Dr. habil. Ulf von Kalckreuth

born 27.06.63 in Tübingen, Germany; married, 2 daughters.

Current Position

Principal Economist in the Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank, directing a unit on household survey data research and co-ordinating research activities on household finance and corporate finance. Current main task is the implementation of a large scale panel survey on household finance and wealth in Germany.  Bundesbank webpage

Employment history

1998 - today Economist in the Economics Department and the Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main

1991-1997 Scientific employee at the Chair for International Relations, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schröder, University of Mannheim. Assistant lecturer in macroeconomics and international relations.

Education

• Habilitation (post doctoral degree distinguishing the quality of research and teaching) in Economics at the University of Mannheim in November 2008. Habilitation thesis on “Financing Constraints and the Adjustment Dynamics of Enterprises.” Habilitation webpage
• PhD in Economics at the University of Mannheim in July 1998, with the grade of summa cum laude (best possible). Studies in development economics, growth, econometrics, mathematical statistics. Dissertation on “Growth and Social Integration in Dualistic Economies”.
• Diploma in Economics at the University of Mannheim in May 1991, with the grade of sehr gut (best possible). Specialisation in international economics, macroeconomics, public finance, econometrics, industrial enterprises. Diploma thesis on “Theories of the Term Structure of Interest Rates” was awarded a prize by the Foundation Rheinische Hypothekenbank. Undergraduate studies in “Economics with Latin American Studies” at the University of Tübingen.

Research

• Econometric work with micro data, specifically issues related to household finance, corporate finance, firm investment and financing constraints, survey statistics;
• The distribution of income and wealth;
• Topics in International Economics, Macro and Finance.
   Research Webpage

Teaching

Courses in corporate finance at the University of Mannheim. Teaching Webpage

International Experience

Apr. 2003 - Nov. 2003 Secondment to the Bank of England, Financial Stability Department, with a research project on financial constraints in the UK.

Dec. 1993 - April 1994 Visiting at the NBER in Palo Alto and Stanford University, California

Aug. 1987 - Oct. 1987 Educator in a daycare centre for children at Ceilândia near Brasília, Brazil

March 1986 - Sept. 1986 Internship at the Siemens Portugal S.A.R.L. in Sabugo and Lisbon, Portugal

Languages

German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French