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Overview

Eric M. Leeper is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance, with significant contributions to various subfields and topics within these domains.

The main fields of study for Eric M. Leeper include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Finance

Key research topics explored in their work consist of:

  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies

Eric M. Leeper has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Optimal Time-Consistent Monetary, Fiscal and Debt Maturity Policy" (2020) in the Journal of Monetary Economics
  • "Analyzing Fiscal Sustainability" (2021) in Econstor (Econstor)
  • "Strategic Interactions in U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policies" (2022) in Durham Research Online (Durham University)
  • "Fiscal Dominance: How Worried Should We Be?" (2023) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021" (2023) in Journal of Economic Literature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric M. Leeper include:

  • Campbell Leith
  • Xiaoshan Chen
  • Margaret Jacobson
  • Bruce Preston
  • Ding Liu

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Finance and Economics Discussion Series
  • Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Econstor (Econstor)
  • Durham Research Online (Durham University)

Eric M. Leeper's research spans across monetary and fiscal policy analysis, exploring interactions between monetary policy implementation and fiscal sustainability. Their work on fiscal dominance and debt maturity policies reflects an ongoing engagement with the economic implications of government financial decisions.

Best Publications

  • Equilibria under ‘active’ and ‘passive’ monetary and fiscal policies

    Eric M. Leeper

  • What Does Monetary Policy Do

    Eric M. Leeper;Christopher A. Sims;Tao Zha

  • When Do Long-Run Identifying Restrictions Give Reliable Results?

    Jon Faust;Eric M. Leeper

  • Monetary–fiscal policy interactions and fiscal stimulus

    Troy Davig;Eric M. Leeper

  • The Dynamic Impacts of Monetary Policy: An Exercise in Tentative Identification

    David B. Gordon;Eric M. Leeper

  • Fiscal Foresight and Information Flows

    Eric M. Leeper;Todd B. Walker;Shu-Chun Susan Yang

  • Generalizing the Taylor Principle

    Troy Davig;Eric M Leeper

  • Modest Policy Interventions

    Eric M. Leeper;Eric M. Leeper;Tao Zha

  • Dynamics of fiscal financing in the United States

    Eric M. Leeper;Eric M. Leeper;Michael Plante;Nora Traum

  • Government investment and fiscal stimulus

    Eric Leeper;Todd B Walker;Shu-Chun Susan Yang

  • Clearing Up the Fiscal Multiplier Morass

    Eric M. Leeper;Nora Traum;Todd B. Walker

  • Fiscal Foresight: Analytics and Econometrics

    Eric M. Leeper;Todd B. Walker;Shu-Chun Susan Yang

  • In search of the liquidity effect

    Eric M. Leeper;David B. Gordon

  • Fluctuating Macro Policies and the Fiscal Theory [with Comments and Discussion]

    Troy Davig;Eric M. Leeper;Jordi Galí;Christopher Sims

  • Toward a Modern Macroeconomic Model Usable for Policy Analysis

    Eric M. Leeper;Christopher A. Sims

  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Switching

    Hess Chung;Troy Davig;Eric M. Leeper

  • Putting "M" back in monetary policy

    Eric M. Leeper;Jennifer E. Roush

  • Putting "M" Back in Monetary Policy

    Eric Michael Leeper;Eric Michael Leeper;Eric Michael Leeper;Jennifer E. Roush

  • Uncertain Fiscal Consolidations

    Huixin Bi;Eric M Leeper;Campbell B Leith

  • Fluctuating Macro Policies and the Fiscal Theory

    Troy Davig;Eric M Leeper

  • INFLATION AND THE FISCAL LIMIT

    Troy Davig;Eric M. Leeper;Todd B. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Tao Zha
Tao Zha Emory University
Robert Kollmann
Robert Kollmann Université Libre de Bruxelles
Christopher A. Sims
Christopher A. Sims Princeton University
Jon Faust
Jon Faust Johns Hopkins University
Bong-Soo Lee
Bong-Soo Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jordi Galí
Jordi Galí Barcelona School of Economics
Iftekhar Hasan
Iftekhar Hasan Fordham University
Lutz Kilian
Lutz Kilian Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Theo S. Eicher
Theo S. Eicher University of Washington
Barry Eichengreen
Barry Eichengreen University of California, Berkeley

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