Bjarni Geir Einarsson
Economist
I am an Economist at the Economics and Monetary Policy department of the Central Bank of Iceland and Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Iceland.
My research interests include time series econometrics, macroeconometrics, macroeconomics, and monetary policy.
I obtained my PhD from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in 2023.
Research
Working PapersTesting Optimal Monetary Policy in a Currency Union
Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 96
2024Online Monitoring of Policy Optimality
Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 95
2024Small open economies in the vast ocean of global high finance
joint with Kristófer Gunnlaugsson, Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson, and Thórarinn G. Pétursson, Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 73
2016The long history of financial boom-bust cycles in Iceland – Part II: Financial cycles
joint with Kristófer Gunnlaugsson, Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson, and Thórarinn G. Pétursson, Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 72
2016QMM: A quarterly macroeconomic model of the Icelandic economy – Version 3.0
joint with Ásgeir Daníelsson, Magnús F. Gudmundsson, Svava J. Haraldsdóttir, Thórarinn G. Pétursson, Signý Sigmundardóttir, Jósef Sigurdsson, and Rósa B. Sveinsdóttir, Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 71
2015The Ins and Outs of Icelandic Unemployment
Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 69
2015The long history of financial boom-bust cycles in Iceland – Part I: Financial crises
joint with Kristófer Gunnlaugsson, Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson, and Thórarinn G. Pétursson, Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 68
2015A Dynamic Factor Model for Icelandic Core Inflation
Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 67
2014How Natural is the Natural Rate? Unemployment Hysteresis in Iceland
joint with Jósef Sigurdsson, Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 64
2013On our own? The Icelandic business cycle in an international context
joint with Gudjón Emilsson, Svava J. Haraldsdóttir, Thórarinn G. Pétursson and Rósa B. Sveinsdóttir, Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 63
2013The production and export structure of the Icelandic economy: An international comparison
joint with Gudjón Emilsson, Svava Jóhanna Haraldsdóttir, Ólafur Ö. Klemensson, Thórarinn G. Pétursson and Rósa B. Sveinsdóttir, Central Bank of Iceland Working Paper no. 60
2013
Curriculum Vitae
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