Christian Merkl
Research Fellow
Research Interests
Christian Merkl is professor of macroeconomics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and research professor at the Institute for Employment Research. From 2007 to 2010 he was assistant professor at the Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, and the head of the research group Monetary Policy at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He obtained his PhD from the University of Kiel in May 2007. He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2007. Christian Merkl's research interests include labor economics, macroeconomics and the intersection of the two fields.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4849
revised version published as 'Fiscal Stimulus and the Labor Market Policies in Europe' in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (3), 483–499
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4403
revised version published as 'Sclerosis and Large Volatilities: Two Sides of the Same Coin' in: Economics Letters, 2012, 117 (1), 106–109
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4322
revised version published as 'Labor Selection, Turnover Costs and Optimal Monetary Policy' in: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 2014, 46 (1), 115–144
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4145
published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2015, 19 (3), 643-668
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3681
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2008, 36 (4), 542-556
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3513
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010, 34 (5), 968-983
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3049
published in: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 2009, 41 (2-3), 417-435
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3033
published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2009, 13 (1), 81-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2835
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 168-179
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2066
short version published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (2), 375-382
