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Working Papers

2009

1. Does Global Liquidity Matter for Monetary Policy in the Euro Area?
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund

2008

2. Does Money Growth Granger-Cause Inflation in the Euro Area? Evidence from Out-of-Sample Forecasts Using Bayesian VARs
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
   Also in Working Paper Series, Uppsala University, Department of Economics (2007) View citations
3. Does Money Matter for U.S. Inflation? Evidence from Bayesian VARs
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
4. Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
5. The ECB’s Monetary Analysis Revisited
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
6. The Information Content of Money in Forecasting Euro Area Inflation
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
7. Too Many Cooks? Committees in Monetary Policy
   KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich View citations
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2008)

2007

8. Central Bank Boards around the World: Why does Membership Size Differ?
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
   Also in IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund (2006) View citations
   See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2008)
9. What Determines Fiscal Policy? Evidence from German States
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations

2006

10. Does Money Matter in the ECB Strategy? New Evidence Based on ECB Communication
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich (2006) View citations
11. Forecasting ECB Monetary Policy: Accuracy Is (Still) a Matter of Geography
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
    Also in Working Paper Series, European Central Bank (2006) View citations
12. Geography or skills - What explains Fed watchers’ forecast accuracy of US monetary policy?
    Working Paper Series, European Central Bank
13. Labor Courts, Nomination Bias, and Unemployment in Germany
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
14. Monetary policy in the media
    Working Paper Series, European Central Bank View citations
15. Optimal Central Bank Design: Benchmarks for the ECB
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
16. The Employment Effects of Labor and Product Markets Deregulation and their Implications for Structural Reform
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in IMF Staff Papers (2007)

2005

17. Labor and Product Market Deregulation: Partial, Sequential, or Simultaneous Reform?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
18. Which Variables Explain Decisions on IMF Credit? An Extreme Bounds Analysis
    TWI Research Paper Series, Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut, Universität Konstanz
    See also Journal Article in Economics and Politics (2005)
19. Zooming Out: The Trade Effect of the Euro in Historical Perspective
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Money and Finance (2008)

2004

20. Fiscal Indulgence in Central Europe: Loss of the External Anchor
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
    See also Journal Article in Scottish Journal of Political Economy (2007)
21. How Should Large and Small Countries Be Represented in a Currency Union?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2007)
22. One Country, One Vote? Labor Market Structure and Voting Rights in the ECB
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations

2003

23. Restructuring the ECB
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
24. The End of the Stability and Growth Pact?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in WO Research Memoranda (discontinued), Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department (2003) View citations

2002

25. IMF Credit: How Important Are Political Factors? A Robustness Analysis
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
26. Optimal Central Bank Conservatism and Monopoly Trade Unions
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2001) View citations
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics (2000) View citations
27. The ECB and Euro-Area Enlargement
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations

2001

28. Capital Controls and Exchange Rate Regimes: An Empirical Investigation
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
29. Factor Price Equalization? The Cointegration Approach Revisited
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv) (2001)
30. How to Reduce Inflation: An Independent Central Bank or A Currency Board? The Experience of the Baltic Countries
    LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, K.U.Leuven
    See also Journal Article in Emerging Markets Review (2001)
31. To Peg or Not To Peg? A Simple Model of Exchange Rate Regime Choice In Small Economies
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2001)

2000

32. An Empirical Investigation into Exchange Rate Regime Choice and Exchange Rate Volatility
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
33. Central Bank Independence: An Update of Theory and Evidence
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Surveys (2001)

1999

34. Does Conservatism Matter? A Time Series Approach to Central Banking
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow View citations
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (1999) View citations

1997

35. A State within the State? An Event Study on the Bundesbank
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Does money still matter for U.S. output?
   Economics Letters, 2009, 102, (3), 143-146 View citations

2008

2. Central bank boards around the world: Why does membership size differ?
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 24, (4), 817-832 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)
3. Does financial integration make banks more vulnerable? Regulation, foreign owned banks, and the lender-of-last resort
   International Economics and Economic Policy, 2008, 4, (4), 371-393
4. Zooming out: The trade effect of the euro in historical perspective
   Journal of International Money and Finance, 2008, 27, (8), 1244-1260 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2007

5. FISCAL INDULGENCE IN CENTRAL EUROPE: LOSS OF THE EXTERNAL ANCHOR?
   Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54, (1), 116-135 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
6. How should large and small countries be represented in a currency union?
   Public Choice, 2007, 132, (3), 471-484 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
7. The Employment Effects of Labor and Product Market Deregulation and Their Implications for Structural Reform
   IMF Staff Papers, 2007, 54, (3), 591-619 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

8. Does Conservatism Matter? A Time-Series Approach to Central Bank Behaviour
   Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (505), 745-766 View citations
9. WHICH VARIABLES EXPLAIN DECISIONS ON IMF CREDIT? AN EXTREME BOUNDS ANALYSIS
   Economics and Politics, 2005, 17, 177-213 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

10. Why has the Stability and Growth Pact Failed?
    International Finance, 2004, 7, (2), 235-260 View citations

2002

11. Are small countries too powerful within the ECB?
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2002, 30, (3), 263-282 View citations

2001

12. Central Bank Independence: An Update of Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2001, 15, (1), 3-40 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
13. ECONOMIC CRISES AND THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1848
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (02), 293-326 View citations
14. Factor price equalization? The cointegration approach revisited
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2001, 137, (3), 525-536 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
15. How to reduce inflation: an independent central bank or a currency board? The experience of the Baltic countries
    Emerging Markets Review, 2001, 2, (3), 218-243 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
16. The German political business cycle: money demand rather than monetary policy
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 17, (3), 609-631 View citations
17. To peg or not to peg?: A simple model of exchange rate regime choice in small economies
    Economics Letters, 2001, 73, (2), 161-167 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2000

18. News Management in Monetary Policy: When Central Banks Should Talk to the Government
    German Economic Review, 2000, 1, (4), 465-493 View citations

1999

19. A State within the State? An Event Study on the Bundesbank (1948-1973)
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 46, (1), 17-39

1998

20. Tamin Bayoumi, Financial Integration and Real Activity, Studies in Macroeconomics (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997. xii + 157 pp. ?25)
    Financial History Review, 1998, 5, (02), 235-236

1997

21. How opportunistic are partisan German central bankers: Evidence on the Vaubel hypothesis
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 13, (4), 807-821 View citations
22. Searching for Political Business Cycles in Germany
    Public Choice, 1997, 91, (2), 179-97 View citations
23. The Bundesbank's Path to Independence: Evidence from the 1950s
    Public Choice, 1997, 93, (3-4), 427-53
    Also in Public Choice, 1997, 93, (3), 427-453 (1997)

Books

2008

1. Currency Boards in Retrospect and Prospect, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

1997

2. Konjunkturpolitik im Wirtschaftswunder. Handlungsspielräume und Verhaltensmuster von Bundesbank und Regierung in den 1950er Jahren, vol 2
   Beiträge zur Finanzwissenschaft, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen

Edited books

2004

1. Managing European Union Enlargement, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press