Jan Strasky is Senior Economist in the Macro-Financial Research Division of the IMF’s Research Department. Previously, he has worked at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2012-2020), Deutsche Bank (2011-2012), the European Central Bank (2007-2011), and the Czech National Bank (1999-2003). He holds a D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford. His research interests include macroeconomic stabilization policies, banking and macro-financial linkages.

Email: jstrasky@imf.org

Fluent In: Czech, French, German.

Education:

D.Phil., University of Oxford

M.A., B.A., Charles University, Prague

Country work or Mission Assignment:

OECD Economics Department: European Union, euro area, Luxembourg (2014-2019)

Work in progress:

When do countries reform? Insights form Going for Growth, with Tomasz Kozluk and Aleksandra Paciorek

Fiscal capacity for the euro area: from self-insurance to risk-sharing, with Guillaume Claveres

Field of Expertise:

Monetary Policy

Public Finance

Macro-Financial Issues

Economic Modeling

Jan Strasky is Senior Economist in the Macro-Financial Research Division of the IMF’s Research Department. Previously, he has worked at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2012-2020), Deutsche Bank (2011-2012), the European Central Bank (2007-2011), and the Czech National Bank (1999-2003). He holds a D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford. His research interests include macroeconomic stabilization policies, banking and macro-financial linkages.

Email: jstrasky@imf.org

Fluent In: Czech, French, German.

Education:

D.Phil., University of Oxford

M.A., B.A., Charles University, Prague

Country work or Mission Assignment:

OECD Economics Department: European Union, euro area, Luxembourg (2014-2019)

Work in progress:

When do countries reform? Insights form Going for Growth, with Tomasz Kozluk and Aleksandra Paciorek

Fiscal capacity for the euro area: from self-insurance to risk-sharing, with Guillaume Claveres

Field of Expertise:

Monetary Policy

Public Finance

Macro-Financial Issues

Economic Modeling

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

"Europe's new fiscal rules", with Sebastian Barnes, Jarmila Botev and Lukasz Rawdanowicz. Review of Economics and Institutions, Vol. 7(2016), No.1, 1-29.

“The euro exchange rate during the European sovereign debt crisis: Dancing to its own tune?'', with Michael Ehrmann, Lenno Uuskula, and Chiara Osbat. Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 49(2014), 319-339.

“Japan's challenging debt dynamics'', with Yvan Guillemette. OECD Journal: Economic Studies, Vol. 2014, No. 1, 1-12.

Publications in Books and Conference Volumes

"A European fiscal capacity can avoid permanent transfers and improve stabilization", with G. Claveres, in Pisani-Ferry and Zettelmeyer (eds.): Risk sharing plus market discipline - A new paradigm for euro area reform, CEPR, London 2019.

“Monetary policy strategies and exchange rate regimes on the southern and eastern shore of the Mediterranean,” with T. Bracke and M. Franta, in Cobham and Dibeh (eds.): Money in the Middle East and North Africa: Monetary Policy Frameworks and Strategies, Routledge, London 2011.

Other Published Materials

“State ownership will gain importance as a result of COVID-19,” with C. Abate, A. Elgouacem, T. Kozluk and C. Vitale, VoxEU column on the OECD COVID-HUB Policy Brief, 7 July 2020.

“Housing and inequality: The case of Luxembourg and its cross-border workers,” with G. Claveres, T. Mathä, G. Pulina, N. Woloszko and M. Ziegelmeyer, OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1608.

“Policies for a more efficient and inclusive housing market in Luxembourg,” OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1594.

“Negative interest rates in the euro area: does it hurt banks?” with H. Hwang, OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1574.

“Euro area unemployment insurance at the time of zero nominal interest rates,” with G. Claveres, OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1498.

“Stabilizing the euro area through unemployment benefits re-insurance scheme,” with G. Claveres, OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1497.

“Stabilization policies to strengthen euro area resilience,” with G. Claveres, OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1492.

“Luxembourg - harnessing skills for more inclusive growth,” OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1417.

“Priorities for completing the European Union’s Single Market,” OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1315.

“The macroeconomic effects of the euro area’s fiscal consolidation 2011-2013: A Simulation-based approach,” with A. Rannenberg and C. Schoder, Central Bank of Ireland Research Paper 03/2015.

“Luxembourg - diversifying a small open economy,” with E. Wurzel, OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1240.

“Investment gaps after the crisis,” with C. Lewis, N. Pain and F. Menkyna, OECD Economics Department Working Paper 1168.

“Oil exporters: In search of an external anchor,” with M. Habib, ECB Working Paper 958.

“The Gulf Cooperation Council countries – economic structures, recent developments and role in the global economy,” with M. Sturm, P. Adolf and D. Peschel, ECB Occasional Paper 92.

“Optimal Forward-Looking Policy Rules in the Quarterly Projection Model of the Czech National Bank,” CNB Research and Policy Note 5/2005.