Research

My research so far focuses on Bayesian Model Averaging and Economic Geography. In addition, I did some work on currency reserves and fixed income.

Research in progress:

• Zeugner: Endogenous Transport Investment, Geography, and Growth Take-Offs (Dec 2009 version), and the adhering presentation.
• Feldkircher and Zeugner: Benchmark Priors Revisited: On Adaptive Shrinkage and the Supermodel Effect in Bayesian Model Averaging (IMF working paper version).
• Feldkircher and Zeugner: The Impact of Data Revisions on the Robustness of Growth Determinants - A Note on 'Determinants of Economic Growth. Will Data Tell?' (working paper version Aug 2010, forthcoming in Journal of Applied Econometrics).
• Kollmann and Zeugner: Leverage as a Predictor for Real Activity and Volatility (CEPR discussion paper, May 2011, forthcoming in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control).

Miscellaneous:

• Related to Bayesian Model Averaging, Martin Feldkircher and me have developed the R-package BMS for Bayesian Model Averaging.
• Among my earlier research, my diploma thesis stands out: The Regional Dimension of European Framework Programme Research Collaboration - A Gravity Approach