Harald Uhlig
Harald Uhlig | |
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 Uhlig in 2018 | |
| Born | April 26, 1961 Bonn,Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Macroeconomics Financial economics Bayesian econometrics |
| Institution | University of Chicago |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota(Ph.D. 1990) Technische Universität Berlin(Diplom, 1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Christopher A. Sims[1] |
| Awards | Gossen Prize(2003) |
| InformationatIDEAS / RePEc | |
Harald Friedrich Hans Volker Sigmar Uhlig(born April 26, 1961) is a German macroeconomist and the Bruce Allen and Barbara Ritzenthaler Professor of Economics at theUniversity of Chicago,where he was the chairman of the Department of Economics from 2009 to 2012.
Education
[edit]Born inBonn,[2]Uhlig received hisDiplominmathematicsfromTechnische Universität Berlinin 1985 and earned adoctoral degreein economics at theUniversity of Minnesotain 1990. His Ph.D. thesis, titled "Costly Information Acquisition, Stock Prices and Neoclassical Growth", was supervised byChristopher A. Sims.
Career
[edit]Uhlig has held positions atPrinceton University(1990–1994),Tilburg University(1994–2000), andHumboldt University of Berlin(2000–2007). He has also been a consultant for both theFederal Reserve Bank of Chicagoand theEuropean Central Bank.[3]
Uhlig was co-editor ofEconometricafrom 2006 to 2010. He was a co-editor of theJournal of Political Economyfrom 2012 to 2021. He was also its lead editor from 2013 to 2021.[4]
Controversy
[edit]In June 2020, usingTwitter,Uhlig criticizedBlack Lives Matter,specifically the movement's use of the "Defund the Police" slogan, and compared people who supported it to "flat-earthers and creationists". His comments caused controversy, covered inThe New York Times.[5]Shortly thereafter, allegations of discriminatory conduct in the classroom surfaced.[6]He was temporarily placed on leave as editor at theJournal of Political Economy"pending a determination of the Board as to whether it would be appropriate for him to continue in that role given recent accusations of discriminatory conduct in a University classroom setting."[7]He was reinstated after a finding that "there is not a basis for a further investigation or disciplinary proceeding".[8]His term as lead editor ended in Summer 2021.[9][10]His ties to the Chicago Federal Reserve remain severed.[11]
Awards and distinctions
[edit]- In 2017, it was announced that Uhlig was named an Honorary Professor atHenan Universityin China.[3]
- In 2013, Uhlig was appointed Duisenberg Fellow at theEuropean Central Bank.[12]
- In December 2005, Uhlig received the Frank P. Ramsey Prize for the best paper inMacroeconomic Dynamics,for the article "The Sharpe Ratio and Preferences: A Parametric Approach," with Martin Lettau.[12]
- In December 2003, he was electedFellow of theEconometric Society.
- In 2003, Uhlig won the Gossen Prize for his contributions to the theory and methods of dynamic macroeconomic models.[13]
Selected publications
[edit]- Mountford, Andrew; ——— (2009)."What are the Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks?"(PDF).Journal of Applied Econometrics.24(6): 960–992.doi:10.1002/jae.1079.S2CID547059.
- ——— (2005)."What are the Effects of Monetary Policy on Output? Results from an Agnostic Identification Procedure"(PDF).Journal of Monetary Economics.52(2): 381–419.doi:10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.05.007.
- Ravn, Morten O.; ——— (2002)."On Adjusting the Hodrick–Prescott Filter for the Frequency of Observations".Review of Economics and Statistics.84(2): 371–376.doi:10.1162/003465302317411604.S2CID845683.
- Ljungqvist, Lars;——— (2000). "Tax Policy and Aggregate Demand Management under Catching up with the Joneses".American Economic Review.90(3): 356–366.doi:10.1257/aer.90.3.356.JSTOR117333.
- ——— (1997). "Bayesian Vector Autoregressions with Stochastic Volatility".Econometrica.65(1): 59–73.CiteSeerX10.1.1.27.2055.doi:10.2307/2171813.JSTOR2171813.S2CID124473617.
- Taylor, John B.;——— (1990)."Solving Nonlinear Stochastic Growth Models: A Comparison of Alternative Solution Methods"(PDF).Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.8(1): 1–17.doi:10.1080/07350015.1990.10509766.S2CID161599.
References
[edit]- ^"Advantage Financial Harald Uhlig".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-10-01.Retrieved2016-09-28.
- ^ORCID0000-0003-0918-032X
- ^ab"Harald Uhlig".RetrievedJun 11,2020.
- ^"Journal of Political Economy Past Editors".www.journals.uchicago.edu.RetrievedJuly 19,2021.
- ^Casselman, Ben; Tankersley, Jim (10 June 2020)."Economics, Dominated by White Men, Is Roiled by Black Lives Matter".The New York Times.RetrievedApril 29,2023.
- ^Cherney, Elyssa (June 13, 2020)."U. of C. economist facing criticism for Black Lives Matter tweets is now under review for claims of 'discriminatory conduct' in classroom".Chicago Tribune.RetrievedApril 29,2023.
- ^"Journal of Political Economy".www.journals.uchicago.edu.RetrievedJune 13,2020.
- ^"Statement on Discriminatory Behavior: Update".www.economics.uchicago.edu.RetrievedJune 23,2020.
- ^"Journal of Political Economy Editorial Board".www.journals.uchicago.edu.RetrievedJune 18,2021.
- ^@haralduhlig (July 19, 2021)."As I get this question quite a bit"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^Derby, Michael S. (July 4, 2020)."Chicago Fed Ends Ties With Scholar Who Criticized Black Lives Matter".The Wall Street Journal.RetrievedApril 29,2023.
- ^ab"University of Chicago | Department of Economics | Harald Uhlig | CV".home.uchicago.edu.RetrievedJun 11,2020.
- ^"Gossen Prize Winners | Verein für Socialpolitik".www.socialpolitik.de.RetrievedJun 11,2020.
External links
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Bonn
- Technische Universität Berlin alumni
- University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni
- University of Chicago faculty
- 20th-century German economists
- 21st-century German economists
- Fellows of the Econometric Society
- Neoclassical economists
- Economics journal editors
- Journal of Political Economy editors