Biography

I am an International Postdoc Fellow at the University of St.Gallen.

I am on the job market 2020-21 and will be available for interviews at the EJM and the ASSA virtual meetings.

Full CV.

Interests

  • Macroeconomics
  • Asset Prices
  • Household Finance
  • Housing
  • Public Finance
  • Wealth Inequality

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2019

    Leipzig University | Central-German Doctoral Program Economics (CGDE)

  • MSc in Economics, 2014

    Leipzig University

  • BSc in International Economics, 2011

    University of Tübingen

Job Market Paper

Benjamin Larin (2020). Bubble-Driven Business Cycles.

Latest Version Slides

Working Papers

Volker Grossmann, Benjamin Larin, Hans Torben Löfflad, Thomas Steger (2020). Distributional Consequences of Surging Housing Costs under Schwabe’s Law. R&R at the Journal of Economic Theory.

Latest Version CESifo CUREM Slides

Volker Grossmann, Benjamin Larin, Thomas Steger (2020). Das House Kapital. submitted.

Latest Version CESifo (earlier version) IMF (earlier version) VoxEU (earlier version) Slides

Work in Progress

Winfried Koeniger, Benjamin Larin, Arnau Valladares-Esteban (2020). Demographic Change, Household Portfolio, and Rates of Return.

Benjamin Larin (2020). Housing and inequality: Renters vs Owners.

Benjamin Larin (2020). Taxing Housing Wealth? Not Such a Good Idea After All!.

Pre-PhD Papers

Benjamin Larin, Bernd Süßmuth (2014). Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Sustainability: Subnational Taxation and Public Indebtedness in Contemporary Spain.

CESifo

Björn Kauder, Benjamin Larin, Niklas Potrafke (2014). Was bringt uns die große Koalition? Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik.

Published Version ifo

Teaching

Graduate Level (Master, in English)

Undergraduate Level (Bachelor, in German)

  • Macroeconomics, exercise class, Leipzig University

    2015/16, winter term ( course page)

    2014/15, winter term ( course page)

    2012/13, winter term ( course page)

  • Microeconomics, exercise class, Leipzig University

    2013, summer term ( course page)

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