Prof. Dr. Roland Winkler

Current Positions

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich Schiller University Jena,
Professor of Macroeconomics, since 10/2021.

Department of Economics, University of Antwerp, Research Fellow, since 10/2021.

Previous Positions

University of Antwerp, Associate Professor of Macroeconomics, 09/2017 – 09/2021.

TU Dortmund University, Junior Professor of Macroeconomics, 10/2011 – 08/2017 (on leave from 10/2013 – 09/2014).

TU Dortmund University, Acting Full Professor, Chair of Macroeconomics, 10/2013 – 09/2014.

Goethe University Frankfurt, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Chair in Monetary and Fiscal Policy (Ester Faia), 11/2009 – 09/2011.

Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Research Area “Monetary Policy under Market Imperfections”, 03/2009 – 10/2009.

Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Research and Teaching Assistant, Chair of Macroeconomics (Hans-Werner Wohltmann), 04/2003 – 10/2009.

• Dr. sc. pol. (Ph.D. in Economics), Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 2009.
  • Ph.D. program “Quantitative Economics”.
  • Doctoral thesis: "Anticipated Shocks, Optimal Monetary Policy, and Welfare”.
  • Overall grade: Summa cum laude. Advisors: Hans-Werner Wohltmann, Christian Merkl.
• Diplom-Volkswirt (B.Sc./M.Sc. in Economics), Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 2002.
  • Overall Grade: Excellent (1.4).
  • Specialization in International Economics and Econometrics.

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Business Cycles, Monetary and Fiscal Policy.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

“Bringing Back the Jobs Lost to Covid-19 : the Role of Fiscal Policy", with Christian Bredemeier and Falko Juessen. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 55, 2023, 1703-1747. An earlier version appeared in Covid Economics: Vetted and Real-Time Papers 29, 2020, 99-140.

“Sectoral Employment Effects of State Fiscal Relief : Evidence from the Great Recession”, with Christian Bredemeier and Falko Juessen. Macroeconomic Dynamics 27, 2023, 998-1018. An earlier version appeared in Covid Economics: Vetted and Real-Time Papers 45, 2020, 147-166.

“Fiscal Spending Multipliers over the Household Leverage Cycle”, with Mathias Klein and Hamza Polattimur. European Economic Review 141, 2022

“The Government Spending Multiplier at the Zero Lower Bound: International Evidence from Historical Data”, with Mathias Klein. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2021, 1-16.

“Fiscal Policy and Occupational Employment Dynamics”, with Christian Bredemeier and Falko Juessen. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 52, 2020, 1527-1563.

“Endogenous Firm Entry in an Estimated Model of the U.S. Business Cycle”, with Sven Offick. Macroeconomic Dynamics 23, 2019, 284-321.

“Austerity, Inequality, and Private Debt Overhang”, with Mathias Klein. European Journal of Political Economy 57, 2019, 89-106.

“Government Spending, Entry and the Consumption Crowding-in Puzzle”, with Vivien Lewis. International Economic Review 58, 2017, 943-972.

“Man-cessions, Fiscal Policy, and the Gender Composition of Employment”, with Christian Bredemeier and Falko Juessen. Economics Letters 158, 2017, 73-76.

“The Employment Dynamics of Different Population Groups over the Business Cycle”, with Christian Bredemeier. Applied Economics 49, 2017, 2545-2562.

“Estimating Nonlinear Effects of Fiscal Policy Using Quantile Regression Methods”, with Ludger Linnemann. Oxford Economic Papers 68, 2016, 1120-1145.

“Product Diversity, Demand Structures and Optimal Taxation”, with Vivien Lewis. Economic Inquiry 53, 2015, 979-1003.

“Fiscal Policy and Business Formation in Open Economies”, with Vivien Lewis. Research in Economics 69, 2015, 603-620.

“Exit Strategies”, with Ignazio Angeloni and Ester Faia. European Economic Review 70, 2014, 231-257.

“On the De(stabilizing) Effects of News Shocks”, with Hans-Werner Wohltmann. Economics Letters 114, 2012, 256-258.

“Fiscal Calculus and the Labor Market”, with Alessia Campolmi and Ester Faia. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics 11 (Contributions), 2011, Article 38.

“Debt Consolidation and Financial Stability”, with Ignazio Angeloni and Ester Faia. Revue Économique 62, 2011, 1067-1079.

“News Shocks and Optimal Simple Rules”, with Hans-Werner Wohltmann. Review of Economics 62, 2011, 1-11.

Monograph

“Anticipated Shocks, Optimal Monetary Policy, and Welfare.” Doctoral Thesis, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, 2009.

Didactical Work

“Optimal Monetary Policy in the Baseline New Keynesian Model” (in German), with Hans-Werner Wohltmann. Das Wirtschaftsstudium 38, 2009, 715-726.

“The Baseline New Keynesian Model” (in German), with Hans-Werner Wohltmann. Das Wirtschaftsstudium 37, 2008, 1210-1220.