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Peter Welz

30 October 2011

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Biographical information

Addresses

European Central Bank
DG-Economics
Monetary Policy Stance Division
Kaiserstr. 29
60311 Frankfurt, Germany
Phone: +49 69 1344 5199
peter.welz@gmx.net

Sveriges Riksbank (on leave)
Monetary Policy Department
Modelling Division
103 37 Stockholm, Sweden

Degrees

Ph.D. Economics, Uppsala University, 2005
Filosofilicentiat (~M.Phil), Uppsala University, 2004
M.Sc. (econ), University of Glasgow, 2000

Current Position

Economist

Relevant work experience

Economist, Monetary Policy Strategy Division, European Central Bank, Frankfurt/Main, 2009
Senior Economist, Monetary Policy Department, Modelling Division, Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, 2006 - 2008
Economist, Monetary Policy Reserach Division, European Central Bank, Frankfurt/Main, 2006
Internship, Monetary Policy Stance Division, European Central Bank, Frankfurt/Main, 2005
Graduate Research Programme, European Central Bank, Frankfurt/Main, 2004
Summer intern at ifo Institute Munich, 2003
Summer intern at Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden), 2002
Research assistant University of Kiel, 1996 - 1999
Teaching assistant, Stockholm University, Department of Economics, April 1998

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Research

Research interests

Macroeconometrics, Quantitative Analysis of DSGE-Models, Monetary Economics and Business Cycles, Bayesian Econometrics

Publications

Happiness Inertia: Analytical Aspects of the Easterlin Paradox , forthcoming in Oxford Economic Papers (with Ali Choudhary, Paul Levine, Peter McAdam)
Quantitative New Keynesian Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy, Economic Studies 88, Uppsala University 2005 (PhD thesis)
Assessing Predetermined Expectations in the Standard Sticky Price Model: A Bayesian Approach, ECB Working Paper No. 621

Work in progress

Robust Inflation-Targeting Rules and the Gains from International Policy Coordination , Department of Economics Discussion Papers 0208, Department of Economics, University of Surrey (with Paul Levine and Joseph Pearlman)

Earlier written pieces

Transmission of Exchange-rate Variations in an Estimated, Small Open-Economy Model
Can a Time Varying Equilibrium Real Interest Rate Explain the Excess Sensitivity Puzzle? (with Annika Alexius)
Interest Rate Smoothing versus Serially Correlated Errors in Taylor Rules: Testing the Tests (with Pär Österholm)
On the Stability of European Money Demand, M.Sc. thesis, University of Glasgow, 2000
Die geldpolitische Strategie der Europäischen Zentralbank (The Monetary Strategy of the European Centralbank), Term paper,
University of Kiel, 1998
Foreign Direct Investment and the Tariff-Jumping Argument under Consideration of Technology Transfer, Term paper, Stockholm University, 1998

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