Benjamin Born is an associate professor of macroeconomics at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and a research fellow at the CEPR and CESifo. In addition, he serves as research director at the ifo Institute’s Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys and as an associate editor at the European Economic Review. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bonn.

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Island illusion: How firms react to news
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- Macroeconomic policy

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A temporary VAT cut as unconventional fiscal policy
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- Taxation

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Fiscal expansions and liquidity premia
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- Macroeconomic policy

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The effectiveness of lockdowns: Learning from the Swedish experience
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- COVID-19
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The coronavirus stimulus package: Quantifying the transfer multiplier
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- COVID-19 
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