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Alexandre Nicolaj Kohlhas Contact IIES { Att: A. Kohlhas Phone: +46 (0)8 674 77 133 Information Stockholm University E-mail: [email protected] SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Website: https://alexandrekohlhas.com/ Personal Nationality: Danish Information Date of Birth: 16 Nov 1985 Employment Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, Sweden 2014 - Assistant Professor in Economics IIES, Stockholm, Sweden 2017 Parental Leave Education University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics, United Kingdom 2014 PhD in Economics Thesis Title: "Essays on Uncertainty in Macroeconomics" Primary Advisors: Dr. Donald Robertson & Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics, United Kingdom 2009 MPhil in Economics (Distinction) University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, Denmark 2007 BSc in Economics (GPA of 11.6/12.0. Top 0.2 percentile hist.) Additional Universitat Pompeu Fabra (CREi) (visiting student) 2013 Education California Institute of Technology (visiting student) 2007 Research Primary Fields: Macroeconomics, Information Economics Interests Secondary Fields: Asset Pricing, Macroeconometrics Research Papers "Asymmetric Attention" with A. Walther (R&R AER) "Learning by Sharing" (R&R AEJ Macro) "The Informativeness of Prices: Dispersed Information and Higher-Order Beliefs" (submitted) "Forecaster (Mis-)Behavior" with T. Broer (submitted) Publications "An Informational Rationale for Action over Disclosure" (Journal of Economic Theory, 2020) Work In "A Rational Theory of Inattention" with D. Robertson Progress "Safety is Paramount" with S. Boserup, A. Walther & S. Walther "Heterogeneous Information Choice" with T. Broer, K. Mitman & K. Schlafmann Teaching Stockholm University, Sweden Experience Lecturer at the Department of Economics • Macroeconomic Analysis with Imperfect Information 2017-19 • Macroeconomics with Financial Frictions 2014-16 • Mathematics III Dynamic Optimization University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Teaching Assistant/Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Pembroke/Pembroke College • Linear Algebra for MPhil students 2011-13 • Macroeconomics and Adv. Macroeconomics for MPhil students (teaching awards) 2011-13 1 University of Copenhagen, Denmark Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics • Theoretical Statistics for BSc students (evaluation: first class) 2007 • Econometrics 1 for BSc students (evaluation: first class) 2006 Research and International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA Jul 2012 - Sep 2012 Professional Summer Intern in Monetary Policy and Capital Markets Division Experience Goldman Sachs, London, United Kingdom Research Analyst in European/CEEMEA Economic Research Jul 2009 - Sep 2010 Summer Associate in Interest Rate/FX Strategy Jul 2011 - Sep 2011 Honors, Awards Ragnar Soderberg Foundation Project Grant (SEK 7.5 mio.) 2017 and Grants w/ Tobias Broer, Kurt Mitman & Kathrin Schlafmann Cambridge-INET Institute Scholarship 2014 Faculty Prize for Best Teaching Assistant 2012, 2013 Pembroke College Bursary 2012, 2013 Econometric Games Third Place 2012 Augustinus Foundation Scholarship 2007, 2008, 2010-2013 ESRC Scholarship for PhD in Economics at Cambridge (declined) 2009-2013 The Mikael Kristiansen Award (outstanding academic results at Copenhagen University) 2008 Danish Government Internationalization Grant for Graduate Education 2008 Oticon Foundation Scholarship 2007 Conference, ASSA, Barcelona Summer Forum, Heidelberg, SED, Banque de France 2019 Seminar ASSA, Barcelona Summer Forum, Cornell University, Cambridge University, SED 2018 Presentations CEF, Mannheim Quantitative Macro Workshop, Salento Macro Summer Meetings, Oxford University, Sussex University, CREi Banque de France, CEF Conference, Cowles Summer Conference (Discussion) 2017 NYU Stern (Discussion), Madrid Workshop in Macroeconomics, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum (Discussion), NAIF and Macro Workshop (Discussion), NORMAC Boston College, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum (Discussion), Copenhagen University 2016 the Riskbank GSMG, IIES/Stockholm University Aarhus University, Federal Reserve Board, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum 2015 SED Annual Meeting, NORMAC (Discussion), 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Riksbank GSMG, Toulouse School of Economics Federal Reserve Board, Warwick University, Institute for International Economic Studies 2014 Stockholm School of Economics, Sciences Po, Copenhagen University, Essex University The Bank of England, Goldman Sachs Global Markets Research, Max Planck Institute EDGE Jamboree, Cambridge Macroeconomics Workshop, CREI Macro Workshop 2013 EDGE Jamboree, LMU, Cambridge Macroeconomics Workshop 2012 Judge Business School Winter Conference, Cambridge Macroeconomics Workshop 2011 Referee Service American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Review: Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of International Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, B.E. Journal, IJCB. 2.