Prof. Dr. Gunther Schnabl  

Institute for Economic Policy
University of Leipzig
Grimmaische Straße 12
D-04109 Leipzig

Email: schnabl(at)wifa.uni-leipzig.de
Phone: ++49-(0) 341-9733561
Fax:     ++49-(0) 341-9733569

Room: I241
Office hours on appointment


Fields of Research

  • International Finance
  • Monetary Integration and Currency Union
  • East Asian Monetary Integration
  • Monetary Overinvestment Theories and Crisis
  • Fragmented Financial Markets in Emerging Market Economies

Curriculum Vitae

Since April 2006

Full Professor for Economic Policy and International Economics
University of Leipzig
Faculty of Economics and Management

Since March 2006

Wirtschaftspolitischer Ausschuss;
Verein für Socialpolitik

March 2006

Consultant; European Central Bank

Since February 2006

CESIfo Research Network

February 2005 – December 2005

Advisor; European Central Bank (Directorate
General International and European Relations)

Full Curriculum Vitae as PDF.

Latest Publications

Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe. CESifo Working Paper 2835 (2009). Forthcoming in Review of International Economics 20 (2012). Together with Ansgar Belke und Holger Zemanek. [Download]

Determinants of Global and Intra-European Imbalances. Global Financial Markets Working Paper 25. Forthcoming in Review of International Econom-ics 20 (2012). Together with Stephan Freitag. [Download]

Keynesian and Austrian Perspectives on Crisis, Shock Adjustment, Exchange Rate Regime and (Long-Term) Growth. CES Working Papers 2011.4 (2011). Forthcoming in Open Economies Review 23 (2012). Together with Mathilde Maurel. [Download]

Reverse Causality in Global and Intra-European Imbalances. Forthcoming in Review of International Economics 19 (2012). Together with Stephan Freitag. [Download]

China and its Dollar Exchange Rate. A Worldwide Stabilizing Influence? CESifo Working Paper 3449 (2011).Forthcoming in The World Economy 35 (2012). Together with Ronald McKinnon. [Download]

Motivations for Foreign Exchange Intervention in Developed and Underdeveloped Capital Markets. Empirical Evidence from Croatia and Japan. Applied Economics Quarterly 57 (2011), 1, 45-65. [Download]

Triebkräfte und Lösungsansätze globaler und europäischer Leistungsbilanzungleichgewichte. Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter 58 (2011), 3, 429-449. [Download]

Inter-Temporal Savings, Current Account Imbalances and Asymmetric Shocks in a Heterogeneous European Monetary Union. Intereconomics 46 (2011), 3, 1-8.  Together with Holger Zemanek. [Download]

The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas and Growth in Emerging Markets. Applied Economic Letters 18 (2011), 6, 513-517. Together with Andreas Hoffmann. [Download]

Exchange Rate Regime and Wage Determination in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Policy Modeling 33 (2011), 3, 347-360. Together with Christina Ziegler. [Download]

A Vicious Cycle of Manias, Crashes and Asymmetric Policy Responses – An Overinvestment View. The World Economy 34 (2011), 3, 382-403. Together with Andreas Hoffmann. [Download]

Europäischer geldpolitischer Exit im Zeichen von QE2 und Staatsanleihenkäufen der EZB. Quarterly Journal of Economic Research 79 (2010), 4, 147-161. Together with Ansgar Belke. [Download]

Current Account Balances and Structural Adjustment in the Euro Area. International Economics and Economic Policy 8 (2010), 83-127. Together with Ansgar Belke und Holger Zemanek. [Download]

Policy  Implications  of  Global  Asymmetric  Current  Account  Positions. Review  of Economics  60 (2009), 2, 103-137. Together with Stephan Freitag. [Download]

Exchange Rate Volatility and Growth in Emerging Europe and East Asia. Open  Economies Review 20 (2009), 565-587. [Download]

Global Asymmetries in Monetary Policy Operations: Debtor Central Banks in  the MENA Region. The Manchester School 77 (2009), Supplement, 85-107. Together with Franziska Schobert. [Download]

Japanese Foreign Exchange Intervention and the Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate: A  Simultaneous Equations Approach Using Realized Volatility. Journal of In- ternational Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money 19 (2009), 490-505.  Together with Eric Hillebrand and Yasemin Ulu. [Download]

The Case for Stabilizing China's Exchange Rate: Setting the Stage for Fiscal  Expansion. China and the World Economy 17 (2009), 1-32. Together with Ronald McKinnon. [Download]

A  Structural  Break  in  the  Effects  of  Japanese  Foreign  Exchange  Intervention  on Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate Volatility. International Economics and Economic Policy 6  (2008), 5, 389-401. Together with Eric Hillebrand. [Download]

Working Papers

Fiscal Divergence and Current Account Imbalances in the EMS and EMU. Work in Progress (2012). Together with Timo Wollmershäuser.

Fiscal Divergence and TARGET2 Imbalances in the EMU. Work in Progress (2012). Together with José Abad, Axel Löffler and Holger Zemanek.

Monetary Policy Reform in a World of Central Banks. Global Financial Markets Working Paper 26 (2012). [Download]

Limits of Monetary Policy Autonomy by East Asian Debtor Central Banks. CESifo Working Paper 3742 (2012). Togheter with Axel Löffler and Franziska Schobert. [Download]

National Monetary Policy, International Economic Instability and Feedback Effects – An Overinvestment View. Global Financial Markets Working Paper 19. Together with Andreas Hoffmann. [Download]

Inflation Targeting by Debtor Central Banks in Emerging Market Economies. CESifo Working Paper 3138 (2010). Together with Axel Löffler and Franziska Schobert. [Download]


letzte Änderung: 06.03.2012 

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