Kamps, Christophe

Economics

Division

Fiscal Policies

Current position

Head of Division

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,
Public Economics,
Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

Email

christophe.kamps@ecb.int

Other current responsibilities
  • 2017-
    Member, Investment Committee for the ECB Pension Funds
  • 2017-
    Member, Editorial Board of the ECB Research Bulletin
  • 2016-
    Leader, Research Coordination Team on "Fiscal Policies and EMU Governance"
  • 2016-
    Member, ECB Forecast Steering Committee
Education
  • 2004
    PhD in Economics, University of Kiel, Germany
  • 1999
    Master in Economics, University of Cologne, Germany
  • 1997
    Master in International Economics, University of Paris IX-Dauphine, France
Professional experience
  • 2016-
    Head of Fiscal Policies Division - Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 2012-2016
    Head of Fiscal Surveillance Section - Fiscal Policies Division, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 2010-2012
    Principal Economist - Monetary Policy Strategy Division, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 2008-2010
    Senior Economist - Monetary Policy Strategy Division, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 2005-2008
    Economist - Fiscal Policies Division, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 2004-2005
    Consultant - European Investment Bank
  • 1999-2005
    Economist - Business Cycle Analysis Department, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
  • 2002
    Summer Intern - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
  • 1997
    Intern - Economics Department, Deutsche Bundesbank
Teaching experience
  • 2005
    Numerical Methods in Macroeconomics, lecture in the PhD programme "Quantitative Economics", University of Kiel
Awards
  • 2004
    Erich Schneider prize for PhD thesis, Department of Economics, University of Kiel

ECB Working Paper Series

2020
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Kamps, Christophe
Debt rule design in theory and practice: the SGP’s debt benchmark revisited
No 2379
2018
Gόrnicka, Lucyna, Kamps, Christophe, Koester, Gerrit, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
Learning about fiscal multipliers during the European sovereign debt crisis: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
No 2154
2009
Arratibel, Olga, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine, Kamps, Christophe
Inflation forecasting in the new EU Member States
No 1015
2008
Caldara, Dario, Kamps, Christophe
What are the effects of fiscal policy shocks? A VAR-based comparative analysis
No 877

ECB Occasional Paper Series

2019
Kamps, Christophe, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
Taking stock of the functioning of the EU fiscal rules and options for reform
No 231
2014
Rüffer, Rasmus, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine, Kamps, Christophe, Sondermann, David, De Stefani, Roberta
The identification of fiscal and macroeconomic imbalances - unexploited synergies under the strengthened EU governance framework
No 157

ECB Research bulletin

2018
Gόrnicka, Lucyna, Kamps, Christophe, Koester, Gerrit, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
What did forecasters learn during the European sovereign debt crisis about the impact of fiscal policies on economic growth?
No 49

Journal publications

2019
Gornicka, L., Kamps, C., Koester, G. and Leiner-Killinger, N.
Learning about fiscal multipliers during the European sovereign debt crisis: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Economic Policy, Forthcoming
Kamps, C. and Leiner-Killinger, N.
Taking stock of the EU fiscal rules over the past 20 years and options for reform
Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 239, No 5-6, pp. 861–894
2017
Caldara, D. and Kamps, C.
The analytics of SVARs: a unified framework to measure fiscal multipliers
Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 84(3), pp. 1015-1040
Cimadomo, J., Hauptmeier, S., Kamps, C. and Leiner-Killinger, N.
Reflections on the euro area fiscal stance
Intereconomics, Vol. 52(3), pp. 125–131
2009
Kamps, C., Leiner-Killinger, N., and Martin, R.
The cyclical impact of EU cohesion policy in fast growing EU countries
Intereconomics, Vol. 44(1), pp 23–29
2006
Kamps, C.
Are the effects of fiscal policy really nonlinear? A note
Empirica, Vol. 33(2), pp. 113-125
Kamps, C.
New estimates of government net capital stocks for 22 OECD countries, 1960-2001
IMF Staff Papers, Vol. 53(1), pp. 120-150
2005
Kamps, C.
The dynamic effects of public capital: VAR evidence for 22 OECD countries
International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 12(4), pp. 533-558

Other publications

2004
Kamps, C.
The dynamic macroeconomic effects of public capital: theory and evidence for OECD countries
Springer
2005
Kamps, C.
Is there a lack of public capital in the European Union?
EIB Papers, Vol. 10(1), pp. 72-93