Dr. Alexander Glas
Dr. Alexander Glas
School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Statistics and Econometrics (Prof. Dr. Dovern)
Lange Gasse 20
90403 Nürnberg
- Phone number: +49 911 5302-278
- Fax number: +49 911 5302-481
- Email: alexander.glas@fau.de
Office hours
By appointment
Curriculum Vitae
| 2019 – today | FAU, Institute of Economic Research, Chair of Statistics and Econometrics, Postdoc |
| 2012 – 2019 | Heidelberg University, Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics, Chair of Empirical Economics, Research Assistant |
| 2012 | Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Department of Environmental and Resource Economics, Student Assistant |
| 2012 | Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Department of Environmental and Resource Economics, Internship |
| 2011 – 2012 | Heidelberg University, Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics, Chair of Empirical Economics, Student Assistant |
| 2013 – 2018 | Heidelberg University, PhD Student in Economics |
| 2010 – 2012 | Heidelberg University, M.Sc. in Economics |
| 2007 – 2010 | Heidelberg University, B.A. in Economics |
Publications
- Glas, A., 2020, Five Dimensions of the Uncertainty-Disagreement Linkage, International Journal of Forecasting, 36(2), 607-627. [Working Paper version]
- Donaubauer, J., Glas, A., Meyer, B. and P. Nunnenkamp, 2018, Disentangling the Impact of Infrastructure on Trade Using a New Index of Infrastructure, Review of World Economics, 154(4), 745-784. [Working Paper version]
- Glas, A., and M. Hartmann, 2016, Inflation Uncertainty, Disagreement and Monetary Policy: Evidence from the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters, Journal of Empirical Finance, 39(B), 215-228. [Working Paper version]
- Glas, A., Hübler, M. and P. Nunnenkamp, 2016, Catching Up of Emerging Economies: The Role of Capital Goods Imports, FDI Inflows, Domestic Invetment and Absorptive Capacity, Applied Economics Letters, 23(2), 117-120. [Working Paper version]
- Glas, A., Hübler, M. and P. Nunnenkamp, 2016, Indicators of Absorptive Capacity and Import-Induced South-North Convergence in Labor Intensities, The World Economy, 39(11), 1756-1791. [Working Paper version]
- Glas, A. and M. Hübler, 2014, The Energy-Bias of North-South Technology Spillovers – A Global, Bilateral, Bisectoral Trade Analysis, Environmental and Resource Economics, 58(1), 59-89. [Working Paper version]
- Glas, A. and L. Müller, 2021, Talking in a language that everyone can understand? Transparency of speeches by the ECB Executive Board.
- Glas, A. and K. Heinisch, 2021, Conditional Macroeconomic Forecasts: Disagreement, Revisions and Forecast Errors.
- Conrad, C., Enders, Z. and A. Glas, 2020, The Role of Information and Experience for Household’s Inflation Expectations.
- Glas, A. and M. Hartmann, 2020, Uncertainty Measures from Partially Rounded Probabilistic Forecast Surveys.
- Glas, A. and M. Hartmann, 2018, Overconfidence Versus Rounding in Survey-Based Density Forecasts.
- Conrad, C. and A. Glas, 2018, `Dejà Vol‘ Revisited: Survey Forecasts of Macroeconomic Variables Predict Volatility in the Cross-Section of Industry Portfolios.
- Conrad, C. and A. Glas, Individual Experience and Portfolio Choice.
- Dovern, J., Glas, A. and G. Kenny, Heterogeneity in density forecasts.
Teaching
An overview of all courses that are currently offered by our chair can be found here for the Bachelor’s degree programs and here for the Master’s degree programs.
Between 2011 and 2019, I have taught tutorials and Stata-tutorials for the Bachelor courses `Economic and Social Statistics‘, `General Statistical Methods‘ and `Empirical Economics: Statistics and Econometrics‘ as well as the Master course `Advanced Econometrics‘ at Heidelberg University.
Refereeing
American Economic Review: Insights; Contemporary Economics; Economic Modelling; Economics Letters; European Economic Review; International Journal of Forecasting; Journal of Banking & Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; PLOS ONE