Curriculum Vitae Personal Information: Name: Tim Schwarzmüller Address: Kiel Institute for the World Economy Hindenburgufer 66 24105 Kiel, Germany Phone: +49 (0)431 / 8814-605 E-Mail: tim.schwarzmueller@ifw-kiel.de Nationality: German Fields of Interest: - Fiscal Policy in General Equilibrium Models - Business Cycle Analysis and Forecasting - Applied Time Series Econometrics Current Position: since 10/2011: Doctoral Candidate, Ph.D. Programme "Quantitative Economics", Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel since 08/2011: Research Assistant at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Forecasting Center and Research Area "Macroeconomic Policy under Market Imperfections" Education: 12/2010: MA Economics, University of Siegen 07/2007: BA Economics, University of Siegen Publications: - 'Reforming the labor market and improving competitiveness:an analysis for Spain using FiMod', Deutsche Bundesbank,Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies, No 28/2011, 2011.(with Nikolai Stähler) Software Knowledge: - LATEX - MATLAB - Dynare - RATS Languages: - German (native) - English (fluent)