Hauptmeier, Sebastian

Economics

Division

Fiscal Policies

Current position

Principal Economist

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,
Public Economics

Email

sebastian.hauptmeier@ecb.europa.eu

Education
  • 2009
    PhD in Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
  • 1998-2003
    Master in Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Professional experience
  • 2015-2019
    Senior Economist, Fiscal Policies Division, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 2013-2015
    Senior Economist, Chief Economic Analyst Team, DG ECFIN, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2012-2013
    Senior Economist, Fiscal Policy Strategy Division, Department I, German Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin, Germany
  • 2007-2012
    Economist, Fiscal Policies Division, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank
  • 2004-2007
    Research Fellow, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany

ECB Working Paper Series

2020
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Kamps, Christophe
Debt rule design in theory and practice: the SGP’s debt benchmark revisited
No 2379
2013
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Cimadomo, Jacopo, Zimmermann, Tom
Fiscal consolidations and bank balance sheets
No 1511
2011
Cimadomo, Jacopo, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Sola, Sergio
Identifying the effects of government spending shocks with and without expected reversal: an approach based on U.S. real-time data
No 1361
2010
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Sanchez Fuentes, Jesus, Schuknecht, Ludger
Towards expenditure rules and fiscal sanity in the euro area
No 1266
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Cimadomo, Jacopo, Kirchner, Markus
Transmission of government spending shocks in the euro area: Time variation and driving forces
No 1219
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Rother, Philipp, Holm-Hadulla, Fédéric
The impact of numerical expenditure rules on budgetary discipline over the cycle
No 1169
2009
Afonso, António, Hauptmeier, Sebastian
Fiscal behaviour in the European Union: rules, fiscal decentralization and government indebtedness
No 1054
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Mittermaier, Ferdinand, Rincke, Johannes
Fiscal competition over taxes and public inputs - theory and evidence
No 1033
2006
Schuknecht, Ludger, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Heipertz, Martin
Expenditure reform in industrialised countries: a case study approach
No 634

ECB Economic Bulletin Article

2020
Tordoir, Sander, Carmassi, Jacopo, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Jahning, Malte
The state of play regarding the deepening agenda for Economic and Monetary Union
2018
Cimadomo, Jacopo, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Palazzo, Alessandra Anna, Popov, Alexander
Risk sharing in the euro area

ECB Economic Bulletin Box

2019
Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Haroutunian, Stephan, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
The review of draft budgetary plans for 2020 – some implications for a reform of fiscal governance
Haroutunian, Stephan, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
Priorities for fiscal policies under the 2019 European Semester
2018
Haroutunian, Stephan, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
An assessment of draft budgetary plans for 2019
Haroutunian, Stephan, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
Country-specific recommendations for fiscal policies under the 2018 European Semester
2017
Haroutunian, Stephan, Hauptmeier, Sebastian, Leiner-Killinger, Nadine
An assessment of the review of draft budgetary plans based on the 2018 exercise

Journal publications

2014
Cimadomo, J., Hauptmeier, S. and Zimmermann, T.
Fiscal consolidations and bank balance sheets
Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 45, pages 74-90
2012
Hauptmeier, S., Holm-Hadulla, F. and Rother, P.
The impact of expenditure rules on budgetary discipline over the cycle
Applied Economics, Vol. 44(25), pages 3287-3296
Hauptmeier, S., Mittermaier, F. and Rincke, J.
Fiscal competition over taxes and public inputs
Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 42(3), pages 407-419
2011
Buettner, T., Schwager, R. and Hauptmeier, S.
Efficient Revenue Sharing and Upper-Level Governments: Theory and Application to Germany
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 167(4), pages 647-667
Hauptmeier, S., Sanchez-Fuentes, A. J. and Schuknecht, L.
Towards Expenditure Rules and Fiscal Sanity in the Euro Area
Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 33(4), pages 597-617
2007
Hauptmeier, S., Heipertz, M. and Schuknecht, L.
Expenditure Reform in Industrialised Countries: A Case‐Study Approach
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 28(3), pages 293-342

Other publications

2017
Cimadomo, J., Hauptmeier, S., Kamps, C. and Leiner-Killinger, N.
Reflections on the Euro Area Fiscal Stance
Intereconomics, Vol. 44(1), pages 23–29
2009
Hauptmeier, S., Heinemann, F., Kappler, M., Kraus, M., Schrimpf, A., Trautwein, H.-M., Wang, Q.
Projecting Potential Output
ZEW Economic Studies, Vol. 42