Welcome

Since Dec 01, 2024 I am the Head of Research of the Central Bank of Slovakia (NBS).

Before that I was the Head of the Research Focus Group Banking and Finance  at the Research Centre of the Bundesbank, where I am currently on leave.

I am also a Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics at the University of St. Gallen, where I was an assistant professor from 2014-2019. 

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Incomplete Markets, Heterogenous Agent Models, Bankruptcy Law, Entrepreneurship, Quantitative Banking, Sovereign Debt and Default, Banking Regulation, Life Cycle Models, Family Insurance, Unemployment, Search Models, Labor Force Participation, Business Cycles