About Me

Christoph Hirt

PhD Candidate in Econometrics

Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics

University of St. Gallen

I am a PhD Candidate in Economics and Econometrics in the Graduate Program in Economics and Finance at the University of St. Gallen, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Francesco Audrino at the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics.

I hold an M.A. in Quantitative Economics and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, a BSc in Economics , and a BSc in Environmental System Sciences: Economics from the University of Graz, Austria.

My research interests lie at the intersection of financial econometrics, particularly volatility forecasting, and investors' sentiment, applying state-of-the-art machine learning methods.

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