Policy

The articles posted on this page are less technical and written for a broader audience.

Drivers of Dutch inflation during  the pandemic era

DNB Analysis, 2024, with Gerbert Hebbink and Beer Pruijt (see also this DNB Bulletin)


Challenges for monetary and fiscal policy interactions in the post-pandemic era 

ECB Occasional Paper, 2024, editor (with Matteo Ciccarelli and Sandra Gomes)


The effects of monetary policy and the role of fiscal policy in the euro area

Panel discussion at the 50th OeNB Economics Conference and 60th SUERF Anniversary Conference, 2023 (video)


Inflation reduced faster if central bank and governments apply brakes simultaneously

DNB Bulletin, December 2022, with Roben Kloosterman and Koen van der Veer


Wage-price dynamics: a negative spiral

DNB Analysis, November 2022, with Wilko Bolt, Gerbert Hebbink, Maarten van Rooij, Emmanuel De Veirman and Maikel Volkerink


The expenditure rule can contribute to credible debt reduction and countercyclical fiscal policies

DNB Bulletin, March 2022


The long-run effects of pandemics on inflation: Why this time may be different

VoxEU, July 2021, with Andra Smadu


Monetary-fiscal policy interactions in the euro area

ECB Occasional Paper, 2021, edited by Xavier Debrun, Klaus Masuch, Guiseppe Ferrero and Isabel Vansteenkiste, co-author of Boxes 4 and 17


Supply and demand shocks due to the coronavirus pandemic contribute equally to contraction in production

DNB Bulletin, November 2020, with Andra Smadu


Containment measures reduce spread of COVID-19

DNB Bulletin, August 2020, with Kostas Mavromatis and Garyn Tan


Inflation in the euro area since the Global Financial Crisis

DNB Occasional Studies, 2019, with  Gabriele Galati, Irma Hindrayanto, Marco Hoeberichts,  Anna Samarina and Irina Stanga


Understanding low wage growth in the euro area and European countries

ECB Occasional Paper, 2019, edited by Christiane Nickel, Elena Bobeica,  Gerrit Koester, Eliza Lis and  Mario Porqueddu, contributor to Section 3.2


The natural rate of interest from a monetary and financial perspective

DNB Occasional Studies, 2018, with Peter van Els, Jan Willem van den End, Leo de Haan and Irma Hindrayanto