Constantin Weiser (CV)
Career
| since Dec. 2023 |
Consultant for agricultural policy at the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Economic Affairs |
2017-2023 |
Assistant Professor for Quantitative Methods, esp. Statistics & Mathematics (University Mainz) |
| 2015-2017 |
Assistant at the Chair of Statistics and Econometrics (University Duesseldorf, Prof. Dr. Florian Heiss; DFG-founded position) |
| 2014-2015 |
Assistant at the Chair of Applied Statistics and Econometrics (University Mainz, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schank) |
2012
2011 |
Lecturer for statistics at the FH Mainz (university of applied sciences) |
| 2009-2013 |
Assistant at the chair of Statistics and Econometrics (University Mainz, Prof. Dr. Florian Heiss) |
| 2009 |
Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Financial Economics (University Mainz, Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel) |
| 2008-2009 |
Student Assistant at the Institute for Statistics and Econometrics (University Mainz, Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schulze) |
| 2006-2007 |
Student Assistant at the Department of Economics (University Mannheim) |
Education
| 2009-2013 |
Doctoral studies, University of Mainz, title: "Numerische Integration, angewandt bei der Inferenz in Zustandsraummodellen" (Quadrature methods applied to State-Space-Filtering), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Florian Heiss, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schank |
| 2009-2012 |
"Rheinland-Pfalz-Zertifikat für Hochschuldidaktik" (Teaching Certificate) |
| 2007-2009 |
"Diplom" in Economics at the University of Mainz |
| 2005-2007 |
"Vordiplom" in Economics at the University Mannheim |
| 2002-2005 |
Abitur at Ketteler-Kolleg of the diocese Mainz |
| 1999-2002 |
vocational training as Wine grower |
Publications in refereed journals
| [6] "Pre-class video watching fosters achievement and knowledge retention in a flipped classroom", joint with Manuel Förster, Andreas Maur, Kirsten Winkel, Computers & Education, in Press, 2021 |
| [5] "Should Contact Bans Have Been Lifted More in Germany? A Quantitative Prediction of Its Effects", joint with Jean Roch Donsimoni, René Glawion, Bodo Plachter and Klaus Wälde, CESifo Economic Studies, Volume 66, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 115–133, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifaa004 |
| [4] "Covid-19 in Deutschland – Erklärung, Prognose und Einfluss gesundheitspolitischer Maßnahmen", joint with Jean Roch Donsimoni, René Glawion, Tobias Hartl, Bodo Plachter, Jens Timmer, Klaus Wälde and Enzo Weber, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pwp-2020-0019, Online veröffentlicht: 13.05.2020 |
| [3] "Die Implementation und Evaluation eines Flipped Classrooms in einer Großveranstaltung der Statistik", joint with Jun-Prof. Dr. Manuel Först, Prof. Dr. Florian Heiß, Dr. Sigbert Klinke, Andreas Maur und Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schank, Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung (Bayrisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung), pp. 50-67 |
| [2] "How feedback provided by voluntary electronic quizzes affects learning outcomes of university students in large classes ", joint with Jun-Prof. Dr. Manuel Först and Andreas Maur, Computers & Education, vol 121, pp. 100-114, 2018 |
| [1] "An Empirical Test of Marginal Productivity Theory", joint with Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen (University Tübingen/Germany), Applied Economics, 46:9, pp. 996-1020, 2014 |
Other Publications
| [4] "BLPestimatoR: Performs a BLP Demand Estimation", R package (version 0.1.5, August 2017) URL [Link to CRAN] |
| [3] "mvQuad: Methods for Multivariate Quadrature with R", R package (version 1.0-6., July 2016) URL [Link to CRAN] |
| [2] "Approximation von Integralen", Das Wirtschaftsstudium wisu, 11/15, pp. 1199-1201, 2015 |
| [1] "Numerische Integration, angewandt bei der Inferenz in Zustandsraummodellen", Dissertation at the Department of Law and Economics (University Mainz), 2013 |
Working Papers
| [7] "Should Contact Bans Be Lifted in Germany? A Quantitative Prediction of Its Effects", joint with Jean Roch Donsimoni, René Glawion, Bodo Plachter and Klaus Wälde, IZA Discussion Paper No. 13151, 2020 [download PDF]. |
| [6] "Maximum Approximated LikelihoodEstimation", joint with M. Griebel, F. Heiss and J. Oettershagen, INS Preprint No. 1905, 2019 [download PDF] |
| [5] "Reliable Estimation of Random Coefficient Logit Demand Models", joint with Prof. Dr. Heiß, Dr. Daniel Brunner and Dr. André Romahn, DICE Discussion Paper No. 267, 2017 [download PDF] |
| [4] "Public Debt & Sovereign Ratings - Do Industrialized Countries Enjoy a Privilege?", joint with Bernd Bartels (University Mainz/Germany), Discussion Paper Series of the Gutenberg School of Management and Economics (GSME) No. 1417, 2014 [download PDF] |
| [3] "A New Approach to Testing Marginal Productivity Theory", joint with Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen (University Tübingen/Germany), IZA Discussion Paper No. 6113, 2011 [download PDF] |
| [2] "Mögliche Bestimmungsgründe einer Studienaufnahme in Deutschland", joint with Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schulze and Annekathrin Stange, Working Paper No. 46, Institute for Statistics and Econometrics (University Mainz), 2009 |
| [1] "Dynamische Modellierung des Hamburger Containerumschlags - Ein ADL-Ansatz", joint with Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schulze, Working Paper No. 42, Institute for Statistics and Econometrics (University Mainz), 2008 |
Talks/Workshops
| [10] "Flipped Classroom Implementation in Large Statistics Lectures", DAGStat Conference, Munich, Mar. 19 2019 |
| [9] "Numerical Quadrature in Econometrics – Two Examples", Research Seminar "Mathematics of Computation" at the Institute for Numerical Simulation, University Bonn, November 03. 2016 |
| [8] "Computationally Efficient Estimation of Multinomial and Panel Probit Models", 4th Workshop on Sparse Grids and Applications, October 04-07. 2016 organized by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Miami/FL, USA |
| [7] "Panel-Data analysis in R" (1-day workshop), Apr. 29. 2016 (repeated Oct. 14. 2016), at the ZBH/University Mainz, Germany |
| [6] "Computationally Efficient Estimation of Multinomial and Panel Probit Models - Further Developments of the GHK-Simulator", DAGStat 2016, Mar. 16. 2016, Goettingen / Germany [Link to material] |
| [5] "Introduction to Panel-Data analysis (Planing empirical work)" (1-day workshop), Jan. 29. 2016 (repeated Sept. 23. 2016), at the ZBH/University Mainz, Germany |
| [4] "Efficient deterministic filtering for state-space models"models", 9th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE), Dec. 13. 2015, London, UK |
| [3] "Introduction to the applied work with R" (2-day workshop), Nov. 26 + Dec. 03. 2013, at the DICE/University Duesseldorf, Germany |
| [2] "Stochastic and deterministic filtering for stochastic volatility models", 17th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE), December 01-03. 2012, Oviedo, Spain |
| [1] "Numerical Integration used for inference in state-space models", 2nd Workshop on Sparse Grids and Applications, July 02-06. 2012 Institute for Advanced Study, TUM Munich, Germany |
Industry Cooperations
| [4] m-result (Mainz/Germany): Adaptive Sampling scheme / quality checks for Big-Data analysis on social content (2016) |
| [3] m-result (Mainz/Germany): Confidence intervalls, statistical tests and methodological chechups for stratified samples (2014) |
| [2] Lufthansa AG (Frankfurt/Germany): Analysis of Website Transitions (tracking data) (2013) |
| [1] Lufthansa AG (Frankfurt/Germany): Quantative Analysis of Administrative Data (2012-2015; various seminars organized for students at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz) |
Referee for
Applied Economics; European Journal of Forest Research
Awards/Funds
| [3] Implementation and Evaluation of a Flipped-Classroom Design, with M. Förster and T. Schank (JGU), F. Heiß (HHU) and S. Klinke (HU) (funded by BMWF, 470.000€, 2017-2019) |
| [2] Teaching Experiment (funded by the Gutenberg-Lehrkolleg, 15.000€, 2014-2015) |
| [1] Doctoral thesis award, funded by the Alfred Teves - Foundation (2014) |
Memberships
| Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft |
| Verein für Socialpolitik |