Dr. habil. Ulf von Kalckreuth

born 27.06.63 in Tübingen, Germany; married, 1 child.

Principal Positions

1998 - today Economist in the Research Centre and the Economics Department of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main, currently as Senior Economist and Research Coordinator for Corporate and Household Finance. Bundesbank webpage

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

Ongoing research implies theoretical and empirical work on household and firm behavior, specifically issues related to corporate finance, household finance, investment, innovation, the distribution of income and wealth, as well as studies of the monetary transmission process. 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