Winfried Koeniger

Research Fellow

University of St. Gallen

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Winfried Koeniger is professor of economics at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. He received his PhD in economics in June 2001 at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). His research is on macroeconomics with a particular focus on consumption and labor markets. He has analyzed the effects of labor market institutions on economic performance emphasizing interactions between the structure of labor markets, financial markets and product markets. Moreover, he works on quantitative models with heterogeneous agents to understand consumption and saving patterns.

Winfried Koeniger worked at IZA as a Research Associate from September 2001 until August 2007. He continues to be associated with IZA as a Research Fellow.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15699
The Heterogeneous Response of Real Estate Asset Prices to a Global Shock
Sandro Heiniger, Winfried Koeniger, Michael Lechner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15073
Opportunity and Inequality across Generations
Winfried Koeniger, Carlo Zanella
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 208, 104623
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12743
Differences in Euro-Area Household Finances and their Relevance for Monetary-Policy Transmission
Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11950
Home Ownership and Monetary Policy Transmission
Winfried Koeniger, Marc-Antoine Ramelet
revised version published as 'On the Transmission of Monetary Policy to the Housing Market' in: European Economic Review, 2022, 145, 104107 (with Benedikt Lennartz and Marc-Antoine Ramelet)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10311
Buffer-Stock Saving and Households' Response to Income Shocks
Giulio Fella, Serafin Frache, Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2020, 61, 1359-1382.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9409
Household Debt and Crises of Confidence
Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9, 1489-1542.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8666
Human Capital and Optimal Redistribution
Winfried Koeniger, Julien Prat
revised version published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2018, 27, 1-26.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7806
Hidden Insurance in a Moral Hazard Economy
Giuseppe Bertola, Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: RAND Journal of Economics, 2015, 46 (4), 777-790
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5653
Debt Portfolios
Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2016, 8 (4), 103-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5201
Public and Private Insurance with Costly Transactions
Giuseppe Bertola, Winfried Koeniger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2065
Capital Deepening and Wage Differentials: Germany vs. US
Winfried Koeniger, Marco Leonardi
revised version published in: Economic Policy, 2007, 22 (49), 71-116
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1960
Employment Protection, Product Market Regulation and Firm Selection
Winfried Koeniger, Julien Prat
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F302 - F332
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1805
Redistributive Taxation and Personal Bankruptcy in US States
Charles Grant, Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52 (3), 445-467
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1291
Labour Market Institutions and Wage Inequality
Winfried Koeniger, Marco Leonardi, Luca Nunziata
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (3), 340-356
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1052
Consumption Smoothing and the Structure of Labor and Credit Markets
Giuseppe Bertola, Winfried Koeniger
published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (8), 1941-1958
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1007
Substitutability and Competition in the Dixit-Stiglitz Model
Winfried Koeniger, Omar Licandro
revised version published in: B.E. Journal in Macroeconomics: Topics in Macroeconomics, 2006, 6(1), Article 2,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 888
Collective Dismissal Cost, Product Market Competition and Innovation
Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2005, 88 (1), 79-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 880
Employment Protection and Product Market Regulation
Winfried Koeniger, Andrea Vindigni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 615
The Dynamics of Market Insurance, Insurable Assets, and Wealth Accumulation
Winfried Koeniger
revised version joint with Helge Braun published in: Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2007, 32(1), 61-90
IZA Discussion Paper No. 554
Employment Protection, Product Market Competition and Growth
Winfried Koeniger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 454
Defensive Innovations
Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: Berkeley Electronic Journal in Macroeconomics: Contributions to Macroeconomics, 2007, 7(1), Article 5
IZA Discussion Paper No. 440
Dealer Pricing of Consumer Credit
Giuseppe Bertola, Stefan Hochguertel, Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2005, 46 (4), 1103-1142
IZA Discussion Paper No. 241
Trade, Labor Market Rigidities, and Government-Financed Technological Change
Winfried Koeniger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 240
Labor and Financial Market Interactions: The Case of Labor Income Risk and Car Insurance in the UK 1969-95
Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: Geneva Papers of Risk and Insurance Theory, 2004, 29 (1), 55-74.
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