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Gert Peersman

Gert Peersman

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
38
Citations
9109
World Ranking
2506
National Ranking
27

Overview

Gert Peersman is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in research within the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work concentrates primarily on topics related to market dynamics, monetary policy, and environmental impacts, reflecting a diverse yet focused set of research interests.

The main fields of study covered by Peersman include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Finance
  • Pollution

Peersman's research topics include:

  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Economic theories and models

The scientist has authored several recent papers, with a notable focus on the economic impact of price shocks and energy markets, including:

  • International Food Commodity Prices and Missing (Dis)Inflation in the Euro Area (2020), published in The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Heterogeneous Household Responses to Energy Price Shocks (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Heterogeneous household responses to energy price shocks (2024), published in Energy Economics

Peersman has collaborated with various co-authors across different publications. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Joris Wauters
  • Lorenzo Mori
  • Jef Boeckx
  • Maite de Sola Perea
  • Efrem Castelnuovo

The main venues where Peersman's work has been published are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • European Economic Review
  • Energy Economics

Best Publications

  • The effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy at the zero lower bound : a cross-country analysis

    Leonardo Gambacorta;Boris Hofmann;Gert Peersman

  • A VAR description of the effects of monetary policy in the individual countries of the euro area

    Benoit Mojon;Gert Peersman

  • The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Euro Area: More Evidence from VAR Analysis (MTN conference paper)

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

  • Time-Varying Effects of Oil Supply Shocks on the US Economy

    Christiane Baumeister;Gert Peersman

  • The monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area: more evidence from VAR analysis

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets

  • What caused the early millennium slowdown? Evidence based on vector autoregressions

    Gert Peersman

  • The Industry Effects of Monetary Policy in the Euro Area

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets

  • Effectiveness and Transmission of the ECB’s Balance Sheet Policies

    Jef Boeckx;Maarten Dossche;Gert Peersman

  • The Role of Time-Varying Price Elasticities in Accounting for Volatility Changes in the Crude Oil Market

    Christiane Baumeister;Gert Peersman

  • A VAR Description of the Effects of Monetary Policy in the Individual Countries of the Euro Area

    Benoit Mojon;Gert Peersman

  • Cross-country differences in the effects of oil shocks☆

    Gert Peersman;Ine Van Robays

  • Macroeconomic Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policy in the Euro Area

    Gert Peersman

  • Oil and the Euro Area Economy

    Gert Peersman;Ine Van Robays

  • The Taylor Rule: A Useful Monetary Policy Benchmark for the Euro Area?

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets

  • TECHNOLOGY SHOCKS AND ROBUST SIGN RESTRICTIONS IN A EURO AREA SVAR

    Gert Peersman;Roland Straub

  • Is the Exchange Rate a Shock Absorber or a Source of Shocks? New Empirical Evidence

    Katie Farrant;Gert Peersman

  • Effectiveness and Transmission of the ECB's Balance Sheet Policies

    Jef Boeckx;Maarten Dossche;Gert Peersman

  • The Transmission of Monetary Policy in the Euro Area: Are the Effects Different Across Countries?*

    Gert Peersman

  • Are the effects of monetary policy in the euro area greater in recessions than in booms

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets

  • The monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area: evidence from VAR analysis

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets

  • The Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound: A Cross-Country Analysis

    Leonardo Gambacorta;Leonardo Gambacorta;Boris Hofmann;Gert Peersman

  • Are the Effects of Monetary Policy in the Euro Area Greater in Recessions than in Booms

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

  • A VAR description of the effects of monetary policy in the individual countries of the euro area

    Benoit Mojon;Gert Peersman

  • The economic consequences of oil shocks: differences across countries and time

    Christiane Baumeister;Gert Peersman;Ine Van Robays

  • The Economic Consequences of Oil Shocks: Differences across Countries and Time

    Christiane Baumeister;Gert Peersman;Ine Van Robays

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris Hofmann
Boris Hofmann Bank for International Settlements
Frank Smets
Frank Smets European Central Bank
Leonardo Gambacorta
Leonardo Gambacorta Bank for International Settlements
Benoit Mojon
Benoit Mojon Bank for International Settlements

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