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Tobias Straumann

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Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält
Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland
http://www.econ.uzh.ch/
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Working papers

  1. Straumann, Tobias, 2021. "Rezension - Dieter Ziegler, Friederike Sattler, Stephan Paul: Hundertfünfzig Jahre Commerzbank 1870-2020," IBF Paper Series 03-21, IBF – Institut für Bank- und Finanzgeschichte / Institute for Banking and Financial History, Frankfurt am Main.
  2. Peter Rosenkranz & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2014. "A small open economy in the Great Depression: the case of Switzerland," ECON - Working Papers 164, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
  3. Alexander Rathke & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2011. "Overvalued: Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s," CESifo Working Paper Series 3692, CESifo.
  4. Ritschl, Albrecht & Straumann, Tobias, 2009. "Business cycles and economic policy, 1914-1945: a survey," Economic History Working Papers 22402, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
  5. Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2008. "A pioneer of a new monetary policy? Sweden�s price level targeting of the 1930s revisited," IEW - Working Papers 386, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich.

Articles

  1. Peter Rosenkranz & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2022. "The limits of internal devaluation: Switzerland during the great depression," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, vol. 158(1), pages 1-17, December.
  2. Tobias Straumann, 2018. "Le « non » français et la crise allemande de 1931," Revue d'économie financière, Association d'économie financière, vol. 0(3), pages 265-268.
  3. Alexander Rathke & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2017. "OVERVALUED: SWEDISH MONETARY POLICY IN THE 1930s," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 58(4), pages 1355-1369, November.
  4. Tobias Straumann & Peter Kugler & Florian Weber, 2017. "How the German crisis of 1931 swept across Europe: a comparative view from Stockholm," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 70(1), pages 224-247, February.
  5. Tobias Straumann, 2016. "Comment on "The historical origins of the safe haven status of the Swiss franc"," Aussenwirtschaft, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economics Research, vol. 67(02), pages 29-30, August.
  6. Urban, Scott & Straumann, Tobias, 2012. "Still tied by golden fetters: the global response to the US recession of 1937–19381," Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 19(1), pages 21-48, April.
  7. Straumann, Tobias & Woitek, Ulrich, 2009. "A pioneer of a new monetary policy? Sweden's price-level targeting of the 1930s revisited," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(2), pages 251-282, August.

Books

  1. Borscheid, Peter & Gugerli, David & Straumann, Tobias, 2013. "The Value of Risk: Swiss Re and the History of Reinsurance," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199689804 edited by James, Harold.
  2. Straumann,Tobias, 2010. "Fixed Ideas of Money," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521112710, September.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Peter Rosenkranz & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2014. "A small open economy in the Great Depression: the case of Switzerland," ECON - Working Papers 164, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.

    Cited by:

    1. Daniel Kaufmann, 2019. "Nominal stability over two centuries," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, vol. 155(1), pages 1-23, December.
    2. Daniel Kaufmann, 2015. "Nominal stability and Swiss monetary regimes over two centuries," KOF Working papers 15-379, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich.

  2. Alexander Rathke & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2011. "Overvalued: Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s," CESifo Working Paper Series 3692, CESifo.

    Cited by:

    1. Monnet, Eric & Puy, Damien, 2020. "Do Old Habits Die Hard? Central Banks and the Bretton Woods Gold Puzzle," CEPR Discussion Papers 15286, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Siddhartha Chib & Minchul Shin & Fei Tan, 2020. "High-Dimensional DSGE Models: Pointers on Prior, Estimation, Comparison, and Prediction∗," Working Papers 20-35, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
    3. Peter Rosenkranz & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2022. "The limits of internal devaluation: Switzerland during the great depression," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, vol. 158(1), pages 1-17, December.
    4. Peter Rosenkranz & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2014. "A small open economy in the Great Depression: the case of Switzerland," ECON - Working Papers 164, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
    5. Siddhartha Chib & Minchul Shin & Fei Tan, 2023. "DSGE-SVt: An Econometric Toolkit for High-Dimensional DSGE Models with SV and t Errors," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 61(1), pages 69-111, January.
    6. Notz, Stefan & Rosenkranz, Peter, 2021. "Business cycles in emerging markets: The role of liability dollarization and valuation effects," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 424-450.
    7. Jim Malley & Ulrich Woitek, 2019. "Estimated Human Capital Externalities in an Endogenous Growth Framework," Working Papers 2019_04, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.

  3. Ritschl, Albrecht & Straumann, Tobias, 2009. "Business cycles and economic policy, 1914-1945: a survey," Economic History Working Papers 22402, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.

    Cited by:

    1. Klein, Alexander & Otsuy, Keisuke, 2013. "Efficiency, Distortions and Factor Utilization during the Interwar Period," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 147, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    2. Jose A. Lopez & Kris James Mitchener, 2018. "Uncertainty and Hyperinflation: European Inflation Dynamics after World War I," Working Paper Series 2018-6, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
    3. Albers, Thilo & Uebele, Martin, 2015. "The global impact of the great depression," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 64491, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    4. Albrecht Ritschl, 2012. "War 2008 das neue 1929? Richtige und falsche Vergleiche zwischen der Großen Depression der 1930er Jahre und der Großen Rezession von 2008," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 13, pages 36-57, May.
    5. Alex Klein & Keisuke Otsu, 2013. "Efficiency, Distortions and Factor Utilization during the Interwar Period," Studies in Economics 1317, School of Economics, University of Kent.
    6. Matthias Morys & Martin Ivanov, 2013. "The emergence of a European region: Business cycles in South-East Europe from political independence to World War II," Centre for Historical Economics and Related Research at York (CHERRY) Discussion Papers 13/01, CHERRY, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    7. Ignacio Escañuela ROMANA, 2018. "Did Harvard barometers allow for the prediction of the 1929 Stock market crash?," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 105-120, March.

Articles

  1. Alexander Rathke & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2017. "OVERVALUED: SWEDISH MONETARY POLICY IN THE 1930s," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 58(4), pages 1355-1369, November.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Tobias Straumann & Peter Kugler & Florian Weber, 2017. "How the German crisis of 1931 swept across Europe: a comparative view from Stockholm," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 70(1), pages 224-247, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Jorge-Sotelo, Enrique, 2022. "Politicians, bankers and the Great Depression: The Spanish banking crisis of 1931," eabh Papers 22-01, The European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH).
    2. Eric Monnet & Francois R. Velde, 2020. "Money, Banking, and Old-School Historical Economics," Working Paper Series WP-2020-28, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
    3. Monnet, Eric & Puy, Damien, 2020. "Do Old Habits Die Hard? Central Banks and the Bretton Woods Gold Puzzle," CEPR Discussion Papers 15286, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    4. Olivier Accominotti, 2019. "International banking and transmission of the 1931 financial crisis," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 72(1), pages 260-285, February.

  3. Urban, Scott & Straumann, Tobias, 2012. "Still tied by golden fetters: the global response to the US recession of 1937–19381," Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 19(1), pages 21-48, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Scott Urban, 2014. "Policy Options for the Euro: Heterodoxy Ahead," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(4), pages 742-757, July.

  4. Straumann, Tobias & Woitek, Ulrich, 2009. "A pioneer of a new monetary policy? Sweden's price-level targeting of the 1930s revisited," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(2), pages 251-282, August.

    Cited by:

    1. Jiri Bohm & Jan Filacek & Ivana Kubicova & Romana Zamazalova, 2011. "Price-Level Targeting - A Real Alternative to Inflation Targeting?," Research and Policy Notes 2011/01, Czech National Bank.
    2. Michael Hatcher, 2013. "Aggregate and welfare effects of long run inflation risk under inflation and price-level targeting," Working Papers 2013_03, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
    3. Hatcher, Michael C., 2011. "Comparing inflation and price-level targeting: A comprehensive review of the literature," Cardiff Economics Working Papers E2011/22, Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Economics Section.
    4. Mathy, Gabriel P. & Meissner, Christopher M., 2011. "Business cycle co-movement: Evidence from the Great Depression," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(4), pages 362-372.
    5. Jansson, Walter, 2018. "Stock markets, banks and economic growth in the UK, 1850–1913," Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(3), pages 263-296, December.
    6. Vojtech Molnar, 2022. "Price Level Targeting with Imperfect Rationality: A Heuristic Approach," Working Papers 2022/1, Czech National Bank.
    7. Sabaté, Marcela & Fillat, Carmen & Escario, Regina, 2019. "Budget deficits and money creation: Exploring their relation before Bretton Woods," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 38-56.
    8. Gabriel P. Mathy & Christopher M. Meissner, 2011. "Trade, Exchange Rate Regimes and Output Co-Movement: Evidence from the Great Depression," NBER Working Papers 16925, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    9. Shibamoto, Masahiko & Shizume, Masato, 2014. "Exchange rate adjustment, monetary policy and fiscal stimulus in Japan's escape from the Great Depression," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 1-18.

Books

  1. Borscheid, Peter & Gugerli, David & Straumann, Tobias, 2013. "The Value of Risk: Swiss Re and the History of Reinsurance," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199689804 edited by James, Harold.

    Cited by:

    1. Dacorogna, Michel M & Kratz, Marie, 2015. "Living in a Stochastic World and Managing Complex Risks," MPRA Paper 67402, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Paul Spee & Paula Jarzabkowski & Michael Smets, 2016. "The Influence of Routine Interdependence and Skillful Accomplishment on the Coordination of Standardizing and Customizing," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 27(3), pages 759-781, June.
    3. Pablo Gutiérrez González & Lars†Fredrik Andersson, 2018. "Managing financial constraints: undercapitalization and underwriting capacity in Spanish fire insurance," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 71(2), pages 567-592, May.
    4. Collier, Stephen J. & Elliott, Rebecca & Lehtonen, Turo-kimmo, 2021. "Climate change and insurance," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 110452, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

  2. Straumann,Tobias, 2010. "Fixed Ideas of Money," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521112710, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Stefan W. Schmitz, 2016. "The OeNB’s reaction to the end of the Bretton Woods system: tracing the roots of the Indicator," Monetary Policy & the Economy, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue 3, pages 190-210.
    2. Colvin, Christopher L. & Fliers, Philip T., 2021. "Going Dutch: How the Netherlands Escaped its Golden Fetters, 1925-1936," QBS Working Paper Series 2021/06, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School.
    3. Monnet, Eric & Puy, Damien, 2020. "Do Old Habits Die Hard? Central Banks and the Bretton Woods Gold Puzzle," CEPR Discussion Papers 15286, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    4. Matthias Morys, 2015. "Any lessons for today? Exchange-rate stabilisation in Greece and South-East Europe between economic and political objectives and fiscal reality, 1841-1939," Working Papers 0084, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
    5. Daniel Kaufmann, 2019. "Nominal stability over two centuries," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, vol. 155(1), pages 1-23, December.
    6. Matthias Morys, 2016. "Financial supervision to fight fiscal dominance? The gold standard in Greece and South-East Europe between economic and political objectives and fiscal reality, 1841-1939," Discussion Papers 16/05, Department of Economics, University of York.
    7. Ernst Baltensperger, 2017. "The contribution of monetary institutions to stability: The Swiss case," Aussenwirtschaft, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economics Research, vol. 68(01), pages 19-28, December.
    8. Peter Rosenkranz & Tobias Straumann & Ulrich Woitek, 2014. "A small open economy in the Great Depression: the case of Switzerland," ECON - Working Papers 164, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
    9. Matthias Morys, 2014. "Gold Standard Lessons for the Eurozone," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(4), pages 728-741, July.
    10. Kuokštis, Vytautas & Asali, Muhammad & Spurga, Simonas Algirdas, 2022. "Labor market flexibility and exchange rate regimes," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    11. Jevtic, Aleksandar R., 2020. "Gold rush: The political economy of gold standard adoption in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia," eabh Papers 20-02, The European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH).
    12. Tai-kuang Ho, 2014. "Dilemma of the Silver Standard Economies: The Case of China," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 81(2), pages 519-534, October.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 4 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (4) 2008-09-05 2012-01-18 2014-06-28 2021-07-26
  2. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (2) 2008-09-05 2012-01-18
  3. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (2) 2008-09-05 2012-01-18
  4. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (2) 2008-09-05 2014-06-28
  5. NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (2) 2008-09-05 2012-01-18
  6. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2014-06-28
  7. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2021-07-26
  8. NEP-OPM: Open Economy Macroeconomics (1) 2014-06-28

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