Curriculum Vitae
David Vestin
Address
David Vestin
Bank for International Settlements
Basel
SCHWEIZ
Year of birth: 1972
Publications
- "Price-level targeting versus inflation targeting", forthcoming in the Journal of Monetary Economics.
- "A Joint Econometric Model of Macroeconomic and Term Structure Dynamics" (with Peter Hördahl and Oreste Tristani), Journal of Econometrics 131 (2006) 405-444.
- "Average Inflation Targeting" (with Marianne Nessen), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 37 (2005) 837-863.
- "Interpreting Implied Risk-Neutral Densities: The Role of Risk Premia" (with Peter Hördahl), Review of Finance 9 (2005) 37-137.
- "Adaptive Learning, Persistence and Optimal Monetary Policy" (with Vitor Gaspar and Frank Smets), Journal of the European Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, May 2006 (forthcoming).
- "Monetary Policy Over Time" (with Vitor Gaspar and Frank Smets), forthcoming in the Macroeconomic Dynamics
Education
- Ph.D. Economics, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, May 2001. Advisor: Prof. Lars E.O. Svensson.
- B.A. in Economics, Uppsala University 1991-95
- Military service, 1992-93
Professional employment
- June 2001 - April 2008, Research Department, European Central Bank
- May 2008 - current, Research and Policy Analysis, Bank for International Settlements
Research interests
- Monetary policy, financial economics, macroeconomics
Working papers
- "Is time ripe for price (level) stability?" (with Vítor Gaspar and Frank Smets), October 2007, ECB working paper 818
- "Optimal monetary policy under adaptive learning" (with Vítor Gaspar and Frank Smets), December 22, 2005
Refereeing
American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Seminar Presentations
Olso university, workshop on monetary policy, Sveriges Riksbank, Uppsala University, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University
Pompeu Fabra, ECB, Bundesbank, ESEM 2001, EEA 2002, BI, Oslo, EEA 2003, ESEM 2003, EEA 2005, Humboldt University 2006
Grants and fellowships
- 2000-2001 Grants from Wallander’s Foundation
- 1997-2000 Grants from Stiftelsen Bankforskningsinstitutet
Teaching Experience
- Lecturer, "Principles of Economics", ILF, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Winter semester 2006/2007 and 2007/2008.
- Teaching assistant, Microeconomic theory, third year undergraduate level at
Uppsala university. Fall 1996, spring 1997 and fall 1997.
- Advisor of two B.A. thesis’s, spring 1998
- Teaching assistant, Math II, Ph.D. program. Fall 1999 Stockholm university
References
Professor Lars E.O. Svensson
Department of Economics, Fisher Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1021
US
Tel (609) 258 0329
Fax (609) 258 7573
Email svensson@princeton.edu
Professor Torsten Persson
Institute for International Economic Studies
Stockholm University
S-106 91 Stockholm, SWEDEN
(+46)-8-163066
Torsten.Persson@iies.su.se
Professor Lars Calmfors
Institute for International Economic Studies
Stockholm University
S-106 91 Stockholm, SWEDEN
(+46)-8-163076
Lars.Calmfors@iies.su.se