Research

Research Interests:

Macroeconomics and international finance

• International transmission of business cycles

• Implications of time non-separable preferences

Applied econometrics 

• Estimation of non-linear dynamic stochastic GE models

• Applications of model averaging techniques

Computational economics

• Solving non-linear dynamic stochastic GE models with occasionally binding constraints

Selected Publications:

• Composite Habits and International Transmission of Business Cycles. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 76, 2017, pp. 1–34. 

• International Business Cycles with Complete Markets. (with I. Roberts) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 36(6), 2012, pp. 862–875.

• Habit Persistence and International Comovements. (with I. Krznar) Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 16, Suppl. S3, 2012, pp. 312–330.

• On Determinants of National Suicide Rates: Evidence from Bayesian Model Averaging. Applied Economics, 2023, in press

• Institutions and Growth: Evidence from Estimation Methods Robust to Weak Instruments. Applied Economics, Vol. 45(13), 2013, pp. 1625–1635.

Working papers:

• Composite Habits, Wealth effects and the Equity Premium.

• An Evolutionary Approach to Solving Limited Enforcement Models. (with J. Jones) 

• Technological Transfers, Limited Commitment and Growth.

• Have determinants of national suicide rates changed over 20 years? A model averaging approach.