Isabell Koske Deputy Director Country Studies Branch, Economics Department

Contact information

Isabell.Koske@oecd.org

Education Ph.D., Economics, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2006 M.Sc., Mathematics, University of Hagen, 2005 Dipl.‐Kffr., Business Administration, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2002

Professional experience OECD, 2006‐present

Selected publications

OECD Economics " Germany’s growth potential, structural reforms and global imbalances", Department Working Paper No. 780, 2010 (with A. Wörgötter).

"After the crisis: bringing German public finances back to a sustainable path", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 766, 2010.

"Explaining household saving rates in G7 countries: implications for Germany", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 754, 2010 (with F. Hüfner).

"Exchange rate expectations: The role of person specific forward looking variables", Economics Letters, Vol. 105, 2009, pp. 221-223 (with G. Stadtmann).

"International R&D spillovers: the role of financial markets", Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 16, 2009, pp. 1533-1536.

"Improving the functioning of the Slovenian labour market", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 719, 2009.

"Achieving fiscal flexibility and safeguarding sustainability ‐ The case of Slovakia", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 681, 2009.

"Raising the flexibility of the Slovak economy during the catch‐up phase", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 680, 2009.

"What drives the NAIRU? Evidence from a panel of OECD countries", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 649, 2008 (with C. Gianella, E. Rusticelli and O. Chatal).

"The Euro changeover in the Slovak Republic: Implications for inflation and interest rates", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 632, 2008 (with F. Hüfner ).

"The usefulness of output gaps for policy analysis", OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 621, 2008 (with N. Pain).

"Assessing the equilibrium exchange rate of the Malaysian Ringgit: A comparison of alternative approaches", Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 22, 2008, pp. 179‐208.

"A semi‐structural method to estimate the NATREX for a small open economy", Applied Economics Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2008, pp. 73‐93.

"Does the law of one price hold within the EU? A panel analysis", International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 14, 2008, pp. 11‐24 (with K. Funke).

"The macroeconomic policy challenges of continued globalisation", OECD Economic Studies, Vol. 2008, 2008, pp. 149-200 (with K. Hervé, N. Pain and F. Sédillot).

"Globalisation and OECD consumer price inflation", OECD Economic Studies, Vol. 2008, 2008, pp. 117- 148 (with N. Pain and M. Sollie).

How well can monetary factors explain the exchange rate of the Euro? ", Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 32, 2004 (with M. Frenkel).

"How competitive are Europe's economies? Findings of the Global Competitiveness Report 2002‐ 2003", Intereconomics, Vol. 38, 2002, pp. 31‐37 (with M. Frenkel and C. Swonke).