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Basics
| Name | Adrien Wicht |
| Label | Economist |
| adrien.wicht@unibas.ch | |
| Url | https://adrien-wicht.github.io/ |
| Summary | Postdoctoral researcher in international economics. Research focuses on sovereign debt, macroeconomics, recursive contracts, and international finance. |
Work
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2023.11 - Present Postdoc in International Economics
University of Basel
Postdoctoral researcher under Prof. Andreas Müller in the field of international economics.
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2023.04 - 2023.10 External Advisor
European Stability Mechanism
Advised the institution on macroeconomic and fiscal topics under the supervision of Giovanni Callegari.
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2021.09 - 2022.02 -
2020.09 - 2021.08 Research Assistant
European University Institute
Worked at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies.
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2017.07 - 2018.07 Research Assistant
Swiss National Bank
Worked in the International Policy Analysis Unit under Alain Gabler.
Education
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2019.08 - 2024.02 Florence, Italy
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2018.08 - 2019.07 Florence, Italy
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2015.09 - 2017.07 Zurich, Switzerland
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2011.09 - 2014.06 Fribourg, Switzerland
Awards
- 2024.01.01
Vilfredo Pareto Prize
European University Institute
- 2021.09.01
Doc Mobility Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation
- 2018.01.01
EUI PhD Grant
Swiss Grant-awarding Authority
- 2014.01.01
- 2011.01.01
- 2011.01.01
Publications
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2023.01.01 On a Lender of Last Resort with a Central Bank and a Stability Fund
Review of Economic Dynamics
Joint with Giovanni Callegari, Ramon Marimon, and Luca Zavalloni
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2023.01.01 Making Sovereign Debt Safe with a Financial Stability Fund
Journal of International Economics
Joint with Yan Liu and Ramon Marimon
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2018.01.01
Skills
| Economics | |
| Macroeconomics | |
| International Economics | |
| Sovereign Debt | |
| Recursive Contracts |
| Programming and Data Tools | |
| Excel VBA | |
| Fortran | |
| Julia | |
| Matlab | |
| MySQL | |
| OpenAI ChatGPT | |
| OpenMP | |
| QGIS | |
| R | |
| Stata |
| Text Editing | |
| LaTeX | |
| MS Office | |
| Apple applications |
Languages
| French | |
| Native speaker |
| German | |
| Fluent |
| Swiss German | |
| Fluent |
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Italian | |
| Intermediate |
Interests
| Economics | |
| Macroeconomics | |
| International Economics | |
| Sovereign Debt | |
| Recursive Contracts |
References
| Ramon Marimon | |
| Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ramon.marimon@upf.edu, +34 935422641 |
| Alexander Monge-Naranjo | |
| European University Institute, alexander.monge-naranjo@eui.eu, +39 0554685942 |
| Andreas Müller | |
| University of Basel, andi.mueller@unibas.ch, +41 612076768 |
Projects
- 2025.01 - 2025.01
Efficient Sovereign Debt Buybacks
Explores the conditions under which sovereign debt buybacks are Pareto efficient using a model of strategic lending.
- Sovereign contract design
- Market power in secondary markets