Research Economist @DNB_NL, previously PhD @EUI_EU || Monetary Economics, Applied Macroeconometrics, Inflation expectations || Views are my own

Joined June 2019
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Rising government debt makes rate hikes fiscally costly and may intensify pressure on central banks. A new model with an endogenous upper bound on the interest rate coming from debt service constraints shows how an easing bias can fuel persistent inflation bis.org/publ/work1328.htm
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Make the most of this weekend and submit your paper to the #CEBRA24 Annual Meeting: cebra-events.org/ The @DNB_NL is organizing a session on "Monetary Policy and Supply Side Effects" ๐Ÿ”Ž View the full #CFP here: cebra-events.org/call-for-paโ€ฆ Thanks to the committee: @TimoHaber, @seb_rast, @MavromatisK #monetarypolicy #supplychain #supply #economics #macroeconomics
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Motivated by the strategy review from the FED & ECB, we (joint @lmelosi & Spence) examine how such a new strategy can be learned. We focus on the ZLB & the role of inflation surprises. Such shocks create a trade-off between establishing the new rule & higher short-term inflation.
27 Jun 2023
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18235 Learning Monetary Policy Strategies at the Effective Lower Bound with Sudden Stops Spencer Krane @ChicagoFed Leonardo Melosi @LeonardoMelosi @ChicagoFed Matthias Rottner @MatthiasRottner @bundesbank ow.ly/AFoC50OX5eC #CEPR_MEF
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18 Nov 2022
How do retailers adjust their prices to householdsโ€™ shopping behavior? Find out in my JOB MARKET PAPER: โ€œShopping, Demand Composition, and Equilibrium Pricesโ€. lukasnord.eu/files/Nord_JMP.โ€ฆ A thread. #Econjobmarket #EconTwitter 1/12
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First publication! I am happy to share that our paper "Hitting the Elusive Inflation Target" (joint with @Francesco_Bia and @LeonardoMelosi ) is accepted at the ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€. I am delighted about it & grateful to my co-authors. Thread:
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Very glad that we had the chance to write a @voxeu column about our paper "Reversal Interest Rate and Macroprudential Policyโ€. Let me shortly summarize the main insights and conclusions.
2 May 2021
The reversal interest rate: A new motive for countercyclical macroprudential policy dlvr.it/Rytmm2
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