Speakers

Christoph Kaufmann

Ilpo Kauppinen

Ilpo Kauppinen is a senior researcher at the VATT Institute for Economic Research. Ilpo’s research field includes issues related to migration and taxation and e.g. to people’s political opinions. His ongoing research addresses migration from the Nordic countries, how immigrants fare in the labour market, business taxation and factors determining opinions about income taxation.

Katya Kazakova

2nd year PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joint program in economics and finance

Matthias Kehrig

Matthias Kehrig works on topics at the intersection of macroeconomics, productivity, firm dynamics and labor economics. His particular research interest lies on how firm-level differences shape aggregate outcomes and how aggregate fluctuations in turn influence firm-level dynamics. A graduate of Northwestern University, Matthias is currently an Assistant Professor at Duke University, a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER and a Research Affiliate at CEPR.

Kim Leonie Kellermann

B.A. Economics and French, University of Münster (2013); M.Sc. Economics, University of Münster (2015); PhD Political Economy, University of Münster (expected spring 2021), current position: Research and Teaching Assistant, research interests: Political Economy (in particular: voting behavior, political preferences, populism), Public Choice, Empirical Economics, Migration Economics

Karol Kempa

Karol Kempa is a post-doctoral researcher at Frankfurt School's Economics Department and member of the research group at the FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance. His main research areas are environmental and energy economics, in particular the role of technological progress, financial markets, and policy instruments for climate-relevant investment. He is also interested in sports economics.

Patrick Kennedy

Patrick is a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. His research interests focus on place-based policies, and span topics in international trade, public finance, and labor economics. Prior to graduate studies, Patrick studied at Stanford University and worked at the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Florian Kerzenmacher

Florian is a PostDoc at the University of Innsbruck where he is affiliated with the special research area on credence goods, incentives, and behavior. His research interests include behavioral economic theory, experimental economics, and unethical behavior. Before moving to Innsbruck, he obtained a PhD in Economics from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Suzanna Khalifa

Suzanna Khalifa is a PhD candidate in Economics at Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) and a teaching assistant at Aix-Marseille University, France. Her research focuses on topics related to violence against women, gender norms and marriage in Middle East. Suzanna graduated from AMSE with a master's degree in Macroeconomics and Development and an MSc in Data Analysis.

Shafaat Khan

I am an Economist at the World Bank Development Research Group. I am interested in International Trade and International Macroeconomics. My ongoing projects study the dynamic effects of changes in international trade policy and gains from trade. I completed my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester in 2020.