Rüdiger Bachmann
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View article: What if? The macroeconomic and distributional effects for Germany of a stop of energy imports from Russia
What if? The macroeconomic and distributional effects for Germany of a stop of energy imports from Russia Open
This paper discusses the economic effects of a potential cut‐off of the German economy from Russian energy imports. We use a multi‐sector open‐economy model and a simplified approach based on an aggregate production function to estimate th…
View article: Makrodaten: Die amtliche Statistik stärken
Makrodaten: Die amtliche Statistik stärken Open
Despite some progress, German macroeconomists are generally dissatisfied with access to important data in Germany. Legal, technical and organisational obstacles abound, in particular as far as mergers of data sets from heterogeneous source…
View article: Uncertainty is Change
Uncertainty is Change Open
This paper provides survey evidence on firms’ subjective uncertainty about future sales growth from a new representative panel data set of the German manufacturing sector. The main finding is that uncertainty reflects change: firms report …
View article: Data for: Firm optimism and pessimism
Data for: Firm optimism and pessimism Open
of associated article: This paper explores the question of whether firms have systematic expectation biases. Using microdata from the West German manufacturing subset of the IFO Business Climate Survey, we infer quarterly production growth…
View article: Systematic Monetary Policy and the Macroeconomic Effects of Shifts in Loan-to-Value Ratios
Systematic Monetary Policy and the Macroeconomic Effects of Shifts in Loan-to-Value Ratios Open
What are the macroeconomic consequences of changes in residential mortgage market loan-to-value (LTV) ratios? In a structural VAR, real GDP and business investment increase significantly following an expansionary LTV shock. The impact on r…
View article: Inflation Expectations and Readiness to Spend: Cross-Sectional Evidence
Inflation Expectations and Readiness to Spend: Cross-Sectional Evidence Open
There have been suggestions for monetary policy to engineer higher inflation expectations to stimulate spending. We examine the relationship between expected inflation and spending attitudes using the microdata from the Michigan Survey of …
View article: Replication data for: Inflation Expectations and Readiness to Spend: Cross-Sectional Evidence
Replication data for: Inflation Expectations and Readiness to Spend: Cross-Sectional Evidence Open
There have been suggestions for monetary policy to engineer higher inflation expectations to stimulate spending. We examine the relationship between expected inflation and spending attitudes using the microdata from the Michigan Survey of …