Daniel Leigh
Last Updated: January 22, 2014
Daniel Leigh is Assistant to the Director at the Research Department of the IMF. He has served on the IMF teams of Colombia, Gabon, Hungary, Lithuania, and Peru. His research interests are in international macroeconomics, with a focus on fiscal and monetary policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has publications in the Journal of the European Economic Association, the American Economic Review, the IMF Economic Review, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Economic Policy, the Journal of Macroeconomics, Finance and Development, and has written several chapters of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook.
Email: dleigh@imf.org
Fluent In: Czech, French, Spanish.
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1999-2004
M.Sc., Economics, London School of Economics, 1998-1999
B.A. (First Class Honours), Economics, University of Manchester, 1994-1998
Previous Experience:
International Monetary Fund, Research Department: Senior Economist (World Economic Studies division), 2009-2012.
International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Department: Economist (Fiscal Policy division), 2006-2009; Economist Program (Fiscal Policy division), 2005-2006.
International Monetary Fund, European Department: Economist Program (Hungary and Lithuania country assignments), 2004-2005.
International Monetary Fund. European Department: Summer Intern (2002). Estimated effect of exchange rate fluctuations on inflation in Turkey and developed inflation forecasting model.
Inter-American Development Bank. Research Department: Summer Intern (2001). Investigated effect of currency union on trade with a focus on EMU.
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IMF Books and Working Papers:
Wage Moderation in Crises : Policy Considerations and Applications to the Euro Area, Staff Discussion Notes No. 15/22, November 17, 2015
The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation, Working Paper No. 13/151, June 21, 2013
IMF Country Reports
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
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Publications in Journals (Refereed)
"Expansionary Austerity? International Evidence" (with A.Pescatori and J.Guajardo). Journal of the European Economic Association (forthcoming).
Daniel Leigh is Assistant to the Director at the Research Department of the IMF. He has served on the IMF teams of Colombia, Gabon, Hungary, Lithuania, and Peru. His research interests are in international macroeconomics, with a focus on fiscal and monetary policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has publications in the Journal of the European Economic Association, the American Economic Review, the IMF Economic Review, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Economic Policy, the Journal of Macroeconomics, Finance and Development, and has written several chapters of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook.
Email: dleigh@imf.org
Fluent In: Czech, French, Spanish.
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1999-2004
M.Sc., Economics, London School of Economics, 1998-1999
B.A. (First Class Honours), Economics, University of Manchester, 1994-1998
Previous Experience:
International Monetary Fund, Research Department: Senior Economist (World Economic Studies division), 2009-2012.
International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Department: Economist (Fiscal Policy division), 2006-2009; Economist Program (Fiscal Policy division), 2005-2006.
International Monetary Fund, European Department: Economist Program (Hungary and Lithuania country assignments), 2004-2005.
International Monetary Fund. European Department: Summer Intern (2002). Estimated effect of exchange rate fluctuations on inflation in Turkey and developed inflation forecasting model.
Inter-American Development Bank. Research Department: Summer Intern (2001). Investigated effect of currency union on trade with a focus on EMU.
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Wage Moderation in Crises : Policy Considerations and Applications to the Euro Area, Staff Discussion Notes No. 15/22, November 17, 2015
The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation, Working Paper No. 13/151, June 21, 2013
Okun's Law : Fit at 50?, Working Paper No. 13/10, January 14, 2013
Growth Forecast Errors and Fiscal Multipliers, Working Paper No. 13/1, January 03, 2013
Expansionary Austerity New International Evidence, Working Paper No. 11/158, July 01, 2011
A New Action-Based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation, Working Paper No. 11/128, June 01, 2011
To Starve or not to Starve the Beast?, Working Paper No. 10/199, September 01, 2010
What’s the Damage? Medium-term Output Dynamics After Banking Crises, Working Paper No. 09/245, November 01, 2009
Monetary Policy and the Lost Decade: Lessons from Japan, Working Paper No. 09/232, October 01, 2009
The Second Transition: Eastern Europe in Perspective, Working Paper No. 09/43, March 01, 2009
Fiscal and Monetary Policy During Downturns: Evidence from the G7, Working Paper No. 09/50, March 01, 2009
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Options for Dealing with External Shocks: Insights from the GIMF for Colombia, Working Paper No. 09/59, March 01, 2009
Achieving a Soft Landing: The Role of Fiscal Policy, Working Paper No. 08/69, March 01, 2008
Alternative Fiscal Rules for Norway, Working Paper No. 07/241, October 01, 2007
Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability in G-7 Countries, Working Paper No. 07/187, July 01, 2007
Fiscal Adjustments: Determinants and Macroeconomic Consequences, Working Paper No. 07/178, July 01, 2007
Catch-Up Growth, Habits, Oil Depletion, and Fiscal Policy: Lessons from the Republic of Congo, Working Paper No. 07/80, April 01, 2007
International Finance and Income Convergence: Europe is Different, Working Paper No. 07/64, March 01, 2007
Growth in the Central and Eastern European Countries of the European Union, Occasional Paper No. 252, January 03, 2007
Fuel Price Subsidies in Gabon: Fiscal Cost and Distributional Impact, Working Paper No. 06/243, October 01, 2006
Natural-Resource Depletion, Habit Formation, and Sustainable Fiscal Policy: Lessons from Gabon, Working Paper No. 06/193, August 01, 2006
Estimating the Implicit Inflation Target: An Application to U.S. Monetary Policy, Working Paper No. 05/77, April 01, 2005
Leading Indicators of Growth and Inflation in Turkey, Working Paper No. 02/231, December 01, 2002
Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Turkey, Working Paper No. 02/204, November 01, 2002
IMF Country Reports
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
"Expansionary Austerity? International Evidence" (with A.Pescatori and J.Guajardo). Journal of the European Economic Association (forthcoming).
“Painful Medicine” (with L.Ball and P.Loungani). Finance&Development (September 2011): 20-23.
“The Second Transition” (with S.Fabrizio, and A.Mody). European Economy 366 (March 2009).