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Karel Mertens

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Terminal Degree: Department of Economics; European University Institute (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Economic Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)
http://www.dallasfed.org/research.cfm
RePEc:edi:efrbdus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Andrew J. Fieldhouse & Karel Mertens, 2023. "The Returns to Government R&D: Evidence from U.S. Appropriations Shocks," Working Papers 2305, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, revised 21 Dec 2023.
  2. Andrew J. Fieldhouse & Karel Mertens, 2023. "A Narrative Analysis of Federal Appropriations for Research and Development," Working Papers 2316, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  3. Daniel J. Lewis & Karel Mertens, 2022. "A Robust Test for Weak Instruments with Multiple Endogenous Regressors," Working Papers 2208, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, revised 24 Dec 2022.
  4. Mertens, Karel & Blandin, Adam & Bick, Alexander, 2022. "Work from Home Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak," CEPR Discussion Papers 15000, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Mertens, Karel & Lewis, Daniel, 2022. "Dynamic Identification Using System Projections and Instrumental Variables," CEPR Discussion Papers 17153, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  6. Daniel J. Lewis & Karel Mertens & James H. Stock, 2020. "Monitoring Real Activity in Real Time: The Weekly Economic Index," Liberty Street Economics 20200330b, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  7. Mertens, Karel & Lewis, Daniel & Makridis, Christos, 2020. "Do Monetary Policy Announcements Shift Household Expectations?," CEPR Discussion Papers 14360, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  8. Daniel Lewis & Karel Mertens & James H. Stock, 2020. "U.S. Economic Activity During the Early Weeks of the SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak," NBER Working Papers 26954, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Tyler Atkinson & Jim Dolmas & Christoffer Koch & Evan F. Koenig & Karel Mertens & Anthony Murphy & Kei-Mu Yi, 2020. "Mobility and Engagement Following the SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak," Working Papers 2014, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  10. Laura Feiveson & Nils M. Gornemann & Julie L. Hotchkiss & Karel Mertens & Jae W. Sim, 2020. "Distributional Considerations for Monetary Policy Strategy," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2020-073, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  11. Daniel J. Lewis & Karel Mertens & James H. Stock & Mihir Trivedi, 2020. "High Frequency Data and a Weekly Economic Index during the Pandemic," Staff Reports 954, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  12. Daniel J. Lewis & Karel Mertens & James H. Stock, 2020. "Measuring Real Activity Using a Weekly Economic Index," Working Papers 2011, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, revised 02 Mar 2021.
  13. Daniel J. Lewis & Karel Mertens & James H. Stock, 2020. "Tracking the COVID-19 Economy with the Weekly Economic Index (WEI)," Liberty Street Economics 20200804, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  14. Karel Mertens, 2018. "The Near Term Growth Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," Working Papers 1803, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  15. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2018. "The Dynamic Effects of Personal and Corporate Income Tax Changes in the United States: Reply to Jentsch and Lunsford," Working Papers 1805, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  16. Andrew Fieldhouse & Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2017. "The Macroeconomic Effects of Government Asset Purchases: Evidence from Postwar US Housing Credit Policy," Discussion Papers 1707, Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM).
  17. Andrew J. Fieldhouse & Karel Mertens, 2017. "A Narrative Analysis of Mortgage Asset Purchases by Federal Agencies," NBER Working Papers 23165, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  18. Mertens, Karel, 2015. "Marginal Tax Rates and Income: New Time Series Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 10896, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  19. Karel Mertens, 2013. "Marginal Tax Rates and Reported Incomes: New Time Series Evidence," 2013 Meeting Papers 574, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  20. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2012. "A Reconciliation of SVAR and Narrative Estimates of Tax Multipliers," CEPR Discussion Papers 8973, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  21. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2011. "The Dynamic Effects of Personal and Corporate Income Tax Changes in the United States," CEPR Discussion Papers 8554, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  22. Morten O. Ravn & Karel Mertens, 2011. "A New Approach to the Estimation of Tax Multipliers," 2011 Meeting Papers 852, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  23. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2011. "Credit Channels in a Liquidity Trap," CEPR Discussion Papers 8322, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  24. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2010. "Fiscal Policy in an Expectations Driven Liquidity Trap," CEPR Discussion Papers 7931, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  25. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2010. "Technology-Hours Redux: Tax Changes and the Measurement of Technology Shocks," CEPR Discussion Papers 7962, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  26. Karel Mertens & Morten Overgaard Ravn, 2010. "Online Appendix to "Understanding the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Tax Policy Shocks"," Online Appendices 09-221, Review of Economic Dynamics.
  27. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2009. "Empirical Evidence on the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated U.S. Tax Policy Shocks," CEPR Discussion Papers 7370, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  28. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2009. "Understanding the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Tax Policy Shocks," CEPR Discussion Papers 7505, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  29. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2009. "Measuring the Impact of Fiscal Policy in the Face of Anticipation: A Structural VAR Approach," CEPR Discussion Papers 7423, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  30. Bertrand Gruss & Karel Mertens, 2009. "Regime Switching Interest Rates and Fluctuations in Emerging Markets," Economics Working Papers ECO2009/22, European University Institute.
  31. Christian Kascha & Karel Mertens, 2008. "Business cycle analysis and VARMA models," Working Paper 2008/05, Norges Bank.
  32. Ravn, Morten & Mertens, Karel, 2008. "The Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated U.S. Tax Policy Shocks: Theory and Empirical Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 6673, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  33. Mertens, Karel, 2007. "The Role of Expectations in Sudden Stops," Working Papers 07-10, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics.
  34. Karel Mertens, 2006. "How the Removal of Deposit Rate Ceilings Has Changed Monetary Transmission in the US: Theory and Evidence," Economics Working Papers ECO2006/34, European University Institute.

Articles

  1. Alexander Bick & Adam Blandin & Karel Mertens, 2023. "Work from Home before and after the COVID-19 Outbreak," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(4), pages 1-39, October.
  2. Daniel J. Lewis & Karel Mertens & James H. Stock & Mihir Trivedi, 2022. "Measuring real activity using a weekly economic index," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 37(4), pages 667-687, June.
  3. Daniel J. Lewis & Karel Mertens & James H. Stock & Mihir Trivedi, 2021. "High-Frequency Data and a Weekly Economic Index during the Pandemic," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 111, pages 326-330, May.
  4. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2019. "The Dynamic Effects of Personal and Corporate Income Tax Changes in the United States: Reply," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 109(7), pages 2679-2691, July.
  5. Mertens, Karel, 2019. "State-level implications of federal tax policies: Comments," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 91-93.
  6. Andrew J Fieldhouse & Karel Mertens & Morten O Ravn, 2018. "The Macroeconomic Effects of Government Asset Purchases: Evidence from Postwar U.S. Housing Credit Policy," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 133(3), pages 1503-1560.
  7. Karel Mertens & José Luis Montiel Olea, 2018. "Marginal Tax Rates and Income: New Time Series Evidence," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 133(4), pages 1803-1884.
  8. Mertens, Karel & Ravn, Morten O., 2014. "A reconciliation of SVAR and narrative estimates of tax multipliers," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(S), pages 1-19.
  9. Karel R. S. M. Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2014. "Fiscal Policy in an Expectations-Driven Liquidity Trap," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 81(4), pages 1637-1667.
  10. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2013. "The Dynamic Effects of Personal and Corporate Income Tax Changes in the United States," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 103(4), pages 1212-1247, June.
  11. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2012. "Empirical Evidence on the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated US Tax Policy Shocks," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 4(2), pages 145-181, May.
  12. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2011. "Technology-Hours Redux: Tax Changes and the Measurement of Technology Shocks," NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 7(1), pages 41-76.
  13. Karel Mertens & Morten Overgaard Ravn, 2011. "Understanding the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Tax Policy Shocks," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 14(1), pages 27-54, January.
  14. Karel Mertens & Morten Ravn, 2011. "The Research Agenda: Karel Mertens and Morten Ravn on Fiscal Policy, Anticipation Effects, Expectations and Crisis," EconomicDynamics Newsletter, Review of Economic Dynamics, vol. 12(2), April.
  15. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2011. "Leverage and the Financial Accelerator in a Liquidity Trap," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 101(3), pages 413-416, May.
  16. Karel Mertens & MortenO. Ravn, 2010. "Measuring the Impact of Fiscal Policy in the Face of Anticipation: A Structural VAR Approach," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 120(544), pages 393-413, May.
  17. Kascha, Christian & Mertens, Karel, 2009. "Business cycle analysis and VARMA models," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 267-282, February.
  18. Mertens, Karel, 2008. "Deposit rate ceilings and monetary transmission in the US," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(7), pages 1290-1302, October.

Software components

  1. Karel Mertens & Morten Overgaard Ravn, 2010. "Code and data files for "Understanding the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Tax Policy Shocks"," Computer Codes 09-221, Review of Economic Dynamics.

Chapters

  1. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2010. "Technology-Hours Redux: Tax Changes and the Measurement of Technology Shocks," NBER Chapters, in: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2010, pages 41-76, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Karel Mertens & Morten O. Ravn, 2010. "Empirical Evidence on the Aggregate Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated US Tax Policy Shocks," NBER Chapters, in: Fiscal Policy (Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar, TAPES), pages 145-181, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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  1. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (32) 2007-01-28 2008-02-02 2008-04-12 2009-07-03 2009-11-27 2009-11-27 2009-11-27 2011-09-16 2012-05-29 2013-07-05 2013-12-15 2015-11-01 2017-02-05 2017-02-26 2017-02-26 2017-03-12 2018-01-22 2018-04-30 2018-05-28 2019-11-11 2019-11-11 2020-04-13 2020-04-27 2020-05-04 2020-06-15 2020-06-22 2020-07-27 2020-09-07 2020-09-28 2021-01-04 2022-04-25 2022-07-18. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (10) 2007-01-28 2008-02-02 2008-04-12 2009-11-27 2009-11-27 2009-11-27 2009-11-27 2017-02-26 2019-11-11 2020-09-28. Author is listed
  3. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (10) 2008-02-02 2008-04-12 2011-09-16 2012-05-29 2013-05-11 2013-07-05 2013-12-15 2015-11-01 2018-04-30 2018-05-28. Author is listed
  4. NEP-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (6) 2007-01-28 2008-02-02 2008-04-12 2009-11-27 2009-11-27 2020-09-28. Author is listed
  5. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (6) 2017-02-26 2017-02-26 2017-03-12 2018-01-22 2020-06-15 2020-08-24. Author is listed
  6. NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (5) 2007-01-28 2009-07-03 2019-11-11 2020-07-27 2020-09-28. Author is listed
  7. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (5) 2013-05-11 2013-07-05 2013-12-15 2015-11-01 2018-04-30. Author is listed
  8. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (4) 2007-01-28 2007-01-28 2022-04-25 2022-07-18
  9. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (3) 2020-04-27 2020-06-22 2022-04-25
  10. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (2) 2011-09-16 2013-05-11
  11. NEP-ETS: Econometric Time Series (2) 2007-01-28 2022-07-25
  12. NEP-BAN: Banking (1) 2017-02-05
  13. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2009-11-27
  14. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2022-07-18
  15. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2023-06-19
  16. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2020-05-04
  17. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2024-01-15
  18. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2013-07-05
  19. NEP-INO: Innovation (1) 2023-06-19
  20. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2022-04-18
  21. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (1) 2023-06-19

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