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Overview

Douglas Laxton is affiliated with the International Monetary Fund in the United States, contributing to research primarily within the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work intersects several subfields including General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Accounting, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Laxton's research focuses on a range of main topics including Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Economic Theories and Models, Global Financial Crisis and Policies, Financial Literacy, Pension and Retirement Analysis, Energy, Environment and Transportation Policies, Market Dynamics and Volatility, as well as Fiscal Policies and Political Economy.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several papers published in reputable venues. Among them is "A Simple Multivariate Filter for the Measurement of Potential Output" (2021), published in Bank of Canada Research. Another is "Monetary Policy, Uncertainty and the Presumption of Linearity" (2021), also appearing in Bank of Canada Research. Additionally, Laxton authored "Monetary policy credibility, avoiding dark corners, and risk management: a response to Ben Bernanke's review of monetary policy-making at the Bank of England," published in 2025 by Oxford Review of Economic Policy.

Other related publications featuring Laxton's involvement include "The Bank of Canada's New Quarterly Projection Model, Part 1. The Steady-State Model: SSQPM" (2021) by Richard J. Black, and "Oil Price Movements and the Global Economy: A Model-Based Assessment" (2021) by Selim Elekdağ, showing a collaborative research environment in these domains.

Frequent co-authors working with Laxton comprise Robert Tetlow, David Rose, Richard J. Black, Selim Elekdağ, and René Lalonde. Collaboration with these researchers points to a network within economic policy modeling and financial studies.

Publication venues where Laxton's research is predominantly featured include Bank of Canada Research, which holds three of their works, RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, and Oxford Review of Economic Policy. This distribution indicates active engagement with outlets focused on economic policy and financial systems.

  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic theories and models
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

  • Robert Tetlow
  • David Rose
  • Richard J. Black
  • Selim Elekdağ
  • René Lalonde

  • Bank of Canada Research
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  • Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Best Publications

  • Effects of Fiscal Stimulus in Structural Models

    Günter Coenen;Christopher J. Erceg;Charles Freedman;Davide Furceri

  • Monetary Rules for Small, Open, Emerging Economies

    Douglas Laxton;Paolo Pesenti

  • Benefits and Spillovers of Greater Competition in Europe: A Macroeconomic Assessment

    Tamim Bayoumi;Douglas Laxton;Paolo Pesenti

  • MULTIMOD Mark III : the core dynamic and steady-state models

    Douglas Laxton

  • Under What Conditions Can Inflation Targeting Be Adopted? The Experience of Emerging Markets

    Nicoletta Batini;Douglas Laxton

  • Is the Phillips Curve Really a Curve? Some Evidence for Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

    Guy Debelle;Douglas Laxton

  • Asymmetric Effects of Economic Activity on Inflation: Evidence and Policy Implications

    Douglas Laxton;Guy Meredith;David Rose

  • The U.S. Phillips curve: The case for asymmetry

    Douglas Laxton;David Rose;Demosthenes Tambakis

  • The Case for Global Fiscal Stimulus

    Jaewoo Lee;Douglas Laxton;Michael Kumhof;Charles Freedman

  • The Macroeconomic Effects of Higher Oil Prices

    Benjamin Hunt;Peter Isard;Douglas Laxton

  • The future of oil: Geology versus technology ✩

    Jaromir Benes;Marcelle Chauvet;Ondra Kamenik;Michael Kumhof

  • The Bank of Canada's New Quarterly Projection Model, Part 1. The Steady-State Model: SSQPM

    Richard Black;Douglas Laxton;David Rose;Robert Tetlow

  • The Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model (GIMF) – Theoretical Structure

    Michael Kumhof;Dirk Muir;Susanna Mursula;Douglas Laxton

  • Smooth landing or crash? model based scenarios of global current account rebalancing

    Hamid Faruqee;Douglas Laxton;Dirk Muir;Paolo Pesenti

  • Global effects of fiscal stimulus during the crisis

    Charles Freedman;Michael Kumhof;Douglas Laxton;Dirk Muir

  • Gem: A New International Macroeconomic Model

    Tamim Bayoumi;Hamid Faruqee;Douglas Laxton;Philippe D Karam

  • An algorithm competition: First-order iterations versus Newton-based techniques

    Michel Juillard;Douglas Laxton;Peter McAdam;Hope Pioro

  • Welfare-based monetary policy rules in an estimated DSGE model of the US economy

    Michel Juillard;Philippe Karam;Douglas Laxton;Paolo Pesenti

  • A Robust Method For Simulating Forward-Looking Models

    John Armstrong;Richard Black;Douglas Laxton;David Rose

  • Government Debt, Life-Cycle Income, and Liquidity Constraints: Beyond Approximate Ricardian Equivalence

    Hamid Faruqee;Douglas Laxton;Steven Symansky

  • A Practical Model-Based Approach to Monetary Policy Analysis - Overview

    Andrew Berg;Philippe D. Karam;Douglas Laxton

  • Asymmetric Effects of Economic Activity on Inflation: Evidence and Policy Implications

    Douglas Laxton;Guy Meredith

  • Asymmetry in the U.S. Output-Inflation Nexus: Issues and Evidence

    Douglas Laxton

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kumhof
Michael Kumhof Bank of England
Paolo A. Pesenti
Paolo A. Pesenti Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Eswar S. Prasad
Eswar S. Prasad Cornell University
Maurice Obstfeld
Maurice Obstfeld University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Berg
Andrew Berg International Monetary Fund
Tamim Bayoumi
Tamim Bayoumi International Monetary Fund
Davide Furceri
Davide Furceri International Monetary Fund
Christopher J. Erceg
Christopher J. Erceg Federal Reserve System
Rabah Arezki
Rabah Arezki Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John Roberts
John Roberts Rice University

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