Benjamin Born

Economist

Ifo Institute
Business Cycle Analyses and Surveys
Poschingerstra�e 5
81679 M�nchen

Phone: +49(0)89/9224-1228
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Website: http://www.cesifo-group.de/born-b

Born Benjamin

CV

Long Version (PDF, 73,6 KB, March 2012)

Main focus:

Empirical Macroeconomics, Time Series and Panel Econometrics

Employed at the Ifo Institute since 2011.

Academic Background:

10/2007	-	09/2011	Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Economics equivalent), Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn
10/2006	-	09/2007	M.Sc. in Econometrics and Economics, University of York
10/2002	-	09/2006	B.A. and M.A. in Economics, University of Siegen

Professional Experience:

09/2009	-	12/2009	Intern, Research Department, European Central Bank
04/2008	-	08/2009	Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Econometrics, University of Bonn

Work in Progress

Born, Benjamin (with Matei Demetrescu), "Recursive Adjustment for General Deterministic Components and Improved Tests for the Cointegration Rank", University of Bonn, unpublished Working Paper ( Download, PDF )

Born, Benjamin (with J�rg Breitung), "Testing for Serial Correlation in Fixed-Effects Panel Data Models", University of Bonn, unpublished Working Paper ( Download, PDF )

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

Forthcoming

Born, Benjamin (with Michael Ehrmann, Marcel Fratzscher), "Communicating about macroprudential supervision - a new challenge for central banks", International Finance, Forthcoming

2012

Born, Benjamin (with Gernot J. Mueller), "Government Spending Shocks in Quarterly and Annual Time Series ", Journal of Money Credit and Banking 44 (2-3), 2012, 507-517 ( Download, PDF )

2011

Born, Benjamin (with J�rg Breitung), "Simple regression-based tests for spatial dependence", Econometrics Journal 14(2), 2011, 330-342 ( Download, PDF )

Papers in academic volumes

2011

Born, Benjamin (with Michael Ehrmann and Marcel Fratzscher), "How Should Central Banks Deal With a Financial Stability Objective? The Evolving Role of Communication as a Policy Instrument", in: Sylvester Eijffinger and Donato Masciandaro (eds.): Handbook of Central Banking, Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Financial Crisis, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 245-268, 2011

Articles in non-refereed journals

2011

Born, Benjamin (with K. Carstensen, W. Nierhaus, K. Abberger, T. O. Berg, T. Buchen, C. Breuer, S. Elstner, C. Grimme, S. Henzel, N. Hristov, M. Kleemann, W. Meister, J. Plenk, K. Wohlrabe, T. Wollmershaeuser, P. Zorn), "ifo Konjunkturprognose 2011/2012: Schuldenkrise bremst deutsche Wirtschaft aus", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (24), 2011, 26-72 ( Abstract / Download )

Working Papers

2011

Born, Benjamin (with Alexandra Peter and Johannes Pfeifer), "Fiscal News and Macroeconomic Volatility", Bonn Econ Discussion Paper 08/2011, 2011 ( Download, PDF )

Born, Benjamin (with Johannes Pfeifer), "Policy Risk and the Business Cycle", Bonn Econ Discussion Paper 06/2011, 2011 ( Download, PDF )

Born, Benjamin (with Michael Ehrmann and Marcel Fratzscher), "Central bank communication on financial stability", ECB Working Paper 1332, 2011 ( Download, PDF )

Teaching

WS 2010/11 Tutorial Applied Econometrics (Bachelor)

SS 2010 Tutorial Dynamic Macroeconomics (Bachelor)

SS 2008, SS 2009 Tutorial Time Series Econometrics (Master/PhD)

WS 2008/09 Tutorial Econometrics, Econometric Theory (Master/PhD)

SS 2008 Tutorial Time Series Econometrics (Bachelor)

WS 2005/06 Tutorial Descriptive Statistics (Bachelor)

Presentations at International Conferences

Benjamin Born, European Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2011, Oslo, Norway

Benjamin Born, New Paradigms in Money and Finance?, SUERF Colloquium, 2011, Brussels, Belgium

Benjamin Born, Macro Workshop, 2011, Bonn, Germany

Benjamin Born, Financial Stability, Bank of England, 2011, UK

Benjamin Born, Macroprudential Regulation and Policy, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 2011, Seoul, South Korea

Benjamin Born, Annual Meeting, Verein f�r Socialpolitik, 2010, Kiel, Germany

Benjamin Born, Second Conference on Recent Developments in Macroeconomics, ZEW Mannheim, 2010, Mannheim, Germany

Benjamin Born, Macro Workshop, University of Bonn, 2010, Bonn, Germany

Benjamin Born, 16th International Conference on Panel Data, 2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Benjamin Born, European Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2009, Barcelona, Spain

Benjamin Born, 3rd World Conference of Spatial Econometrics, 2009, Barcelona, Spain

Benjamin Born, EDP Jamboree, London School of Economics, 2009, London, UK

Benjamin Born, Brown Bag Seminar, University of Bonn, 2008, Bonn, Germany