PhD - Economics
University of Zurich, Switzerland - 2011

Mag.rer.soc.oec. - Economics
University of Linz, Austria - 2004

Conversation With Secrets, RAND Journal of Economics, 45 (2), 2014 (Summer), pp 273-302 (with Emanuele Tarantino) 2014 - Publication

Patent Hold Up and Antitrust: How a Well-Intentioned Rule Could Retard Innovation, Journal of Industrial Economics, 60(2), 2012 (June), pp 249-273 (with Luke Froeb and Greg Werden). 2012 - Publication

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2010–Present]

Research Associate
University of Zurich [2008–2010]

Nonresident Research Affiliate
Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn [2007–2010]

Junior Research Fellow
Austrian Institute for Economic Research [2004–2018]

Honors, Awards, Grants, Fellowships, Stipends

Honors

• Invitation to the Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau (3rd Meeting in Economic Sciences), Lindau,Germany, 2008

Awards

• Young Economists' Essay Award, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, presented by the Conseil de la concurrence, Toulouse, 2008
• Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Leistungsstipendium), University of Linz, 2004

Grants

• Summer Research Grant, NET Institute, 2011:07 { 2011:09
• Research Grant, Center for the Analysis of Property Rights and Innovation, UTD, 2011:01 { 2012:01

• Conference Grant, Verein fur Socialpolitik (presented by the Swiss National Bank), 2009:09
• Conference Grant, Royal Economic Society, 2008:07

Fellowships, Scholarships, Stipends

• Research Scholarship, Swiss Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students, ESKAS,2007 - 2008 (declined: 2008:02 - 2008:06)
• Visiting Research Fellowship, Columbia University (School of Law, Center of Legal and EconomicStudies), Spring 2006 and 2007
• Fulbright Scholarship, 2005 - 2006 (declined)
• Ph.D. Research Stipend, German Science Foundation (DFG), 2004 - 2007
• Junior Research Fellowship, Austrian Institute for Economic Research, 2004
• Forderstipendium, University of Linz, 2004:06
• Fellow of Pro Scientia Austria, 2003 - 2005
• ERASMUS Stipend (European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students), one-semester stay at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, 2002/2003