Samuel Stöcher joined the research group Business Cycles, Growth and Public Finances as a Student Assistant in October 2024. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where he also completed his Bachelor’s degree in the same field. His main interests lie in economic policy, public finances, and the macroeconomic aspects of development economics and distribution, which he aims to explore through an empirical approach using quantitative methods.