ASTRID MARTINA KRENZ Department of Economics, University of Goettingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany Phone: 0049 551 397296 Fax: 0049 551 3922054 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/66530.html

Professional Experiences Akademische Rätin auf Zeit (Assistant Professor), University of Göttingen, Research Associate, Chair of International and Monetary Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany Visiting Researcher, University College Dublin, Ireland, Visiting Researcher, Monash University, Australia, Visiting Researcher, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland, Visiting Researcher, College of William and Mary, USA,

2012-Present 2007- 2012 2015-2016 2014 2013 2013

Education Habilitation (Economics) PhD (Economics)

Diplom (Economics)

Student Exchange

Europa Intensiv program

University of Göttingen 2012-Present University of Göttingen 2007-2012 (summa cum laude) Supervisors: Prof. G. Rübel University of Göttingen Prof. S. Sperlich Université de Genève Title: Essays on Industrial and Services Sectors’ Agglomeration in the European Union University of Bielefeld 2001-2007 (with distinction, grade 1,2) Supervisors: Prof. J. Frohn, Prof. Dr. P. Chen Purdue University 2005-2006 funded by DAAD, participation in PhD courses in Economics, exchange for 9 months University of Bielefeld 2004-2005 Interdisciplinary study program, participation in courses of Linguistics, Sociology, Political Science, Law

Research Interests International Economics, Regional Economics, Labor Economics, European Economics

Publications • Krenz, A.; Gehringer, A. (2015). European market integration, R&D agglomeration economies, and the location choice of firms in Poland, Eastern European Economics, 53, 491513. • Krenz, A. (2015). Knowledge and Earnings – A Regional Economic Analysis for the German Economy, Conference Proceedings of the Regional Science Association, 106-108. • Krenz, A. (2014). Adjustment Dynamics of Countries' Specialization Patterns in the European Union, Applied Economics Letters, 21, 671-674. • Krenz, A. (2014), Internationaler Handel, Institutionen und Agglomeration, cege report, 3, 2. • Krenz, A. (2014). Services sectors’ concentration and countries’ specialization patterns in services in the European Union: A comparative analysis with a special focus on France, Germany, Greece, and the UK, Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 14, 23-32.

• Krenz, A. (2013). Services Sectors' Concentration: the European Union and the New Economic Geography, Applied Econometrics and International Development, 13, 29-44. • Krenz, A. (2012). Essays on Industrial and Services Sectors’ Agglomeration in the European Union, University of Göttingen. • Krenz, A. (2008). Theorie und Empirie über den Wirkungszusammenhang zwischen sozialer Herkunft, kulturellem bzw. sozialem Kapital, Bildung und Einkommen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, DIW Berlin SOEPpaper No. 128. • Krenz, A. (2008). Bildungserträge von jungen Menschen aus sozial schwachen Familien, Saarbrücken. • Krenz, A. (2007). Ökonometrische Untersuchungen zur Messung von Bildungserträgen von jungen Menschen aus sozial schwachen Familien, University of Bielefeld. Working Papers under review/ revision • Abeliansky, A.; Krenz, A. (2015). Democracy and International Trade—Differential Effects from a Panel Quantile Regression Framework, cege discussion paper 243. • Krenz, A. (2016). Do political institutions influence international trade? Measurement of institutions and the long-run effects, cege discussion paper 276. • Krenz, A. (2016). Agglomeration of Knowledge: A Regional Analysis for the German Economy (revise and resubmit), cege discussion paper 277. • Krenz, A. (2012). Industrial Localization and Countries' Specialization in the European Union. • Krenz, A. (2014). Knowledge, Earnings and Agglomeration Economies in the Germany Regional Economy, cege discussion paper 206. • Krenz, A. (2016). Trade, Taxes and R&D as localization drivers for German Enterprises – Evidence from Official Firm-Level Data. • Krenz, A. (2013). Cross-country heterogeneity and endogeneity bias in life satisfaction estimation - evidence for advanced, developing and transition countries, cege discussion paper 155. • Krenz, A. (2012). Modeling services sectors' agglomeration within a New Economic Geography model, cege discussion paper 147. Research in Progress • • • • • • • • •

Gender and Barriers to Trade (with Ron Davies) 2016 LGBT meets trade and growth (with Ana Abeliansky) 2016 The differential effects of Globalization for Political Progression 2016 Infrastructure and Trade (with Ron Davies) 2015 Infrastructure and Federalism (with Ron Davies) 2015 Agglomeration, Innovation and Growth (with Klaus Prettner) Product Diversification of German Multi-product firms during financial crisis ICT, the digital divide and economic development (with Claudia Keser) ICT, business travel and international trade (with Ana Abeliansky)

Conference and Seminar Presentations 2016: Göttinger Workshop International Economic Relations (Göttingen); Topics in International Trade Conference (University College Dublin); Innovative Gender Conference (Krakow), Verein für Socialpolitik (Augsburg) 2015: World Congress on Comparative Economics (Rome); European Trade Study Group (Paris); Economics Seminar (University College Dublin); Trade Group Seminar (University College Dublin); Early Career Conference of the Regional Studies Association (Sheffield);

Technical University Chemnitz; Winter Conference of the Regional Studies Association (London) 2014: Göttinger Workshop International Economic Relations (Göttingen); International Network for Economic Research Annual Meeting (Pescara); Summer School in Economic Growth (University of Naples Parthenope, Capri); Summer School in Economic Growth (Warwick); Workshop on Regions, Firms and FDI (Ghent); Regional Economics Workshop on Sustainable Regional Growth and Cohesion (Vienna); European Trade Study Group (Munich); Economics-Seminar (Monash); Econometrics-Seminar (Monash) 2013: Göttinger Workshop International Economic Relations (Göttingen); EconomicsSeminar (College of William and Mary); Troup Seminar (Göttingen); Economics-Seminar (Fribourg); Early Career Conference of the Regional Studies Association (Manchester) 2012: Statistics-Seminar (Kiel); Workshop on Applied Economics (Hannover); Verein für Socialpolitik (Göttingen) 2011: 6th PhD Presentation Meeting of the Royal Economic Society (London); International Workshop on Regional Competitiveness and International Factor Movements (Orléans); 4th Summer Conference in Regional Science (Dresden); European Trade Study Group (Copenhagen); Economics-Seminar (Genève) 2010: Göttinger Workshop International Economic Relations (Göttingen); International Conference on Policy Modeling (Istanbul); International Network for Economic Research Annual Meeting (Münster); European Trade Study Group (Lausanne); Workshop on Recent Issues in Economic Geography (Leuven) 2009: Göttinger Workshop International Economic Relations (Göttingen); International Conference on Policy Modeling (Ottawa); Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Canberra); Far East and South Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Tokyo); European Trade Study Group (Rome) Grants, Awards, Honors Nominated for final round of the Durham International Junior Research Fellowship 2016 Research travel grant, Unibund University of Göttingen 2013, 2014, 2015 Faculty travel grant, University of Göttingen 2014 Participation in the Dorothea-Schlözer program for young female scientists, University of Göttingen 2013-2014 Research grant, Lindemann-Foundation 2012 Conference Travel Grant, Econometric Society 2009 Travel grant, Excellence Initiative University of University of Göttingen 2009 Slesinger Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (declined the offer) 2007 PhD position at Pennsylvania State University (declined the offer) 2007 Best Diploma of the Department of Economics, University of Bielefeld 2007 DAAD Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service), University of Bielefeld 2005-2006 Participation in the qualification program Europa Intensiv, University of Bielefeld 2004-2005 Referee Services American Journal of Agricultural Economics, International Economics and Economic Policy, International Review of Applied Economics, Metroeconomica, Regional Studies, Services Industries Journal, Social Indicators Research Teaching Interests International Economics, Regional Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Econometrics, European Economics

Teaching Experiences University of Göttingen Lecturer: BA Lecture Urban and Regional Economics MSc, BA Seminar on Economic Geography MSc Lecture Economics of the European Union MSc Seminar on Regional and Urban Economics MSc Lecture Geographical Economics

SS 13, WS 14/15 SS 16, WS 16/17 WS 16/17 WS 14/15, SS 16 WS 12/13, WS 13/14

Instructor: BA Lecture Basics of International Economic Relations WS 09/10, 10/11, 11/12 BA Lecture Monetary Theory and Monetary Policy SS 10, 11, 12 MSc Lecture International Trade WS 08/09 MSc Lecture Monetary Theory and European Monetary Policy SS 08, 09

Teaching Assistant: BA Lecture Firms and Markets WS 07/08 BA Seminar on Basics of International Economic Relations SS 10, 12, WS 10/11, 11/12 BA Seminar Money and Monetary Systems WS 08/09, 09/10 MSc Seminar on International Trade SS 08, 09, 11, 13, WS 12/13 MSc Seminar on Monetary Theory and European Monetary Policy WS 07/08, 08/09, 09/10 University of Bielefeld Instructor: BA Tutorial Lecture Economics I

WS 04/05

University of Göttingen Several Bachelor and Master theses as second supervisor e.g. Christoph Weißer, „Hedonic Founded Cleaning of the estimated Property Value in the Micro Survey Panel on Household Finances by Linear Stochastic Imputation“, became student at University of Oxford Benedikt Walter, “The Impact of Economic Integration on Structural Change and Productivity Growth: The case of the Central and Eastern European Countries”, Double Degree Program University of Groningen/ Göttingen Bachelor theses (as first supervisor): Liliya Sharafetdinova, “Growth of Cities: Theoretical Aspects and Empirical Analyses” Master theses (as first supervisor): Oleg Schäfer, „The Sovereign Debt Crisis in the EU—a theory-based Analysis of the Causes and Institutional Actions“ Monika Wier, „The impact of the NAFTA on regional wage differentials in Mexico“ Robin Brakhage, “A theory-based Analysis of Macroeconomic Imbalances during the euro crisis—Institutional Actions in regard to Monetary and Fiscal Policy” Kristin Lorenz, “A theory-based Analysis of the Effects of Regional and Structural Policy in the EU” Lecture Notes and Materials Geographical Economics (Master course), WS 12/13, WS 13/14 Urban and Regional Economics (Bachelor course), SS 13, WS 14/15

Enterprise/Other Work Experiences Deutsche Bank AG 2000 German Permanent Mission at the Office to the United Nations and the other International Organizations, Department of the WTO, Geneva 2006 University Service Member of the search committees for a professorship in: International Economic Policy, Econometrics I, International Economics, Econometrics II Member of the search committees for students applying for the: “Niedersachsen-Scholarship” and for the “Germany-Scholarship” Deputy Member of the Research Committee of the Department of Economics, University of Göttingen Engagement Experiences Organizer of the "Göttinger Workshop International Economic Relations", 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Organizer of the regional group of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) in Göttingen 2012-Present Software and Language Skills Software and programming knowledge: STATA, R, SAS, Ox, E-Views, Latex, html Languages: German (native), English (proficient), Spanish (intermediary), French (intermediary), Latin Memberships European Economic Association, Econometric Society, Verein für Socialpolitik, Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung, Deutscher Hochschulverband, DAAD Freundeskreis e.V., Financial Geography Network References Prof. Ron Davies PhD, School of Economics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rübel, Department of Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany Prof. Dr. Carsten Eckel, Department of Economics, LMU Munich, München, Germany Prof. Dr. Jan van Hove, Center for Economic Studies, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium