Veronica PREOTU
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Economics
University of Geneva, Graduate School of Economics and Management
UniMail Building, Office 5261, Bd. du Pont-d’Arve 40, 1211 Geneva
https://sites.google.com/site/veronicapreotu/
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 – present: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Economics, University of Geneva
2012 – 2016: PhD Candidate and Research Fellow in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 – 2015: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Lausanne
2009 - 2010: Student Assistant for the Master of Science in Economics, University of Lausanne
2006 - 2007: President of Econosofia Club, Volunteers for Ideas and Projects Association, Romania
EDUCATION
2012 – 2016: PhD in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Doctoral Thesis Title: Essays on the Economics of Conflict and Migration
Supervisor: Professor Mathias Thoenig
Committee: Professor Olivier Cadot, Professor Marco Fugazza and Professor Hillel Rapoport
2011 – 2012: Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics, Gerzensee Study Center, Foundation of the
Swiss National Bank, Gerzensee, Switzerland
2008 – 2010: MSc in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Thesis Title: Explaining the Retrenchment in Global Imbalances during the Financial Crisis
Supervisor: Professor Philippe Bacchetta
2007 – 2008: BSc in Economics, Faculty of Law, Economics and Business, University of Orleans, France
2005 – 2007: BSc Studies in International Economic Relations, Faculty of International Economic Relations, Academy of
Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
2005 – 2007: BSc Studies in Political Science and European Integration, Faculty of Political Science, Graduate School of
Political and Public Administration Studies, Bucharest, Romania
WORKING PAPERS
Emigration as a Pacifying Force?, 2016, Geneva School of Economics and Management, Working Paper Series 16033
The Violent Legacy of Victimization: Post-Conflict Evidence on Asylum Seekers, Crimes and Public Policy in Switzerland,
joint with M.Couttenier, D.Rohner and M.Thoenig, 2016, CEPR Working Paper DP11049
General Equilibrium of Social Conflict with Migration, 2016, mimeo University of Lausanne
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Voting for Immigrants: A Disaggregated Analysis on Switzerland, joint with T. Mueller and T. Nguyen
Historical Persistence of Attitudes towards Immigrants, joint with T. Mueller
The Historical Roots of Roma Discrimination: Evidence from the World War II Deportations, joint with O. Borcan
Hidden Migration Costs: Measuring Inefficiencies due to Imperfect Information on the Labor Market at the Destination,
joint with M. Aleksynska
First of May during Communism Forms Political Preferences
PUBLICATIONS
The Influence of European Currency Adoption on Business Cycles, joint with Robert Bitca, Gabriela Radu, Ana-Maria
Tonita prepared for the Fifth Young Economists Conference “Romania in the European Union: Opportunities and
Challenges”, edited by The National Bank of Romania and The Romanian Center for Economic Policies, 2007
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
03/2016: Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
07/2015: Silvaplana Political Economy Workshop, Pontresina, Switzerland
02/2015: Department of Economics Research Days, University of Lausanne
01/2015: CEPR Workshop on Political Economy of Conflicts and Development, Villars, Switzerland (co-author)
04/2014: European Young Economists Meeting, University of Vienna, Austria
09/2013: CEPR TEMPO International Migration Conference, University of Nottingham, UK (co-author)
06/2013: Department of Economics Research Days, University of Lausanne
05/2013: Macro Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Lausanne
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 – 2015: Macroeconomics, Teaching Assistant (MSc Economics, HEC Lausanne, English)
2013 – 2015: Economic Growth, Teaching Assistant (MSc Economics, HEC Lausanne, English)
2011 – 2013: Political Economy: Macroeconomics, Teaching Assistant (BSc, HEC Lausanne, French)
GRADUATE COURSES
2014 – Panel Data Econometrics, Prof. B. Baltagi, Gerzensee Study Center
2013 – Empirical Strategies, Prof. J. Angrist, University of Lausanne
2012 – The Political Economy of Development Clusters, Prof. T. Persson, Gerzensee Study Center
2012 – Information and Expectations in Macroeconomics, Prof. G.M. Angeletos, Gerzensee Study Center
2012 – Globalization, Technology and Inequality, Prof. G. Gancia, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2016 – 2018 – Post-Doc Research Grant for the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) “Individual-Level Attitudes
towards Immigrants over Time and across Contexts” Project with Professor Tobias Mueller
2016 – 2018 – Post-Doc Research Grant for the National Center for Competence in Research (NCCR) On the Move
“Political Economy of Migration” Project with Professor Tobias Mueller
2010 - 2015 – Doctoral Student and Teaching Assistant Scholarship, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2009 - 2010 – Student Assistant Scholarship, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2007 - 2008 – Socrates Erasmus Scholarship, University of Orleans, France
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2014 – Member in the Commission for the Recruitment for Macroeconomics Professor, HEC Lausanne
2012 - 2013 – Responsible for the Macro Workshop, Department of Economics, University of Lausanne
2009 - 2010 – Delegate for the Master of Science in Economics in the Economics Department Meetings, University of
Lausanne
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008: Intern, European Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management, Romania
2007: Intern, European Institute in Romania, Departments of European Studies and Communication
2006: Intern on a project against corruption, Ministry for European Integration, Romania
2006: Intern, Dilema Veche, Romanian weekly magazine on social, political and international issues
2005 – 2007: Member of Econosofia Club, Volunteers for Ideas and Projects Association, Romania
COMPUTER SKILLS
Very good knowledge: STATA, Excel, LaTeX
Basic knowledge: ArcGIS, MATLAB, C++
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English (fluent- C1) – Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)
French (fluent - C1) – Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française (DALF)
Spanish and Italian (elementary – A2/B1)
Romanian (native)
REFERENCES
Professor Mathias Thoenig, University of Lausanne (PhD Thesis Supervisor)
Professor Dominic Rohner, University of Lausanne (co-author, research)
Professor Tobias Mueller, University of Geneva (co-author, research)