Dr. Engin Kara Lecturer (assistant professor) in Economics Department of Economics The University of Bristol E-mail: engin.kara@bristol.ac.uk

CV (pdf)

PAPERS:

· “The micro-evidence on nominal rigidity, inflation persistence and optimal monetary policy”, July 2009

· “Can we explain inflation persistence in a way that is consistent with the micro-evidence on nominal rigidity?” (with Huw Dixon), September 2008 (Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, forthcoming)

· “Optimal Monetary Policy in the Generalized Taylor Economy”, January 2008. (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control)

· "Input-Output Connections between Sectors and Optimal Monetary Policy" , November 2007.

· “How to Compare Taylor and Calvo Contracts: A Comment on Michael Kiley” (with Huw Dixon), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 38(4), June 2006.

· “Persistence and Nominal Inertia in a Generalized Taylor Economy: How Longer  Contracts Dominate Shorter Contracts” (with Huw  Dixon), European Central Bank Working Paper No: 489,  June 2005. [revised version] (Revise and Resubmit, European Economic Review)

· COMING SOON:

· Interest Rate Effects of Demographic Change in a New-Keynesian Life-Cycle Framework (with Leopold von Thadden)

Last updated: 9 September 2009.