Carsten-Patrick Meier

1986-1992: Studying Economics at Göttingen, Dublin and Kiel 1992-1993: Graduate Program "Advanced Studies in International Economic Policy Research" in Kiel 1993-1998: Research and teaching assistant to Professor Juergen B. Donges at the University of Cologne. Dissertation 1998. 1998-2005: Member of the business cycle research and forecasting team at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Head of research group "The German economy". 2006-2008: Head of research area "Risks in the Banking Sector" at the Kiel Institute, continued membership in the business cycle research and forecasting group. 2009- ... : Managing director of Kiel Economics GmbH & Co. KG, a private macroeconomic research and forecasting firm.

business cycles and forecasting, monetary policy, macro- finance links, banking and financial markets, macro forecasting methods, time series econometrics, esp. model selection large-scale macroeconometric models