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Ansgar Belke
Research Fellow

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Belke Ansgar Belke is Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Director of the Institute of Business and Economic Studies (IBES), University of Duisburg-Essen, and Research Director for International Macroeconomics at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin. Since 2012 he is (ad personam) Jean Monnet Professor. Moreover, he is member of the Adjunct Faculty Ruhr Graduate School of Economics (RGS Econ) and visiting professor at the Europa-Institute at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, and the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin.

Formerly, he held Full Professorships for International Economics at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim and for Macroeconomics and Applied Econometrics at the Main University of Vienna and was a member of the Adjunct Faculty Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology (SIMT). He received his PhD in 1995 for scientific work on the theory and empirics of political business cycles and finished his habilitation in 2000 at the Ruhr University of Bochum (supported by the German Research Foundation) with a venia legendi for Economics and Econometrics. He was visiting researcher at the CentER Tilburg, CEPS Brussels, IfW Kiel, DIW Berlin and OeNB Vienna.

He is member of the "Monetary Experts Panel" of the European Parliament, the Scientific Advisory Council of the IAW, Tübingen, the Committees for Economic Policy and International Economics within the German Economic Association and the Councils of the "Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration" (AEI) and the "Institut für Europäische Politik" (IEP). He is also a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, an Associate Fellow of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, a member of the professional central bank watchers group "ECB Observer" and an external consultant of the European Commission (DG ECFIN), Brussels and successfully conducted projects on behalf of the German Ministries of Finance and of Labour and Social Issues. He serves as the editor-in-chief of "Kredit & Kapital", "Konjunkturpolitik – Applied Economics Quarterly" and as a co-editor of "Finance", "Empirica", "International Economics and Economic Policy", "Vierteljahreshefte für Wirtschaftsforschung", "Aestimatio – The International IEB Journal of Finance", "E-conomics" (Kiel Institute of the World Economy) and of the book series "Quantitative Ökonomie", Eul Verlag.


He published widely in international refereed journals and other outlets, has regular appearances in the printed press and in national and international TV broadcasts. He spoke at a wide array of conferences, among them in 2010 the "Jeddah Economic Forum", Jeddah/Saudi-Arabia, the "Global Economic Forum", Istanbul/Turkey, and the International Conference "Policies for Growth and Financial Stability beyond the Crisis – The Scope for Global Cooperation", Mumbai/India. His main areas of interest are in the fields of international macroeconomics, monetary economics, European integration and applied econometrics.

Ansgar Belke joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 2004.
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IZA Discussion Papers:
No. Author(s)
Title
6775  Ansgar Belke
Lukas Vogel
Monetary Commitment and Structural Reforms: A Dynamic Panel Analysis for Transition Economies
(forthcoming in: Journal of Policy Reform)
6567  Ansgar Belke
Christian Dreger
Richard Ochmann
Do Wealthier Households Save More? The Impact of the Demographic Factor
4483  Ansgar Belke
Ingo Bordon
Inna Melnykovska
Rainer Schweickert
Prospective NATO or EU Membership and Institutional Change in Transition Countries
(published in: Economics of Transition, 2011, 19 (4), 667-692)
3647  Ansgar Belke
Julia Spies
Enlarging the EMU to the East: What Effects on Trade?
(published in: Empirica, 2008, 35 (4), 369-389)
2547  Ansgar Belke
Daniel Gros
Instability of the Eurozone? On Monetary Policy, House Prices and Labor Market Reforms
(published in: in: Heise, Michael, Tilly, Richard, Welfens, Paul J.J. (eds.), Integration, Financial Markets and Innovations – 50 Years of EU Dynamics, 2007, 75-108.)
1798  Ansgar Belke
Bernhard Herz
Lukas Vogel
Structural Reforms and the Exchange Rate Regime: A Panel Analysis for the World versus OECD Countries
(published in: International Finance, 2006, 9 (3), 317-342)
1741  Ansgar Belke
Frank Baumgärtner
Friedrich Schneider
Ralph Setzer
The Different Extent of Privatisation Proceeds in EU Countries: A Preliminary Explanation Using a Public Choice Approach
(published in: Finanzarchiv, 2007, 63 (2), 211-243)
1447  Ansgar Belke
Andreas Schaal
Venture Capital Investment and Labor Market Performance: New Empirical Evidence for OECD Countries
(published in: Keuschnigg, Christian / Kanniainen, Vesa (eds.), Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, CESifo Seminar Series, MIT Press, Cambridge/MA, 2004, 97-126)
1439  Ansgar Belke
Jens M. Heine
Specialisation Patterns and the Synchronicity of Regional Employment Cycles in Europe
(published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2006, 3 (2), 91-104)
1126  Ansgar Belke
Matthias Göcke
Real Options Effects on Employment: Does Exchange Rate Uncertainty Matter for Aggregation?
(published in: German Economic Review, 2005, 6 (2), 185-203)
1039  Ansgar Belke
Matthias Göcke
Martin Hebler
Institutional Uncertainty and European Social Union: Impacts on Job Creation and Destruction in the CEECs
(published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2005, 27 (3), 345-354)
1038  Ansgar Belke
Ralph Setzer
Exchange Rate Volatility and Employment Growth: Empirical Evidence from the CEE Economies
(published in: Economic and Social Review, 2003, 34 (3), 267-292)
 
IZA Policy Papers:
No. Author(s)
Title
7 Holger Zemanek
Ansgar Belke
Gunther Schnabl
Current Account Imbalances and Structural Adjustment in the Euro Area: How to Rebalance Competitiveness
 

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