About me

I was born in Hannover, Germany (see map) but am now a permanent resident of the U.S.

I am married to my lovely wife Maureen.

Places I have lived include Billings, MT, State College, PA, Eckernförde, Germany,

and College Station, TX. Currently, I live in Dallas, TX.

I went to university at Christian-Albrechts Universität in Kiel,

Germany. I received my Diplom in Volkswirtschaftslehre.

(That's economics.) My focus was international economics.

I spent the academic year 2001/2002 at Penn State University.

This is where I took my first Ph.D. level economics courses and

met my wife-to-be. Both were important factors in my decision

to pursue graduate studies in the U.S.

I received my Ph.D. in economics from Texas A&M University.

My dissertation consists of chapters on Business Cycle Accounting

for the UK, fiscal stabilization in an open economy setting and

vertical FDI.

Since Fall 2009 I have been a visiting assistant professor at