Dr. Ruben Seiberlich

Work at ZHAW

Position

Academic Director of the university's flagship FT 50-ranked MSc Banking and Finance program

Focus

• Data Science
• Econometrics and Statistical Modeling
• Semi- and Nonparametric Estimation Methods
• Risk Management and Collateralized Lending (with a focus on Securities-Backed Lending)

Teaching

• Lecturer for (Advanced) Quantitative Methods, Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Instruments & Portfolio Theory, Advanced Quantitative Methods, Risk Management, Structured Products and Derivatives, Research Skills, Bank Management, Advanced Research and Consulting
• Lombard Lending - Concepts and Strategies, INSEEC Lyon
• Selectivity Analysis, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Bonn, Germany

Experience

• Mathematics Subject Expert for Final Examinations
  Kantonsschule Rychenberg Winterthur
  06 / 2024 - today
• Peer Reviewer for Academic Journals: European Journal of Political Economy, Empirical Economics, Journal for Labour Market Research, Comparative Education Review, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies
  Various Publishers
  01 / 2013 - today
• Head Model Performance and Backtesting
  Credit Suisse AG
  09 / 2015 - 08 / 2017
• Head Lombard Risk Analyses
  Credit Suisse AG
  09 / 2013 - 08 / 2015
• Research Analyst
  Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
  09 / 2008 - 03 / 2009

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD in Econometrics / Econometrics
  University of Konstanz
  2009 - 2013
• MSc Economics
  University of Konstanz
  2006 - 2009
• MSc Business and Economics Education
  University of Konstanz
  2003 - 2009
• Trainer Aptitude Certification (AEVO)
  Hochrhein-Bodensee Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
  2008 - 2008

Network

Membership of networks

• German Statistical Society e.V. (DStatG), Committee for Computational Statistics and Data Science
• German Statistical Society e.V. (DStatG), Committee for Empirical Economic Research and Applied Econometrics

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5258-5499

Awards

State Graduate Scholarship
State of Baden-Württemberg
09 / 2009

Projects

• Quantitative study of real estate agent impact on selling price / Co-project leader / completed
• Measuring the Effectiveness of Case Management using Propensity Score Matching / Project leader / completed

Selected publications

• Pohlmeier, W., Seiberlich, R. and Uysal, S. D. (2016) 'A simple and successful shrinkage method for weighting estimators of treatment effects', Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 100, pp. 512–525. doi: 10.1016/j.csda.2014.09.015.
• Bachmann, O. et al. (2021) 'Partisan bias in inflation expectations', Public Choice, 186(3-4), pp. 513–536. doi: 10.1007/s11127-019-00741-0.
• Gevrek, E. and Seiberlich, R. (2014) 'Semiparametric decomposition of the gender achievement gap : an application for Turkey', Labour Economics, 31, pp. 27–44. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.08.002.

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Gevrek, Z. E. and Seiberlich, R. R. (2025) 'Culture and the gender gap in gender role attitudes : evidence from second-generation immigrants', Applied Economics. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2025.2550665.
• Küttel, T. et al. (2025) 'Relatives Blasenrisiko bei Immobilien : eine erweiterte Analyse auf Basis verschiedener Assetklassen', Swiss Real Estate Journal, (30), pp. 52–61.
• Pietrzak, A., Richter, T. J. and Seiberlich, R. (2024) 'Equal access denied : analyzing gender discrimination in rental housing', Journal of European Real Estate Research, 18(2), pp. 312–326. doi: 10.1108/JERER-06-2024-0042.
• Müller, M., Richter, T. and Seiberlich, R. (2023) 'Relatives Blasenrisiko : empirische Evidenz von Immobilien und Gold', Swiss Real Estate Journal, (27), pp. 4–13.
• Draheim, M., Schanbacher, P. and Seiberlich, R. (2021) 'On the effectiveness of case management for people with disabilities', Journal for Labour Market Research, 55(15). doi: 10.1186/s12651-021-00299-9.
• Bachmann, O. et al. (2021) 'Partisan bias in inflation expectations', Public Choice, 186(3-4), pp. 513–536. doi: 10.1007/s11127-019-00741-0.
• Pohlmeier, W., Seiberlich, R. and Uysal, S. D. (2016) 'A simple and successful shrinkage method for weighting estimators of treatment effects', Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 100, pp. 512–525. doi: 10.1016/j.csda.2014.09.015.
• Gevrek, E. and Seiberlich, R. (2014) 'Semiparametric decomposition of the gender achievement gap : an application for Turkey', Labour Economics, 31, pp. 27–44. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.08.002.
• Botezat, A. and Seiberlich, R. (2013) 'Educational performance gaps in Eastern Europe', Economics of Transition, 21(4), pp. 731–756. doi: 10.1111/ecot.12027.
• Pfeiffer, F. and Seiberlich, R. (2011) 'Disconnected young adults in Germany : initial evidence', Journal of Contextual Economics, 131(2), pp. 253–262. doi: 10.3790/schm.131.2.253.

Other publications

• Bachmann, O. et al. (2022) 'Inflationserwartungen und parteipolitische Überzeugungen : empirische Evidenz aus den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika', ifo Schnelldienst, 75(5), pp. 45–49. Available at: https://www.ifo.de/publikationen/2022/aufsatz-zeitschrift/inflationserwartungen-und-parteipolitische-ueberzeugungen.
• Ahmad, S., Hauf, P. and Seiberlich, R. R. (2022) Analyzing spillover effects of the gamestop squeeze on short interest. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4038475.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Müller, M., Richter, T. and Seiberlich, R. (2023) 'Relatives Blasenrisiko : empirische Evidenz von Immobilien und Gold', in Swiss Real Estate Research Congress, Zürich, Schweiz, 11. Mai 2023.
• Müller, M., Richter, T. and Seiberlich, R. (2023) 'Relatives Blasenrisiko : empirische Evidenz von Immobilien und Gold', in Real Estate Circle, Winterthur, Schweiz, 4. April 2023.
• Ahmad, S., Hauf, P. and Seiberlich, R. (2022) 'Analyzing spillover effects of the GameStop squeeze on short interest', in Annual Event of Finance Research Letters 2022 CEMLA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 21-22 April 2022.

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