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Overview

Karl Whelan is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Clinical Psychology, Finance, Marketing, and General Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
  • European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Recent papers by Karl Whelan include:

  • "Quantitative easing and the hot potato effect: Evidence from euro area banks" (2021), published in the Journal of International Money and Finance
  • "Did raising doing business scores boost GDP?" (2023), published in the Journal of Comparative Economics
  • "Forecasting soccer matches with betting odds: A tale of two markets" (2024), published in the International Journal of Forecasting
  • "Central banks and inflation: where do we stand and how did we get here?" (2021), published in the European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention
  • "US Taxation of Gambling Winnings and Incentives to Bet" (2023), published in the Journal of Gambling Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Whelan include:

  • Tadgh Hegarty
  • Ellen Ryan
  • Tamanna Adhikari
  • Constantin Bürgi
  • Sachin Kumar Srivastava

Whelan's work has appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of money credit and banking
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Comparative Economics
  • International Journal of Forecasting
  • Journal of International Money and Finance

Their publications reflect a focus on monetary and fiscal policies, financial markets, and behavioral aspects of gambling and sports analytics. The diversity of topics and collaboration across multiple disciplines highlight their interdisciplinary approach within economics and finance.

Best Publications

  • New tests of the new-Keynesian Phillips curve☆

    Jeremy Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • New tests of the New-Keynesian Phillips curve

    Jeremy B. Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • Modeling Inflation Dynamics: A Critical Review of Recent Research

    Jeremy Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • Computers, obsolescence, and productivity

    Karl Whelan

  • Computers, Obsolescence, and Productivity

    Karl Whelan

  • Has Euro-area inflation persistence changed over time?

    Gerard O'Reilly;Karl Whelan

  • Can Rational Expectations Sticky-Price Models Explain Inflation Dynamics?

    Jeremy B. Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • Can Rational Expectations Sticky-Price Models Explain Inflation Dynamics?

    Jeremy Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • Ireland’s Economic Crisis: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Karl Whelan

  • Does Labor's Share Drive Inflation?

    Jeremy Bay Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • Explaining the investment boom of the 1990s

    Karl Whelan;Stacey Tevlin

  • Wealth and asset price effects on economic activity

    Karl Whelan;Filippo Altissimo;Evaggelia Georgiou;Teresa Sastre

  • Wealth and asset price effects on economic activity

    Karl Whelan;Filippo Altissimo;Evaggelia Georgiou;Teresa Sastre

  • A Guide To U.S. Chain Aggregated Nipa Data

    Karl Whelan

  • A guide to the use of chain aggregated NIPA data

    Karl Whelan

  • TARGET2 and central bank balance sheets

    Karl Whelan

  • Does labor's share drive inflation?

    Jeremy Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • A two-sector approach to modeling U.S. NIPA data

    Karl Whelan

  • Understanding the dynamics of labor shares and inflation

    Martina Lawless;Karl T. Whelan

  • A guide to the use of chain aggregated NIPA data

    Karl Whelan

  • The Irish expansionary fiscal contraction: A tale from one small European economy

    John Bradley;Karl Whelan

  • FEDERAL RESERVE INFORMATION DURING THE GREAT MODERATION

    Antonello D'Agostino;Karl Whelan

  • Empirical proxies for the consumption–wealth ratio

    Karl Whelan;Jeremy Rudd

  • On the Relationships between Real Consumption, Income, and Wealth

    Michael Palumbo;Jeremy Rudd;Karl Whelan

  • Open for business? Institutions, business environment and economic development

    Robert Gillanders;Karl Whelan

  • Global imbalances and the financial crisis

    Karl Whelan

Frequent Co-Authors

Nauro F. Campos
Nauro F. Campos University College London
Jonathan H. Wright
Jonathan H. Wright Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Gros
Daniel Gros Bocconi University

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