Policy briefs and reports

Non-technical versions of research papers written for policymakers and practitioners. Each entry links back to the underlying academic work.

• Monetary policy under economic uncertainty: Evidence from the euro area, with M. Pfarrhofer and A. Stelzer. SUERF Policy Brief No. 1248, 2025. Based on On the effectiveness of the ECB’s conventional and unconventional policies under uncertainty, JEBO, 2021.
• ECB’s monetary policy in light of the Fed’s policy stance, with F. Huber and T. O. Zörner. SUERF Policy Brief No. 838, 2024. Based on Hawks vs. Doves, OeNB Working Paper 252, 2023.
• The impact of macroprudential policies on capital flows in CESEE, with M. Eller, F. Huber, H. Schuberth, and L. Vashold. SUERF Policy Brief No. 199, 2021. Based on the article of the same title, JIMF, 2021.
• Interest rates in Switzerland 1852–2020, with F. Huber, D. Kaufmann, R. Stuart, and C. Tille. Policy report for the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Grundlagen für die Wirtschaftspolitik No. 24, 2021. Based on What drives long-term interest rates? and the SECO project.
• Wie sich ein zweiter Lockdown auf Österreichs Wirtschaft auswirken würde (in German), with M. Pfarrhofer. Die Presse, blog of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG), 2020.

Knowledge exchange and advisory roles

• Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, Ispra — knowledge exchange with the Macro Modelling and Nowcasting Team, Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (since 2022). Related work: regional nowcasting and climate news shocks.
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg — Research Scholar, Integrated Biosphere Futures group (2020–21); research visit of T. Krisztin to Strathclyde (2025); research visit to IIASA (June 2026, RSE Research Collaboration Grant).
• Austrian Central Bank (OeNB) — consultant (2018–21) and research assistant (2018). Related work: TVP models for forecasting growth in CESEE and The impact of macroprudential policies on capital flows in CESEE.

Engagement events

• How to keep the economy dancing when the music stops?, workshop at IIASA, June 2026 (with G. Figus; RSE Research Collaboration Grant).
• Applied Bayesian econometrics workshop and Horizon Europe: Practical experience from a case study LAMASUS, University of Strathclyde, June 2025 (with G. Figus; SBS Guest Researcher fund).
• Recent advances in nowcasting and forecasting, University of Strathclyde, November 2024 (with G. Koop, S. McIntyre, and P. Wu; ESRC IAA).