The articles posted on this page are less technical and written for a broader audience.,
Columns, bulletins and policy briefs (short reads)
The fiscal sources of euro area inflation through the lens of the Bernanke-Blanchard model, SUERF Policy Brief, February 2026, with Mariana Montserrat Cerra Pacheco and Cristina Checherita-Westphal
Fiscal policy as a driver of inflation in the euro area, SUERF Policy Brief, February 2025, with Guido Ascari, Lorenzo Mori and Andra Smadu
Global supply chain pressures, inflation, and implications for monetary policy, VoxEU, March 2024, with Guido Ascari and Andra Smadu
The effects of monetary policy across fiscal regimes, SUERF Policy Brief, February 2023, with Roben Kloosterman and Koen van der Veer
Inflation reduced faster if central bank and governments apply brakes simultaneously, DNB Bulletin, December 2022, with Roben Kloosterman and Koen van der Veer
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
Should developed economies manage international capital flows? An empirical and welfare analysis, SUERF Policy Brief, February 2021, with Gavin Goy and Emmanuel De Veirman
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
Policy analyses (long reads)
A strategic view on the economic and inflation environment in the euro area, ECB Occasional Paper, 2025, edited by Christiane Nickel, Juha Kilponen and others
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)
Wage-price dynamics: a negative spiral, DNB Analysis, November 2022, with Wilko Bolt, Gerbert Hebbink, Maarten van Rooij, Emmanuel De Veirman and Maikel Volkerink
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
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
Policy analyses in Dutch
Overheden met meer schuld investeren minder, ESB, 2025
Inflatie was hoger in eurolanden die meer importeren, ESB, 2024
Economische stabiliteit vereist een evenwichtige mix van monetair en begrotingsbeleid, KVS Preadviezen, 2023, with Guido Ascari
Arbeidskrapte maakt zachte landing mogelijk na monetaire contractie, ESB, 2023
Sterke loon-prijsdynamiek leidt tot langer hoog blijvende inflatie, ESB, 2023, with Maikel Volkerink and Wilko Bolt
Inflatieverwachtingen werken sterker door in loongroei, ESB, 2022, with Andra Smadu
Herziening Europese begrotingsregels, DNB position paper, November 2021
De Nederlandse loon-Phillips-curve opnieuw bekeken, ESB, April 2018, with Jakob de Haan and Duncan van Limbergen
Ruim begrotingsbeleid vereist sterke toekomstige schuldstabilisering, ESB, October 2017, with Bart Hobijn
Other
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)