Winfried Koeniger

Research Fellow

University of St. Gallen

winfried.koeniger@unisg.ch

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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. 17449

Optimal Compensation in Competitive Labor Markets with Heterogeneous Employers and Workers

Samuel Häfner, Niklas Haeusle, Winfried Koeniger, Alexander Braun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17412

The Effect of Unconventional Fiscal Policy on Consumption – New Evidence Based on Transactional Data

Winfried Koeniger, Peter Kress

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17361

Consumption Expenditures in Austria & Germany: New Evidence Based on Transactional Data

Winfried Koeniger, Peter Kress, Jonas Lehmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15699

The Heterogeneous Response of Real Estate Asset Prices to a Global Shock

Sandro Heiniger, Winfried Koeniger, Michael Lechner

revised version published online as 'The heterogeneous response of real estate prices during the Covid-19 pandemic' in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 27 August 2024

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

revised version forthcoming in: Quantitative Economics, 2025

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.