Karel Mertens is currently an Economist at the FRB of Dallas. Karel received his PhD in 2007 from the European University Institute. He is a macroeconomist with primary interests in business cycle research and stabilisation policy.

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The long shadow of the Great Depression: US housing credit policies and their macroeconomic effects
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- Global crisis 
- Macroeconomic policy
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Eliminating a known unknown of the fiscal policy debate: Firm evidence on tax multipliers
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- Macroeconomic policy
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The timing of fiscal interventions: Don’t do tomorrow what you can do today
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- Macroeconomic policy