Melina Ludolph
Ph.D. candidate in Economics
I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Humboldt University Berlin. My research interests are banking regulation, financial stability, financial crises, and applied econometrics.
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Education
Humboldt University Berlin
Oct 2016 - today
Ph.D. in Economics
Thesis: Effects of Regulatory Policies on Bank-specific Risk and Financial Stability (Supervisors: Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D. & Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger, Ph.D.)
Humboldt University Berlin
Oct 2012 - Jul 2015
M.Sc. in Economics and Management Science
Thesis: CoCo Bonds in Theory and Practice - A Contribution to Financial Stability? (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz Hubert)
New York University
Sep 2013 - May 2014
Visiting student
Field of study: International Relations
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Oct 2008 - Jul 2012
B.Sc. in Business Engineering
Thesis: Effects of a Financial Transaction Tax on Market Volatility (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg)
Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
Visiting student
Field of study: Business Engineering
Employment
University of Potsdam
Oct 2020 - today
Research associate
Chair of Empirical Economics
Ellen-Key-Schule Berlin
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Teacher
Mathematics and Economy-Work-Technology
Knuper UG
Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
Co-founder and M.D.
Head of Finance
KPMG
Oct 2016 - May 2018
Specialist assistant
Deal Advisory - Valuation
Deutsche Bank
Jul 2015 - Jan 2016
Analyst
Global Markets - Equity Research
Allianz
Sep 2014 - Feb 2015
Student assistant
Public Policy & Economic Research
PwC
Apr 2012 - Jun 2013
Student assistant
Financial Services Consulting - Governance, Risk & Compliance
Teaching
University of Potsdam
Fall 2019 & 2020
Teaching assistant
Introduction to Econometrics (B.Sc.), Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo
Humboldt University Berlin
Spring 2020
Teaching assistant
Introduction to Econometrics (B.Sc.), Prof. Felix Weinhardt, Ph.D.
Humboldt University Berlin
Spring 2019
Teaching assistant
Introduction to Econometrics (B.Sc.), Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger, Ph.D.
Selected presentations
VfS Annual Conference 2020
Sep 2020
University of Cologne, virtual
23rd Annual International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance
May 2019
University of Crete, Rethymno (Greece)
MBF International Rome Conference on Money, Banking and Finance – XXVVII Edition
Dec 2018
LUISS University Rome, Rome (Italy)
16th INFINITI Conference on International Finance
Jun 2018
Trinity College Dublin, Monash University & Poznan University of Economics, Posen (Poland)
Honors & scholarships
Invitation to the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Science
Ph.D. funding by Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP)
EXIST business start-up grant by German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
Funding program GündungsBONUS for start-ups by Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB)
Scholarship for studies abroad by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Scholarship for graduate students through Tuition Incentive Program by New York University (NYU)
Scholarship for studies abroad by Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Language skills
German
English
Spanish
French
Software skills
Latex
MS-Office
Stata
R
EViews
Matlab
Java
C++