Prof. Dr.  Johannes Brumm

Prof. Dr. Johannes Brumm

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Johannes Brumm talks at ECB/ IMF Conference
Prof. Brumm at ECB/IMF Conference

Prof. Brumm discussed the paper "Taxing Sudden Capital Income Surges" by Wei Cui and Jianjun Miao at the conference Global Challenges and Channels for Fiscal and Monetary Policy hosted by the ECB and the IMF in July 2024.

Videos of all talks and discussions
Stühle im Triangle Space
First KIT Quant Macro Day

On July 20th 2024, the Chair of Macroeconomics is hosting the first KIT Quant Macro Day! We will cover topics in the range of Heterogeneous Agent Models, Quantitative Modeling in Labor Economics and Deep Learning in Economics at the TRIANGLE SPACE (Schedule).

10km run pre start
Macromaniacs at the 9th KIT Championship

Our team "Macromaniacs" made its debut at the 9th KIT Championship over 10km on July 1st 2023. We are proud of our total time of 3:17:04. We have to pause in 2024, but will be back stronger in 2025!

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tagesschau.de article on federal budget and intergenerational fairness

The article discusses the current federal budget from the perspective of intergenerational fairness, with contributions from Prof. Brumm and three members of the Bundestag. (Article in German only)

tagesschau.de article 11-22-2022
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Radio interview on public debt and debt brake

In this interview, Johannes Brumm answers questions regarding government debt, the debt break and the current special assets of the German Federal Government. Additionally, he outlines concepts for a fiscal policy that takes all future generations into account. (Interview in German only)

 

 

 

Interview egoFM Reflex 10-28-2022
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Handbook Article on Sparse Grids

The handbook article Sparse Grids for Dynamic Economic Models by Johannes Brumm and co-authors was published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. It draws upon the article Using Adaptive Sparse Grids to Solve High-Dymensional Dynamic Models by Johannes Brumm and Simon Scheidegger that was published in 2017 in Econometrica.

Handbook Article
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ERC Starting Grant awarded

Johannes Brumm receives a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. The project advances solution methods for high-dimensional stochastic overlapping generations (SOLG) models to address applications related to public debt and pension reform.
The project SOLG for Policy will be funded for five years with a total amount of about 1.5 million Euro. We are happy that our team will grow and that we will be able to address questions of high relevance for society.

KIT Press Release (German)