Bertel Schjerning
Professor at Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolBertel Schjerning is a Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen and founder of the Centre for Computational Economics, specializing in structural microeconometrics and numerical dynamic programming. With over a decade of academic experience, he develops and implements computational techniques to solve and estimate intertemporal decision models under uncertainty, applied to topics from entrepreneurial behavior and firm dynamics to retirement and transport policy. He teaches structural microeconometrics, dynamic programming and computational economics, blending rigorous theory with practical numerical methods. Notably, his work tackles discrete choice models and dynamic games at scale, bridging methodological advances with rich empirical applications that inform policy on taxation, labor, and infrastructure charging.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
M. Sc., Economics, M. Sc., Economics at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenPhD, Economics, PhD, Economics at Københavns Universitet
Github Skills (4)
electrical-engineering10
wolfram-language10
dynamic-programming9
econometrics7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
bschjerning/EconometricsB
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:8 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
bschjerning/dp_uab
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
Mini Course in Dynamic Structural Econometrics, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) September 12-16, 2022
Contributions:22 commits, 17 pushes in 5 months
econometrics
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