Work Experience

09/2010 –                                       
Full Professor and Chair in Macroeconomics, Technical University of Cottbus, Germany

09/2010 –
Member, GATE (Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique – UMR 5824), Lyon, France

09/2010
Visiting Professor, EM Lyon Business School, France

07/2010
Visiting Professor, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa

09/2008 – 09/2010
Associate Professor in Economics and Finance, IESEG School of Management Lille/Paris

05/2008 – 09/2010
Head of the Audit & Control, Finance, Economics and Quantitative Methods Department

09/2007 – 08/2008
Assistant Professor in Economics and Finance, IESEG School of Management Lille/Paris

10/2006 – 08/2007
Economist, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany

11/2001 − 09/2006
Lecturer in Economics, University of Hagen

08/2001 − 10/2001
Analyst, Market Risk Analysis Group, Bayerische Landesbank, Munich

01/1997 − 07/2001
Junior Lecturer in Economics, University of Hagen

Education

09/2006
Habilitation, University of Hagen, Germany
Thesis ‚Optimal Design of Monetary Policy in Open Economies’

06/2001
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hagen, Germany
Thesis ‚Die Entstehung und Ausbreitung von Währungskrisen’ (The Spread of Currency Crises)

10/1996
Diploma in Economics, University of Münster, Germany

Research

- International Economics and International Finance

- Monetary Economics

- European Integration/EMU

Publications

Books

Berger, W. (2006), Optimal Design of Monetary Policy in Open Economies, Habilitation, University of Hagen, Germany.

Berger, W. (2002), Die Entstehung und Ausbreitung von Währungskrisen (The Spread of Currency Crises), Berlin: Duncker & Humblot (PhD thesis, University of Hagen, Germany, 2001).

Articles

Berger, W. (2010), International Policy Coordination and Simple Monetary Policy Rules, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 146, 451 – 479.

Berger, W. and F. Kißmer (2009), Why Do Policymakers Lean With the Wind During Asset Price Booms?, Frontiers in Finance and Economics, 6, 155 – 174.

Berger, W. and F. Kissmer (2008), Optimal Interest Rate Policy During Asset Price Booms: The Mirage of 'Benign Neglect', Economics Letters, 101, 265 – 267.

Berger, W. (2008), Monetary Policy Rules for a Small Open Economy, Economic Notes, 37, 1 – 30.

Berger, W. (2008), Monetary Policy Rules and the Exchange Rate, Journal of Macroeconomics, 30, 1064 – 1084.

Battenfeld, D. and W. Berger (2008), Preispolitik und Hedging bei Ungewissheit, Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, Heft 3/2008.

Berger, W. (2007), Optimal Monetary Policy and Sectoral Shocks: Is International Monetary Cooperation Beneficial?, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 109, 1 – 24.

Berger, W., F. Kissmer and R. Knuetter (2007), Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: The Impact of Globalization on Monetary Policy Trade-Offs, in: A. Kendall (ed.), International Business and Finance Issues, pp. 133 - 148, New York: Nova Publishers. 

Berger, W., F. Kißmer and H. Wagner (2007), Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: More Bad News for Benign Neglect, International Finance, 10, 1 – 20.

Berger, W. and H. Wagner (2006), International Monetary Cooperation and Simple Targeting Rules, IMF Working Paper 06/164, Washington, DC.

Berger, W., (2006), International Interdependence and the Welfare Effects of Monetary Policy, International Review of Economics and Finance, 15, 399-416.

Berger, W. (2006), The Choice between Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rates: Which is Best for a Small Open Economy?, Journal of Policy Modeling, 28, 371 – 385.

Berger, W. and H. Wagner (2005), Interdependent Expectations and the Spread of Currency Crises, IMF Staff Papers, 52, 41 – 54.

Berger, W. and H. Wagner (2004), Globalization, Financial Volatility and Monetary Policy, Empirica, 31, 163 – 184.

Berger, W. (2003), Dollarization of Liabilities, Fear of Floating and Optimal Exchange Rate Volatility, Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, 54, 301 – 322.

Berger, W. (2003), Exchange Rate Policy and Foreign Debt: When Is a Fear of Floating Optimal?, in: S. Lardic and V. Mignon (Hrsg.), Recent Developments on Exchange Rates, Palgrave, London and Basingstoke.

Berger, W. and H. Wagner (2002), Financial Globalization and Monetary Policy, DNB Staff Reports No. 95, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam.

Berger, W. and H. Wagner (2002), Spreading Currency Crises: The Role of Economic Interdependence, IMF Working Paper 02/145, Washington, DC.

Berger, W. (2001), Die Ausbreitung von Währungskrisen, Wirtschaftsdienst, 81, 358 – 363.

Berger, W. and H. Wagner (2001), Emerging Market-Krisen: Bekannte Modelle und neue Ansätze, List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, 27, 178 – 193.

Working Papers

Berger, W. and F. Kissmer, Inflation Targeting and Asset Price Dynamics.

Berger, W., Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Dynamics When Firms are Heterogenous.

Berger, W. and R. Joliet, The Determinants of the Yuan-Euro Exchange Rate.

Berger, W. and R. Knutter, The Reform of the ECB and Monetary Policy Efficiency: Is the Rotation of Voting a Good Idea?

Conference Presentations

American Business Research Conference, New York, USA, 28 – 29 September 2009

66^th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Montréal, Canada, 9 – 12 October 2008

Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association), Graz, Austria, 23 – 26 September 2008

7^th Annual Meeting of the European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS), Prague, 22 – 25 May 2008

Annual Conference of the European Economic Association and the European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Vienna, Austria, 24 – 28 August 2006

5^th INFER Workshop on “Monetary Economics and Financial Markets”, London, UK; 14 – 16 July 2006

Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association), Bonn, 27 – 30 September 2005

14^th World Congress of the International Economic Association, Marrakech, Morocco, 29 August – 2 September 2005

Annual Conference of the European Economic Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 24 – 27 August 2005

EcoMod International Conference on Policy Modeling, Istanbul, Turkey, 29 June – 1 July 2005

9^th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Rethymno, Greece, 26 – 28 May 2005

Research Seminar (invited lecture), University of Kassel, Kassel, 23 November 2004

Annual Conference of the European Economic Association and the European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Madrid, Spain, 20 – 24 August 2004

Annual Conference od the Royal Economic Society, Swansea, Wales (UK), 5 – 7 April 2004

XXVIII Annual Conference of the Spanish Economic Association (Simposio de Análisis Económico), Seville, Spain, 11 – 13 December 2003

Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association), Zurich, Switzerland, 30 September – 3 October 2003

7^th International Conference of ISINI (International Society for the Intercommunication of New Ideas), Lille, France, 20 – 23 August 2003

2^nd Annual Meeting of the European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) “European Integration: Real and Financial Aspects”, Bologna, Italy, 14 – 16 May 2003

Applied Econometrics Association Conference on “Exchange Rates”, Marseille, France, 6 – 7 March 2003

13^th World Congress of the International Economic Association, Lisbon, Portugal, 9 – 13 September 2002

Workshop on “International Economics”, University of Passau, Passau, 21 – 23 March 2002

Conference Organisations

Two-day Workshop on Asset Pricing, Grand Arche de la Défense, Paris, 20. - 21. May 2010 (with Luca Gelsomini, IESEG School of Management)

Further Professional Activities

Referee for Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Macroeconomics, Economics – The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, INFER Economic Studies

Grants and Awards

12/2006

Grant by the Deutsche Bundesbank

11/2005                                           

Grant by the Deutsche Bundesbank

07/2005                                           

Grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)

11/2002                                           

Grant by the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association)

Courses taught (since Fall 2007)

Regular Courses

Introduction to Macroeconomics, BSc, Technical University of Cottbus

Stabilization Policy, MSc, Technical University of Cottbus

The Euro and Economic Policy in the Eurozone, IESEG Summer Academy, IESEG School of Management

Exchange Rate Economics and International Finance, MSc, IESEG School of Management

Globalization: Opportunities, Risks and Challenges, MSc, IESEG School of Management

Research Seminar in Finance and International Finance (individual sessions), MSc, IESEG School of Management

Courses given as a Visiting Professor

Current Issues in Monetary Economics, MSc Programme, EM Lyon Business School

Globalization and the International Capital Market, MBA elective, University of Stellenbosch Business School

Current Issues in International Economics, MBA Programme, XRLI, India (visit at IESEG School of Management)