I am an economist in the Directorate General Research at the European Central Bank and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. My research is in macroeconomics, monetary economics, and information economics. The views expressed on this website are my own and do not reflect the views of any institution. Email: bartosz.a.mackowiak@gmail.com.
A 2024 photo with Chris Sims (1942-2026) and a few of his other students. An earlier photo together. Thank you for everything, Chris.
Curriculum vitae: pdf
Papers:
Rational Inattention during an RCT (with Mirko Wiederholt, accepted at AER:Insights) with Appendix
Fiscal Backing for Price Stability in a Monetary Union (with Sebastian Schmidt, AEJ:Macro) with Appendix
Rational Inattention and the Business Cycle Effects of Productivity and News Shocks (with Mirko Wiederholt, AEJ:Macro) with Appendix
Gambling to Preserve Price (and Fiscal) Stability (with Giancarlo Corsetti, IMF Economic Review)
Rational Inattention: A Review (with Filip Matějka and Mirko Wiederholt, JEL)
Lack of Preparation for Rare Events (with Mirko Wiederholt, JME) with Appendix
Dynamic Rational Inattention: Analytical Results (with Filip Matějka and Mirko Wiederholt, JET)
Monetary-Fiscal Interactions and the Euro-Area's Malaise (with Marek Jarociński, JIE)
Granger-Causal-Priority and Choice of Variables in Vector Autoregressions (with Marek Jarociński, REStat) with Appendix and Code
Business Cycle Dynamics under Rational Inattention (with Mirko Wiederholt, REStud) with Appendix and Code
Information Processing and Limited Liability (with Mirko Wiederholt, AER P&P)
Sectoral Price Data and Models of Price Setting (with Emanuel Moench and Mirko Wiederholt, JME) with Data and Code
Optimal Sticky Prices under Rational Inattention (with Mirko Wiederholt, AER) CEPR Discussion Paper version with Appendix
External Shocks, U.S. Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Emerging Markets (JME)
Macroeconomic Regime Switches and Speculative Attacks (JEDC)
Other papers: Repec Google Scholar