Stephan Danninger
Last Updated: January 01, 2024
Stephan Danninger is Assistant Director in the IMF’s European Department. He joined the IMF in 2000 and currently heads the regional unit covering the economic outlook for Europe. Previously, he oversaw the Surveillance Policy Division in SPR, Director of the IMF Singapore Regional Institute, led the North America and Japan divisions, and was a researcher in the IMF’s World Economic Studies Division which is responsible for the publication of the World Economic Outlook. His research covers a variety of topics, including productivity growth, labor market issues, determinants of countries’ export competitiveness, cross-country spillovers of financial stress, and growth enhancing structural reforms. He holds a PhD from Columbia University, New York.
Email: SDANNINGER@imf.org
Fluent In: German.
Education:
2000 PhD, Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Specialization: macroeconomics and international trade. Advisors: Alessandra Casella, Ronald Findlay, John McLaren, Jacob Mincer.
1995 Institute For Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, master level course work in economics.
1994 University of Graz, Austria, BA in economics.
Previous Experience:
2000-Present, The International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA
Current position: Senior Economist, World Economic Studies Division, Research Department
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Understanding U.S. Wage Dynamics , Working Paper No. 18/138 , June 15, 2018
What Explains the Decline of the U.S. Labor Share of Income? An Analysis of State and Industry Level Data , Working Paper No. 17/167 , July 24, 2017
Can Abenomics Succeed? : Overcoming the Legacy of Japan's Lost Decades , March 04, 2015
The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies , Working Paper No. 09/133 , June 01, 2009
Inflation Smoothing and the Modest Effect of VAT in Germany , Working Paper No. 08/175 , July 01, 2008
What Explains Germany's Rebounding Export Market Share? , Working Paper No. 07/24 , February 01, 2007
Tax Reform and Debt Sustainability in Germany: An Assessment Using the Global Fiscal Model , Working Paper No. 07/46 , February 01, 2007
Labor and Product Market Deregulation: Partial, Sequential, or Simultaneous Reform? , Working Paper No. 05/227 , December 01, 2005
How Do Canadian Budget Forecasts Compare with Those of Other Industrial Countries? , Working Paper No. 05/66 , March 01, 2005
Revenue Forecasting--How is it done? Results from a Survey of Low-Income Countries , Working Paper No. 05/24 , February 01, 2005
Revenue Forecasts as Performance Targets , Working Paper No. 05/14 , January 01, 2005
The Political Economy of Revenue-Forecasting Experience from Low-Income Countries , Working Paper No. 05/2 , January 01, 2005
Managing Oil Wealth: The Case of Azerbaijan , April 21, 2004
A New Rule: "The Swiss Debt Brake" , Working Paper No. 02/18 , February 01, 2002
Redistribution Through Public Employment - The Case of Italy , Working Paper No. 99/177 , December 01, 1999
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Stephan Danninger is Assistant Director in the IMF’s European Department. He joined the IMF in 2000 and currently heads the regional unit covering the economic outlook for Europe. Previously, he oversaw the Surveillance Policy Division in SPR, Director of the IMF Singapore Regional Institute, led the North America and Japan divisions, and was a researcher in the IMF’s World Economic Studies Division which is responsible for the publication of the World Economic Outlook. His research covers a variety of topics, including productivity growth, labor market issues, determinants of countries’ export competitiveness, cross-country spillovers of financial stress, and growth enhancing structural reforms. He holds a PhD from Columbia University, New York.
Email: SDANNINGER@imf.org
Fluent In: German.
Education:
2000 PhD, Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Specialization: macroeconomics and international trade. Advisors: Alessandra Casella, Ronald Findlay, John McLaren, Jacob Mincer.
1995 Institute For Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, master level course work in economics.
1994 University of Graz, Austria, BA in economics.
Previous Experience:
2000-Present, The International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA
Current position: Senior Economist, World Economic Studies Division, Research Department
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Understanding U.S. Wage Dynamics , Working Paper No. 18/138 , June 15, 2018
What Explains the Decline of the U.S. Labor Share of Income? An Analysis of State and Industry Level Data , Working Paper No. 17/167 , July 24, 2017
Can Abenomics Succeed? : Overcoming the Legacy of Japan's Lost Decades , March 04, 2015
The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies , Working Paper No. 09/133 , June 01, 2009
Inflation Smoothing and the Modest Effect of VAT in Germany , Working Paper No. 08/175 , July 01, 2008
What Explains Germany's Rebounding Export Market Share? , Working Paper No. 07/24 , February 01, 2007
Tax Reform and Debt Sustainability in Germany: An Assessment Using the Global Fiscal Model , Working Paper No. 07/46 , February 01, 2007
Labor and Product Market Deregulation: Partial, Sequential, or Simultaneous Reform? , Working Paper No. 05/227 , December 01, 2005
How Do Canadian Budget Forecasts Compare with Those of Other Industrial Countries? , Working Paper No. 05/66 , March 01, 2005
Revenue Forecasting--How is it done? Results from a Survey of Low-Income Countries , Working Paper No. 05/24 , February 01, 2005
Revenue Forecasts as Performance Targets , Working Paper No. 05/14 , January 01, 2005
The Political Economy of Revenue-Forecasting Experience from Low-Income Countries , Working Paper No. 05/2 , January 01, 2005
Managing Oil Wealth: The Case of Azerbaijan , April 21, 2004
A New Rule: "The Swiss Debt Brake" , Working Paper No. 02/18 , February 01, 2002
Redistribution Through Public Employment - The Case of Italy , Working Paper No. 99/177 , December 01, 1999