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Overview

Daniel Leigh is affiliated with the International Monetary Fund in the United States. Their research focuses on various aspects of economics, econometrics, and finance, with particular attention to monetary policy, economic theory, fiscal policies, and global financial crises. Their main fields of study include Economics, Econometrics and Finance, encompassing subfields such as General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics, and Finance.

The scientist has contributed to research on multiple subjects, including:

  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Housing Market and Economics

Their recent papers cover topics related to inflation, fiscal consolidation, and external balance assessments. Significant publications include:

  • Understanding U.S. Inflation During the COVID Era, 2022, IMF Working Paper
  • Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Consolidation in Emerging Economies: New Narrative Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean, 2021, Journal of money credit and banking
  • Understanding US Inflation during the COVID-19 Era, 2022, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
  • Understanding the international rise and fall of inflation since 2020, 2024, Journal of Monetary Economics
  • 2022 Update of the External Balance Assessment Methodology, 2023, IMF Working Paper

The frequent co-authors they have worked with are:

  • Prachi Mishra
  • Laurence Ball
  • Antonio Spilimbergo
  • Yan Carrière-Swallow
  • Antonio David

Daniel Leigh has published predominantly in venues such as IMF Working Paper, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of money credit and banking, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, and Journal of Monetary Economics.

Best Publications

  • Growth Forecast Errors and Fiscal Multipliers

    Olivier J Blanchard;Daniel Leigh

  • EXPANSIONARY AUSTERITY? INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE

    Jaime Guajardo;Daniel Leigh;Andrea Pescatori

  • Okun's Law: Fit at Fifty?

    Laurence Ball;Daniel Leigh;Prakash Loungani

  • Expansionary Austerity New International Evidence

    Daniel Leigh;Andrea Pescatori;Jaime Guajardo

  • Growth Forecast Errors and Fiscal Multipliers

    Olivier J. Blanchard;Olivier J. Blanchard;Daniel Leigh

  • Okun's Law: Fit at 50?

    Laurence M. Ball;Daniel Leigh;Prakash Loungani

  • Expansionary Austerity New International Evidence

    Daniel Leigh;Andrea Pescatori;Jaime Guajardo

  • A New Action-Based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation

    Andrea Pescatori;Daniel Leigh;Jaime Guajardo;Pete Devries

  • A New Action-Based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation

    Andrea Pescatori;Daniel Leigh;Jaime Guajardo;Pete Devries

  • The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation

    Laurence Ball;Davide Furceri;Daniel Leigh;Prakash Loungani

  • Expansionary Austerity New International Evidence

    Andrea Pescatori;Daniel Leigh;Jaime Guajardo

  • Growth Forecast Errors and Fiscal Multipliers

    Olivier J Blanchard;Daniel Leigh

  • Revisiting the Twin Deficits Hypothesis: The Effect of Fiscal Consolidation on the Current Account

    John Bluedorn;Daniel Leigh

  • Global Market Power and its Macroeconomic Implications

    Federico Diez;Daniel Leigh;Suchanan Tambunlertchai

  • Financial integration, capital mobility, and income convergence

    Abdul Abiad;Daniel Leigh;Ashoka Mody

  • Learning about Fiscal Multipliers from Growth Forecast Errors

    Olivier J Blanchard;Daniel Leigh

  • Growth in the Central and Eastern European Countries of the European Union

    Abdul d Abiad;Ashoka Mody;Susan M Schadler;Daniel Leigh

  • What’s the Damage? Medium-term Output Dynamics After Banking Crises

    Abdul Abiad;Petya Koeva Brooks;Irina Tytell;Daniel Leigh

  • A New Action-Based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation

    Pete Devries;Jaime Guajardo;Daniel Leigh;Andrea Pescatori

  • International Finance and Income Convergence: Europe is Different

    Abdul G. Abiad;Daniel Leigh;Ashoka Mody

  • Global Market Power and its Macroeconomic Implications

    Federico J Diez;Daniel Leigh;Suchanan Tambunlertchai

  • Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Turkey

    Daniel Leigh;Marco Rossi

  • Understanding U.S. Inflation During the COVID Era

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  • Okun's Law: Fit at Fifty?

    Laurence M Ball;Laurence M Ball;Laurence M Ball;Daniel Leigh;Prakash Loungani

  • What’s the Damage? Medium-Term Output Dynamics after Banking Crises

    Abdul G. Abiad;Ravi Balakrishnan;Petya Koeva Brooks;Daniel Leigh

  • Does One Law Fit All? Cross-Country Evidence on Okun’s Law

    Laurence Ball;Davide Furceri;Daniel Leigh;Prakash Loungani

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Ball
Laurence Ball Johns Hopkins University
Ashoka Mody
Ashoka Mody Princeton University
Olivier J. Blanchard
Olivier J. Blanchard Peterson Institute for International Economics
Michael Kumhof
Michael Kumhof Bank of England
Prakash Loungani
Prakash Loungani Johns Hopkins University
Davide Furceri
Davide Furceri International Monetary Fund
Douglas Laxton
Douglas Laxton International Monetary Fund
Manmohan S. Kumar
Manmohan S. Kumar International Monetary Fund
Antonio Spilimbergo
Antonio Spilimbergo International Monetary Fund

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