Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)
Biographical Information
- Degrees
Diplom-Volkswirt (1988, University of Munich), Dr. oec. publ. (1993, University of Munich)
- Current Position
Research Economist, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (since 9/2007)
- Previous Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (4/2003 - 9/2007)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (9/1997 - 4/2003)
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Lecturer) at the Seminar für Mathematische Wirtschaftstheorie (SEMECON), University of Munich (Oktober 1988 - July 1994)
Research Interest
Macroeconomics; Public Finance; Dynamic Optimization; Heterogenous agent models
Recent Working Papers and Software
- "Sharing Demographic Risk -- Who is Afraid of the Baby Bust?" (with Alex Ludwig, MEA, Mannheim), 2008.
- "On the relevance of saving for labor market fluctuations" (with Jim Costain, Bank of Spain), 2007.
- "Endogenous Labor Market Participation and the Business Cycle" (with Christian Haefke, IHS, Wien), 2006.
Work in Progress
- "Do the Rich Save Too Much? How to Explain the Top Tail of the Wealth Distribution", 2004.
- "Solving Models of Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy by Projection Methods", 2005.
Publications
Selected articles in Journals:
- "Solving the Incomplete Markets Model With Aggregate Uncertainty by Backward Induction", forthcoming in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.