Prof. Dr. Florentine Schwark
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 10178 Berlin Germany
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1. Current Position
W1-Professor of Macroeconomics and Financial Markets
2. Research Interests
Growth, Economic Resilience/Business Cycles, International Investments, Digitalization
3. Education and professional experience
2010-2015: Credit Suisse AG, Zurich, Switzerland
2008: Harvard Business School, research fellow visiting Diego Comin
2007: Study Center Gerzensee, Switzerland, Swiss Program for Doctoral Students in Economics (Course in Macroeconomics), foundation of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), faculty: Jordi Galí, Robert G. King, Sergio T. Rebelo
2006-2010: Doctorate in Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
2006: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, diploma thesis
2004-2005: Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2000-2006: Diploma in Engineering and Management (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
4. Publications
Peer-reviewed publications:
Schwark, F., Tryphonides, A. (2024): “The Effects of Digitalization on Production”, European Economic Review (R&R).
Schwark, F., Tryphonides, A. (2024): “Technical change and macroeconomic resilience to sectoral shocks”, Economics Letters (R&R).
Schwark, F. (2014): “Energy price shocks and medium-term business cycles”, Journal of Monetary Economics 64, 112–121.
Bretschger, L., Ramer, R., Schwark, F. (2011): “Growth Effects of Carbon Policies: Applying a Fully Dynamic CGE model with Heterogeneous Capital”, Resource and Energy Economics 33 (4), 963-980.
Schwark, F. (2009): “Influence factors for scenario analysis for new environmental technologies - the case for biopolymer technology”, Journal of Cleaner Production 17, 644-652.
Other publications:
Bretschger, L., Ramer, R., Schwark, F. (2010): “Impact of energy conservation policy measures on innovation, investment and long-term development of the Swiss economy - Results from the Computable Induced Technical change and Energy (CITE) model”, Swiss Federal Office of Energy, Bern.
Bretschger, L., Schwark, F. (2010): „Klimapolitik und langfristige Wirtschaftsentwicklung“, www.oekonomenstimme.org.
Bretschger, L., Ramer, R., Schwark, F. (2010): “How rich is the 2000-Watt-society?”, March 2010.
Schwark, F. (2010): “Economics of endogenous technical change in CGE models -The role of gains from specialization”, CER-ETH Working Paper No. 10/130.
Bretschger, L., Ramer, R., Schwark, F. (2010): “Long-run effects of post-Kyoto policies: Applying a fully dynamic CGE model with heterogeneous capital”, CER-ETH Working Paper No. 10/129.
5. Work in progress
Explaining secular stagnation in a fast technological change environment
The impact of international capital flows on medium-term economic indicators (with Pablo Anaya Longaric)