Chair of Applied Macroeconomics

What We Do

Members of the Chair of Applied Macroeconomics conduct mainly empirical and policy-relevant research in the broad field of macroeconomics and political economy.

Research output is disseminated via participation at international conferences and publications in leading academic journals. Furthermore, the Chair organises seminar series, workshops and conferences. Together with the guest program in which scholars from all around the world are invited to visit KOF, this assures a continuous flow of academic input and fosters a research-friendly environment. Its members furthermore offer lectures, tutorials and seminars in the fields of macroeconomics, econometrics, international monetary economics and political economy at the ETH Zurich.

In the future, it is intended to keep a focus on topics combining knowledge from the fields of international macro-economics and international political economy. For instance, projects relating corruption and migration flows are scheduled to be carried out. Furthermore, a shift towards the use of individual firm or household data linked to business cycle related topics is envisaged. A research line in which the micro foundations of modern New Keynesian models are to be empirically tested is being initiated.