Benjamin Born is an Associate Professor of Macroeconomics at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and affiliated with CEPR and CESifo. In addition, he serves as a research professor at the ifo Institute in Munich and as an associate editor at Macroeconomic Dynamics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bonn.

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Interests

  • Fiscal and Monetary Policy
  • Business Cycles
  • Empirical Macroeconomics

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2011

    University of Bonn, Germany

  • MSc in Econometrics and Economics, 2007

    University of York, UK

  • BSc/MSc in Economics, 2006

    University of Siegen, Germany

Working Papers

Shocks, Frictions, and Inequality in US Business Cycles
Christian Bayer, Benjamin Born, Ralph Luetticke
Working Paper
The worst of both worlds: Fiscal policy and fixed exchange rates
Benjamin Born, Francesco D’Ascanio, Gernot J. Müller, Johannes Pfeifer
CEPR DP14073 Ungated
Stable Genius? The Macroeconomic Impact of Trump
Benjamin Born, Gernot J. Müller, Moritz Schularick, Petr Sedlacek
CEPR DP13798 Ungated VoxEU
Uncertainty-driven Business Cycles: Assessing the Markup Channel
Benjamin Born, Johannes Pfeifer
CEPR DP11745 Ungated

Selected Publications

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Benjamin Born, Gernot J. Müller, Johannes Pfeifer (2019). Does Austerity Pay Off?. Review of Economics and Statistics, accepted.

Published Version Ungated Fiscal Shock Series VoxEU Ökonomenstimme

Benjamin Born, Gernot J. Müller, Moritz Schularick, Petr Sedlacek (2019). The Costs of Economic Nationalism: Evidence from the Brexit Experiment. Economic Journal, 129 (10), pp. 2722–2744.

Published Version Ungated VoxEU

Rüdiger Bachmann, Benjamin Born, Steffen Elstner, Christian Grimme (2019). Time-Varying Business Volatility and the Price Setting of Firms. Journal of Monetary Economics, 101, pp. 82-99.

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Benjamin Born, Johannes Pfeifer (2014). Risk Matters: The Real Effects of Volatility Shocks: Comment. American Economic Review, 104(12), pp. 4231-4239.

Published Version Ungated Codes

Benjamin Born, Johannes Pfeifer (2014). Policy Risk and the Business Cycle. Journal of Monetary Economics, 68, pp. 68-85.

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Teaching

Fall 2019

  • Macroeconomics (B.Sc.)
  • Global Economy (Bocconi@FrankfurtSchool EMBA)

Past Teaching

Macroeconomics and Econometrics at all levels.

Thesis Supervision

I supervise theses in the area of macroeconomics and applied econometrics. To apply for supervision, please email me an up-to-date transcript, a short CV, and a rough description of what you are interested in.

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