Nik Khosravipour

Vienna University of Economics and Business, economics specialization. Passed with honors; overall grade 1.57 (Austrian scale: 1 = best). Thesis (grade 1, excellent): The Determinants of Economic Growth after the Global Financial Crisis in OECD Countries. Supervisor: Univ.Prof. Dr. Jesús Crespo Cuaresma.

Coursework: econometrics, advanced macroeconomics, international economics, financial markets.

• Studies wallet behavior after Circle's August 2022 USDC issuer freeze of Tornado Cash-linked addresses; treatment-effect estimation has not yet been run.
• Built a wallet-level event-study pipeline from Ethereum event logs; analysis in Python and R.

• Analyzed 10+ corporate loan contracts for mid-cap clients to assess credit risk and repayment capacity.
• Evaluated financial statements and internal risk models to support lending decisions.
• Assisted in structuring loan terms around client growth strategies and risk profiles.

• Coordinated resources and day-to-day logistics across 5 departments.
• Found bottlenecks in daily operations and introduced digital tools to speed them up.

• Improved Microsoft Access systems to accelerate order processing.
• Diagnosed and resolved IT issues affecting internal reporting.

• Lead a national network of student leaders across Austria.
• Helped organize 6 international LibertyCon conferences in Europe and the United States, with up to 800 attendees.
• Winner, Students For Liberty Global Debate Tournament (2025).

What the role actually involves →

• Ran events on free markets and student engagement in Vienna.

Built two communication indices from 606 Fed and ECB documents and tested their market impact in an event study.

Computed the Fed funds rate's gap to three calibrated Taylor rules on FRED data (2015–2024).

Built a private financial-data terminal integrating 12+ market-data sources, with 505 automated tests.