Stephan Danninger
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
Stephan Danninger is Assistant Director in the IMF’s European Department. He joined the IMF in 2000 and currently heads the regional unit covering the economic outlook for Europe. Previously, he oversaw the Surveillance Policy Division in SPR, Director of the IMF Singapore Regional Institute, led the North America and Japan divisions, and was a researcher in the IMF’s World Economic Studies Division which is responsible for the publication of the World Economic Outlook. His research covers a variety of topics, including productivity growth, labor market issues, determinants of countries’ export competitiveness, cross-country spillovers of financial stress, and growth enhancing structural reforms. He holds a PhD from Columbia University, New York.
Email: SDANNINGER@imf.org
Fluent In: German.
Education:
2000 PhD, Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Specialization: macroeconomics and international trade. Advisors: Alessandra Casella, Ronald Findlay, John McLaren, Jacob Mincer.
1995 Institute For Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, master level course work in economics.
1994 University of Graz, Austria, BA in economics.
Previous Experience:
2000-Present, The International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA
Current position: Senior Economist, World Economic Studies Division, Research Department