Challenges of European Integration - Conference in Honor of Juergen von Hagens 60th Birthday, Bonn, Germany

2014:

9th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association,
Washington, USA (2014)

Invited Talk, OECD Fiscal Federalism Network

XXI Encuentro de Economía Pública,
Girona, Spain (2014)

2013:

ASSA 2013, San Diego, USA

Invited Seminar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Invited Seminar, University of Hohenheim

EEA 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden

Fiscal Performance: The Role of Institutions and Politicians,
ZEW, Mannheim, Germany

2012:

Invited Talk: European Commission, ECFIN Workshop Fiscal relations across government levels in times of crisis - making compatible fiscal decentralisation and budgetary discipline, Brussels, Belgium

68th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Dresden, Germany

RES PhD Student Meeting (poster session), London, United Kingdom

Conference on Fiscal Policy and Coordination in Europe,
National Bank of Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia

Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association, Goettingen, Germany

Spring 2017
(2016)

Lecture: Fiscal Federalism, in English, University of Barcelona (Economics, Master level)

Autumn 2016
(2015/2014/2013/2012)

Lecture: Economics of Taxation, in English, University of Barcelona (Economics, undergraduate)

Autumn 2016
(2014/2013/2012)

Lecture: Principals of Taxation, in English, University of Barcelona (Business, undergraduate)

Past teaching:

Lecture (2015): Local Public Finance, in English, University of Barcelona (Economics, undergraduate)