Nationality
Swiss and Italian
Year of Birth
August 3, 1965
University of Basel, Department of Economics
Lizentiat 1989, Ph.D., 1993, Habilitation 1999
1994-1996
Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.
1996-1997
Economist, The World Bank, Washington D.C
1997-1998
Research Fellow, United Nations University, Tokyo
1998-2001
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Basel, Basel
2004-2012
Member of German Council of Economic Experts, Wiesbaden
since 2001
Professor of Economics, University of Mainz, Mainz
since 2016
Visiting Professor at INSEAD, Singapore
National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge MA.
Federal Reserve Board of New York, New York
International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.
Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
Member of the board of Directors of UBS AG
Member of the board, Robert Bosch GmbH
Member of the University Council of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
Member of the Economic Advisory Board, Fraport
Member of the Advisory Board Deloitte, Germany
Member of the ETH Zürich Foundation