Nickel, Christiane

Economics

Division

Prices & Costs

Current position

Head of Division

Email

christiane.nickel@ecb.europa.eu

Other current responsibilities
  • Head of Division
Education
  • PhD in Economics from Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung Koblenz – Otto Beisheim Graduate School, Summa cum laude
  • Diploma in Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Summa cum laude
Professional experience
  • Head of Division Prices & Costs, European Central Bank, 2014 to Present
  • Head of Section Output, Demand and Labour Markets, European Central Bank, 2012 to 2013
  • Head of Fiscal Analysis Section, European Central Bank, 2007 to 2012
  • Senior Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2006
  • Senior Economist, European Central Bank, 2003 to 2005
  • Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, 2000 to 2002
  • Junior Faculty Member, Chair of Macroeconomics and International Economics, WHU Koblenz, Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, 1996-1999
  • Book Reviewer, Economics Section, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Teaching experience
  • Lecturer for “Fiscal Policy in EMU: Theory and Practice”, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (2011 and 2012)
  • Lecturer for “Assessing Financial Sector Stability” and “Inflation Targeting”, IMF Institute, Singapore (2002)
  • Lecturer for “Microeconomics” and “European Economic Integration”, WHU Koblenz (1996-1999)

ECB Working Paper Series

2017
Nickel, Christiane, Bobeica, Elena, Lis, Eliza, Sun, Yiqiao
Demographics and inflation
No 2006
2014
Hernández de Cos, Pablo, Nickel, Christiane, Koester, Gerrit, Moral-Benito, Enrique
Signalling fiscal stress in the euro area - a country-specific early warning system
No 1712
2013
Nickel, Christiane, Tudyka, Andreas
Fiscal stimulus in times of high debt: reconsidering multipliers and twin deficits
No 1513
2010
Nickel, Christiane, Rother, Philipp, Zimmermann, Lilli
Major public debt reductions: Lessons from the past, lessons for the future
No 1241
2009
Attinasi, Maria Grazia, Checherita-Westphal, Cristina, Nickel, Christiane
What explains the surge in euro area sovereign spreads during the financial crisis of 2007-09?
No 1131
Nickel, Christiane, Rother, Philipp, Rülke, Jan C.
Fiscal variables and bond spreads: evidence from eastern European countries and Turkey
No 1101
Lis, Eliza, Nickel, Christiane
The impact of extreme weather events on budget balances and implications for fiscal policy
No 1055
Nickel, Christiane, Checherita-Westphal, Cristina, Rother, Philipp
The role of fiscal transfers for regional economic convergence in Europe
No 1029
2008
Vansteenkiste, Isabel, Nickel, Christiane
Fiscal policies, the current account and Ricardian equivalence
No 935
Nickel, Christiane, Rother, Philipp, Theophilopoulou, Angeliki
Population ageing and public pension reforms in a small open economy
No 863
2006
Nickel, Christiane, Funke, Katja
Does fiscal policy matter for the trade account? A panel cointegration study
No 620
2005
Afonso, António, Nickel, Christiane, Rother, Philipp
Fiscal consolidations in the Central and Eastern European countries
No 473

ECB Occasional Paper Series

2019
Nickel, Christiane, Bobeica, Elena, Koester, Gerrit, Lis, Eliza, Porqueddu, Mario
Understanding low wage growth in the euro area and European countries
No 232
ECB Working Group on Global Value Chains

Gunnella, Vanessa, Al-Haschimi, Alexander, Benkovskis, Konstantins, Chiacchio, Francesco, de Soyres, François, Di Lupidio, Benedetta, Fidora, Michael, Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian, Frohm, Erik, Gradeva, Katerina, Lopez-Garcia, Paloma, Koester, Gerrit, Nickel, Christiane, Osbat, Chiara, Pavlova, Elena, Schmitz, Martin, Schroth, Joachim, Skudelny, Frauke, Tagliabracci, Alex, Vaccarino, Elena, Wörz, Julia, Dorrucci, Ettore

The impact of global value chains on the euro area economy
No 221
2010
Trabandt, Mathias, Attinasi, Maria Grazia, Stark, Jürgen, Lalouette, Laure, Nickel, Christiane, Valenta, Vilém, van Riet, Ad, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine, Afonso, António, Warmedinger, Thomas, Catz, Julia, Maurer, Henri, Checherita-Westphal, Cristina, Slavík, Michal, Rother, Philipp
Euro area fiscal policies and the crisis
No 109
2007
Giammarioli, Nicola, Nickel, Christiane, Rother, Philipp, Vidal, Jean-Pierre
Assessing fiscal soundness: theory and practice
No 56

ECB Economic Bulletin Article

2019
Kouvavas, Omiros, Kuik, Friderike, Koester, Gerrit, Nickel, Christiane
The effects of changes in the composition of employment on euro area wage growth

Journal publications

C. Nickel and A. Tudyka
Fiscal stimulus in times of high debt: Reconsidering multipliers and twin deficits
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
C. Nickel, P. Rother and J.C. Rülke
Fiscal variables and bond spreads – evidence from Eastern European countries and Turkey
Applied Financial Economics
M.G. Attinasi, C. Checherita and C. Nickel
What explains the surge in euro area sovereign spreads during the financial crisis of 2007-09?
Public Finance and Management
E. Lis and C. Nickel
The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Budget Balances
International Tax and Public Finance
A. Afonso, P. Rother and C. Nickel
Fiscal Consolidations in the Central and Eastern European Countries
Review of World Economics
M. Frenkel and C. Nickel
How Symmetric Are the Shocks and the Shock Adjustment Dynamics between the Euro Area and Central and Eastern European Countries?
Journal of Common Market Studies
M. Frenkel and C. Nickel
New European Union Members on Their Way to Adopting the Euro: An Analysis of Macroeconomic Disturbances
Global Finance Journal
M. Frenkel, C. Nickel, G. Stadtmann and G. Schmidt
The Effects of Capital Controls on Exchange Rate Volatility and Output
International Economic Journal