English Publications in Refereed Journals - ordered by years
Abstract
It has repeatedly been shown that properly constructed monetary aggregates based on index number theory (such as Divisia money) vastly outperform traditional measures of money (i.e. simple sum money) in empirical models. However, opponents of Divisia frequently claim that Divisia is "too complex" for little gain. And indeed, at first glance it looks as if simple sum and Divisia sum exhibit similar dynamics. In this paper, we want to build deeper understanding of how and when Divisia and simple sum differ empirically using monthly US data from 1990M1 to 2007M12. In particular, we look at how they respond differently to monetary policy shocks, which seems to be the most essential aspect of those differences from the perspective of the policy maker. We use a very rich, fairly agnostic setup that allows us to identify many potential nonlinearities, building on a smoothed local projections approach with automatic selection of the relevant interaction terms. We find, that - while the direction of change is often similar - the precise dynamics differ sharply. In particular in times of economic uncertainty - when the proper assessment of monetary policy is most relevant, those existing differences are drastically augmented.
Abstract
I analyze the interaction between post-election lobbying and the voting decisions of forward-looking voters. The existing literature has shown that in models with ciitzen candidates form a dispersed distribution of preferences, lobbying has no influence on implemented policy. In my model with ideological parties, lobbying is shown to have an effect on policy. In terms of welfare, I show that the median voter and the majority of voters are often better off with lobbying.
Forthcoming Article Count: 8
2017 Article Count: 15
2016 Article Count: 14
2015 Article Count: 9
2014 Article Count: 6
2013 Article Count: 4
2011 Article Count: 4
2018 Article Count: 12
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