The unemployment rate provides an important gauge of spare capacity in the labour market and the economy more generally. However, other factors also affect unemployment, which complicates its interpretation when informing monetary policy. Statistical methods can be used to estimate the extent to...

In response to the disruption of credit markets and the zero lower bound during the recent financial crisis, the Federal Reserve introduced a variety of new policy tools. Perhaps, the most visible of these tools is large scale asset purchases (LSAP) programs, often referred to as "quantitative...

Die Dissertation besteht aus drei eigenständigen Aufsätzen im Bereich der Makroökonomie. Jeder Aufsatz behandelt ein unterschiedliches Thema, und zwar (i) die Beeinflussung des Produktionspotenzials durch die Produktionslücke, (ii) Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit und Fähigkeitsverluste sowie (iii)...