CURRICULUM VITAE MARKUS BRUECKNER June 2017 Contact Information Australian National University Date of Birth: 31.10.1983 LF Crisp Building, Room 2062A Citizenship: German ACT 0200, Australia Australian Permanent Resident Tel. (Office): +61 2 612 53881 Spoken Languages: German, English, Spanish markus.brueckner@anu.edu.au Education 2010: PhD in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Summa cum Lauda. 2008: MA in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, with Honors. 2006: Diplom Volkswirt, University of Mannheim, with Distinction. 2001: Australian Capital Territory High School Certificate, International School of Lae, Overall Dux. Employment Professor, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2016 - ) Professor, Department of Economics, University of Queensland (2014-2015) Associate Professor, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore (2011-2014) Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Adelaide (2010-2011) Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications 1. Econometrica 79 (2011) pp. 923-947. "Rain and the Democratic Window of Opportunity." With A. Ciccone 2. Economic Journal 125 (2015) pp. 1653-1676. "Income and Population Growth." With H. Schwandt 3. Economic Journal 124 (2014) pp. 1279-1316. "Local Government Spending Multipliers and Financial Distress: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures." With A. Tuladhar 4. Economic Journal 122 (2012) pp. 848-866. "Commodity Windfalls, Democracy, and External Debt." With R. Arezki 5. Economic Journal 120 (2010) pp. 519-534. "International Commodity Price Shocks, Growth, and the Outbreak of Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa." With A. Ciccone 6. Economic Journal 120 (2010) pp. 535-550. "Population Size and Civil Conflict Risk: Is there a Causal Link?" 7. Review of Economics and Statistics 94 (2012) pp. 389-399. "Oil Price Shocks, Income, and Democracy." With A. Ciccone and A. Tesei 8. International Economic Review 53 (2012) pp. 1205-1228. "Fiscal Expansions, Unemployment, and Labor Force Participation." With E. Pappa 9. European Economic Review 63 (2013) pp. 76-97. "Cultural Diversity and Economic Growth: Evidence from the US During the Age of Mass Migration." With P. Ager 1
10. European Economic Review 55 (2012) pp. 955-964. "Oil Rents, Corruption, and State Stability." With R. Arezki 11. Journal of International Economics 91 (2013) pp. 343-357. "Effects of Transitory Shocks to Aggregate Output on Consumption in Developing Countries." With M. Gradstein 12. Journal of International Economics 86 (2012) pp. 318-326. "Commodity Windfalls, Polarization, and Net Foreign Assets: Panel Data Evidence on the Voracity Effect." With R. Arezki 13. Journal of International Economics 87 (2012) pp. 377-385. "Rainfall, Financial Development, and Remittances: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa." With R. Arezki 14. Journal of Public Economics 96 (2012) pp. 1025-1034. "Estimating the Permanent Income Elasticity of Government Spending: Evidence on Wagner's Law." With A. Chong and M. Gradstein 15. Journal of Development Economics 111 (2014) pp. 107-116. "Government Spending Cyclicality: Evidence from Transitory and Persistent Shocks in Developing Countries." With M. Gradstein. 16. Journal of Development Economics 105 (2013) pp. 254-266. "Exogenous Volatility and the Size of Government in Developing Countries." With M. Gradstein 17. Journal of Development Economics 98 (2012) pp. 220-227. "An Instrumental Variables Approach to Estimating Tax Revenue Elasticities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa." 18. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 47 (2015) pp. 1339-1367. "News Shocks in the Data: Olympic Games and their Macroeconomic Effects." Joint with E. Pappa. 19. Journal of Applied Econometrics 28 (2013) pp. 102-125. "On the Simultaneity Problem in the Aid and Growth Debate." 20. Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) pp. 26-36. "Economic Growth, Size of the Agricultural Sector, and Urbanization in Africa." 21. Journal of Economic Growth 20 (2015) pp. 149-175. "National Income and its Distribution." With M. Gradstein and E. Dabla-Norris. 22. Journal of Economic Growth 15 (2010) pp. 155-176. "Wealth Inequality and Credit Markets: Empirical Evidence from Three Industrialized Countries." With H. Grüner and K. Gerling Other Peer-Reviewed Publications 1. World Development 61 (2014) pp. 142-153. "Effects of International Food Price Shocks on Political Institutions in Low Income Countries: Evidence from an International Food Net-Export Price Index." With R. Arezki. 2. World Bank Economic Review 26 (2012) pp. 78-99. "Resource Windfalls and Sovereign Bond Spreads: The Role of Political Institutions." With R. Arezki 3. Journal of Comparative Economics 38 (2010) pp. 461-471. "Natural Resource Dependence, Non- Tradables, and Economic Growth." 4. Journal of Comparative Economics 43 (2015) pp. 575-594. "Income Growth, Ethnic Polarization, and Political Risk." With M. Gradstein. 2
5. Economica 82 (2015) pp. 1653-1676. Trade Openness and Economic Growth: Panel Data Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. With D. Lederman. 6. European Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming). Rent Extraction by Capitalists. 7. Review of International Economics (forthcoming). Terms of Trade Volatility, Government Spending Cyclicality, and Economic Growth. With F. Carneiro. 8. Journal of Human Capital 10 (2016) pp. 212-234. Income and Schooling: Evidence from International Oil Price Shocks. With M. Gradstein. 9. Explorations in Economic History (2016). The Boll Weevil Plague and its Effect on the Southern Agricultural Sector, 1889-1929. With P. Ager and B. Herz. 10. Economics Letters 107 (2010) pp. 63-65. "Financial Determinants of Firm Dynamics: Evidence from a European Panel." Popular Writings 1. Finance and Development. 06/2010. "Debt and Democracy." Joint with R. Arezki. 2. Royal Economic Society. 05/2010 Press Release. "Fast-Growing African Populations Risk More Civil Wars." 3. VoxEU. 05/2010. "The OECD Growth Prospects and Political Radicalism." Joint with H. Grüner. 4. Economic History Society. 03/2011 Press Release. "Economic Growth Boosted When Immigration Leads to Cultural Diversity: Evidence from the Age of Mass Migration." Joint with P. Ager. 5. VoxEU. 05/2011. "Aid and Growth in the Least Developed Countries." 6. VoxEU. 09/2011. "Olympic Games: Hopes, Expectations, and the Economy." Joint with E. Pappa. 7. VoxEU. 10/2011. "Price Distortions Slow Economic Growth in sub-saharan Africa." Joint with K. Anderson. 8. VoxEU. 05/2012. "Openness to International Trade Causes Growth in sub-saharan Africa." Joint with D. Lederman. 9. Royal Economic Society. 06/2012 Press Release. "Autocratic Regimes Fail to Use Commodity Price Booms Wisely." Joint with R. Arezki. 10. VoxEU. 06/2012. "Effects of Commodity Price Windfalls on External Debt: The Role of Political Institutions." Joint with R. Arezki. 11. Singapore Times. 09/2012. "A Note of Caution on Hasty Bailouts." 12. VoxEU. 04/2013. "Income and Schooling." Joint with M. Gradstein. 13. European Historical Economics Society 11/2014. "Effects of Agricultural Productivity Shocks on Female Labor Supply: Evidence from the Boll Weevil Plague in the US South." Joint with P. Ager and B. Herz. 14. VoxEU. 07/2015. Effects of Income Inequality on Economic Growth. Joint with D. Lederman. 15. VoxEU. 09/2015. Economic Prosperity Breeds Trust. Joint with M. Gradstein and D. Lederman. 3
Selected Media Coverage New York Times (May 16, 2010) "Going to Extreme"; New York Times (June 13, 2013) "Growth and the Right"; Economist (May 17, 2010) "Recession and Extremism"; Financial Times (March 23, 2011) "Unrest is the Price of Soaring Food Costs"; Bloomberg (March 23, 2011) "Rising Food Prices Threaten Democracy, Cause Conflict, IMF Says"; Wall Street Journal (March 26, 2011) "Food Inflation Foments Political Unrest"; Economist (August 16, 2014) "Aid to the Rescue" University Service Head of the Economics Program of the Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU, 2016-2019; Head of Search Committee, ANU, 2017; Member of Search Committee, ANU, 2016, 2017; Member of Research Committee, NUS, 2012, 2013, 2014; Member of Search Committee, NUS, 2012, 2013, 2014; Area Coordinator Development Economics, NUS, 2012, 2013, 2014; JYP CARC Research Proposal Review Committee, NUS, 2014 Referee Activity A. Academic Journals African Security Review, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Review, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Political Science Review, Applied Economics Quarterly, BE Journal Macro, Economica, Economic Bulletin, Economics Letters, Economic Journal, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Empirical Economics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Fiscal Studies, Growth and Change, International Economic Review, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Bioeconomics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Urban Economics, Management Science, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers, Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy, Public Choice, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Review of Development Economics, Review of Income and Wealth, Review of International Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of World Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Singapore Economic Review, Social Science Journal, Southern Economic Journal, World Bank Economic Review, World Development B. Research Councils and Universities Australian Research Council, 2013-2017; Social Sciences and Research Council Canada, 2015; Qatar University Promotions Committee, 2016; Nanyang Technical University PhD Committee, 2017 Teaching Experience Courses Taught Macroeconomic Theory (Undergraduate), University of Queensland, 2015; Economic Development and Growth (Honors/Master), University of Queensland, 2014; Advanced Development Economics (PhD), NUS, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011; Economic Growth and Development (Master), NUS, 2014, 2013, 2012; 4
Development Economics I (Undergraduate), NUS, 2012; Economic Development IV (Honours), University of Adelaide, 2011; Econometrics and Statistics (PhD), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2009; Macroeconomics (Undergraduate), University of Heidelberg, 2007; Microeconomics (Undergraduate), University of Mannheim, 2007; Economic Policy (Undergraduate), University of Mannheim, 2006 Supervision of Honors Students Emma Greenland (ANU, 2016); Sangiita Yoong (NUS, 2012); Tan Hui Hui (NUS, 2012); Neo Shi Ming (NUS, 2012) Supervision of PhD Students Claire Hollweg (2013, World Bank) Public Policy Engagement A. Consulting 1. International Monetary Fund, 2013, Project Title: "National Income and Inequality" 2. World Bank, 2013-2014, Project Title: "Does Ownership Matter? State Owned and Controlled Mining Companies in Minerals Based Economies: An Empirical Analysis" 3. World Bank, 2013-2014, Project Title: "Beyond Commodities: The Growth Challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean" 4. World Bank, 2015, Project Title: "The Effects of Volatility, Fiscal Policy Volatility and Financial Development on Growth: Evidence for the Eastern Caribbean" 5. World Bank, 2015, Project Title: "Growth in Russia" 6. World Bank, 2016, Project Title: "The Commodity-Price Super Cycle and Growth in Brazil" 7. Australian Treasury, 2016-2017, Macroeconomic Advisor 8. International Monetary Fund, April 2017, Visiting Scholar Research Department 9. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 2017, joint course in collaboration with the IMF's Africa Training Institute on "Macroeconomic Management of Natural Resources" B. Invitations to Speak at Public Policy Conferences 1. Bank of Korea - International Monetary Fund. Conference Title: "Asia: Challenges of Stability and Growth." Seoul, September 2013. 2. International Monetary Fund. Conference Title: "Institutions for Fiscal Credibility Fiscal Policy Rules and Fiscal Councils: Experience and Prospects in the Asia-Pacific Region." Tokyo, June 2014. 3. World Bank. Conference Title: "The Economic Challenges of Rising (and Falling) Inequality." Madrid, June 2015. 4. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Conference Title: "Evolving Finance, Trade, and Investment in Asia." Singapore, October 2016. 5
5. Korea Institute of Public Finance East-West Centre. Conference Title: "The Sustainability of Fiscal Policy." Honolulu, November 2016. ARC Research Grants Future Fellowship. FT160100104. Awarded by the Australian Research Council. Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. DE120100635. Awarded by the Australian Research Council. Linkage Project. LP120100527. Joint with Ralf Steinhauser, Emma Aisbett, Liyi Pan. Awarded by the Australian Research Council. 6