
Curriculum VitaeDr. Matthias Neuenkirch Universitätsstraße 24 35032 Marburg
Telephone: + 49 - 64 21 - 28 - 23 090 Fax: + 49 - 64 21 - 28 - 23 088 e-Mail: m.neuenkirch(at)wiwi.uni-marburg.de |
Education and Employment
Education
June 2000
Abitur (High School Diploma), Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium in Heusenstamm
September 2000 – July 2001
Alternative Service as Emergency Medical Technician, Malteser gGmbH in Obertshausen
October 2001 – November 2006
Studies in Economics, Philipps-University Marburg
Degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (Economist)
Diploma Thesis (in German): „Eine Analyse der Bestimmungsfaktoren des gesamtwirtschaftlichen Konsums“ (Analysis of Consumption's Determinants)
Award for 3rd-best Graduate in Business Administration and Economics (Best Graduate in Economics), Class of Autumn 2006
January 2007 - October 2009
Ph.D. project “Studies on U.S. and Canadian Central Bank Communication”, Philipps-University Marburg
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Hayo
Second Referee: Prof. Dr. Stefan Voigt
Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Law, Economics, and Social Sciences 2009, Philipps-University Marburg
Employment
August – December 2001
Emergency Medical Technician, Malteser gGmbH in Obertshausen
August – September 2003 and July – September 2004
Internship, Hessian Prime Minister's Office
April 2004 – September 2007
Student Assistant / Graduate Assistant, Philipps-University Marburg
October 2007 - September 2010
Research and Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics, Philipps-University Marburg
August 2010 - October 2010
Visiting Researcher, Viessmann European Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
since October 2010
Lecturer, Macroeconomics, Philipps-University Marburg
Publications
Dissertation
Studies on U.S. and Canadian Central Bank Communication, München: Dr. Hut, 2009.
Publications in Refereed Journals
(1) The Impact of U.S. Central Bank Communication on European and Pacific Equity Markets, Economics Letters 108 (2), 172-174, 2010 (joint work with Bernd Hayo and Ali Kutan).
(2) Do Federal Reserve Communications Help Predict Federal Funds Target Rate Decisions? Journal of Macroeconomics 32 (4), 1014-1024, 2010 (joint work with Bernd Hayo).
(3) Canadian Interest Rate Setting: The Information Content of Canadian and U.S. Central Bank Communication, Southern Economic Journal 78 (1), 131-148, 2011 (joint work with Bernd Hayo).
(4) Federal Reserve Communications and Emerging Equity Markets, Southern Economic Journal 78 (3), 1041-1056, 2012 (joint work with Bernd Hayo and Ali Kutan).
(5) Managing Financial Market Expectations: The Role of Central Bank Transparency and Central Bank Communication, European Journal of Political Economy 28 (1), 1-13, 2012.
(6) The Impact of Foreign Macroeconomic News on Financial Markets in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, Empirica 39 (1), 19-44, 2012 (joint work with David Büttner and Bernd Hayo).
(7) Bank of Canada Communication, Media Coverage, and Financial Market Reactions, Economics Letters 115 (3), 369-372, 2012 (joint work with Bernd Hayo).
(8) Domestic or U.S. news: What drives Canadian financial markets? forthcoming in: Economic Inquiry (joint work with Bernd Hayo).
(9) Communication Matters: U.S. Monetary Policy and Commodity Price Volatility, forthcoming in: Economics Letters (joint work with Bernd Hayo and Ali Kutan).
Working Papers
(1) Financial Market Reaction to Federal Reserve Communications: Does the Crisis Make a Difference? MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 08-2008 (joint work with Bernd Hayo and Ali Kutan).
(2) Does the Currency Board Matter? U.S. News and Argentine Financial Market Reaction, MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 23-2008 (joint work with Bernd Hayo).
(3) Do Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Pursue Regional or National Interests? New Evidence Based on Speeches, MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 03-2011 (joint work with Bernd Hayo).
(4) What's in a Second Opinion? Shadowing the ECB and the Bank of England, MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 31-2011 (joint work with Pierre L. Siklos).
(5) Central Bank Transparency and Financial Market Expectations: The Case of Emerging Markets, MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 36-2011.
(6) Daily CDS Pricing in Emerging Markets Before and During the Global Financial Crisis, MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 39-2011 (joint work with Ingo Fender and Bernd Hayo).
(7) Monetary Policy Transmission in Vector Autoregressions: A New Approach Using Central Bank Communication, MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 43-2011.
(8) Central Bank Communication and Correlation between Financial Markets: Canada and the United States, MAGKS Discussion Paper No. 01-2012 (joint work with Melanie-Kristin Beck and Bernd Hayo).
Talks
| 2007: |
Doctoral Colloquium, Phillips-University Marburg |
| 2008: |
Doctoral Meeting of Montpellier |
| 4th Macroeconomic Research Meeting in Bonn |
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| 2009: |
MAGKS Doctoral Colloquium in Rauischholzhausen |
| 5th Macroeconomic Research Meeting in Tübingen |
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| 13th International Conference of Macroeconomic Analysis and
International Finance in Rethymno |
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| 7th INFINITI Conference on International Finance in Dublin |
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| 10th IWH-CIREQ Macroeconometric Workshop in Halle |
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| DIW Macroeconometric Workshop 2009 in Berlin |
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| 2010: |
8th Workshop Money, Banking, and Financial Markets in Halle |
| Joint Laurier-Waterloo Seminar Series |
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| DNB-Conference on Monetary Policy and Financial Stability – What
Role for Central Bank Communication? |
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| 2011: |
26th Congress of the European Economic Association in Oslo |
| Money, Macro and Finance Group 43rd Annual Conference in
Birmingham |
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| Eberhard Karls University Tübingen |
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| 9th ESCB Workshop on Emerging Markets in Frankfurt |
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| 2012: |
CEUS Workshop on Challenges to Stability in the Euro Area in
Vallendar |
| Finlawmetrics Conference 2012, Bocconi University in Milan |
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| 3rd Conference on Recent Developments in Macroeconomics, ZEW
Mannheim |
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| Economics & Politics Seminar, Ruprecht Karls University
Heidelberg |
Referee for
Economic Inquiry / Economic Systems / International Journal of Central Banking / Journal of Macroeconomics
Teaching (Philipps-University
Marburg, in German)
| Lectures |
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| Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (B.Sc.) |
SS 09, SS 10, SS 11, SS 12 |
| Inferenzstatistik (B.Sc.) |
WS 11/12 |
| Monetäre Außenwirtschaft (M.Sc.) |
SS 08 |
| Seminars | |
| Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (B.Sc.) |
WS 10/11, SS 11, SS 12 |
| Tutorials |
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| Deskriptive Statistik (B.Sc.) | SS 04, SS 05, SS 06 |
| Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (B.Sc.) |
WS 10/11 |
| Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung (B.Sc.) |
SS 08 |
| Induktive Statistik (B.Sc.) | WS 04/05, WS 05/06 |
| Inferenzstatistik (B.Sc.) |
WS 11/12 |
| Makroökonomie I (B.Sc.) | WS 07/08, WS 09/10 |
| Makroökonomie II (B.Sc.) | WS 08/09 |
| Colloquia | |
| Interdisziplinäres Forschungskolloquium (M.A. Europa: Integration und Globalisierung) | WS 08/09 |
| Studienkolloquium für DAAD-ERP-Stipendiaten | WS 06/07, SS 07, WS 07/08, SS 08 |

