Dr. Alexander Glas

Postdoc

School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Statistics and Econometrics (Prof. Dr. Dovern)

Raum 4.173
Lange Gasse 20
90403 Nürnberg

Office hours

By appointment

Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

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

Education

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

Peer-reviewed Publications

Glas, A. and Hartmann, M., 2022, Uncertainty Measures from Partially Rounded Probabilistic Forecast Surveys, Quantitative Economics, forthcoming. [Working Paper version]
Conrad, C., Enders, E. and Glas, A., 2022, The Role of Information and Experience for Households’ Inflation Expectations, European Economic Review, 143, 104015. [Working Paper version]
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]

Working Papers

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. and A. Glas, 2018, `Dejà Vol‘ Revisited: Survey Forecasts of Macroeconomic Variables Predict Volatility in the Cross-Section of Industry Portfolios.

Work in Progress

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; Quantitative Economics

Dr. Alexander Glas