Christopher Zuber

Christopher Zuber

Head of Unit at SVR Wirtschaft

I am head of the macroeconomics unit at the German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE).

My research focuses on the effect of fiscal policy and the link between recessions and potential output revisions. In addition, I work on policy issues related to fiscal policy such as fiscal rules, the German debt brake, and fiscal space.

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Interests

  • Empirical macroeconomics
  • Business cycles
  • Fiscal policy
  • Forecasts and expectations

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2022

    Heidelberg University

  • MSc in Economics, 2016

    University of Bonn

  • BSc in Economics, 2013

    University of Mannheim

Publications

Jonas Dovern, Christopher Zuber (2020). Recessions and Potential Output: Disentangling Measurement Errors, Supply Shocks, and Hysteresis Effects. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 122(4), pp. 1431–1466.

Published version

Jonas Dovern, Christopher Zuber (2020). How economic crises damage potential output – Evidence from the Great Recession. Journal of Macroeconomics 65, Article 103239.

Published version

Policy contributions

Martin Werding, Sylwia Bialek-Gregory, Milena Schwarz, Christopher Zuber (2025). Sondervermögen Infrastruktur: Verschuldungsspielräume klug nutzen. Wirtschaftsdienst 105(5), pp. 320–324.

Published version

Ulrike Malmendier, Thilo Kroeger, Christopher Zuber (2025). Germany at a Crossroads. Project Syndicate, February 14.

Published version

Christian Ochsner, Christopher Zuber (2022). Die Konjunkturbereinigung der Schuldenbremse: ein Plädoyer für methodische Reformen. Wirtschaftsdienst 102(11), pp. 822–825.

Published version

Working papers

Christian Ochsner, Christopher Zuber (2025). Output, Prices and Public Debt under the New German Fiscal Consensus.

Working paper

Christian Ochsner, Lars Other, Esther Thiel, Christopher Zuber (2024). Demographic Aging and Long-Run Economic Growth in Germany.

Working paper Technical appendix

David A. Vespermann, Christopher Zuber (2021). The Effect of the European Excessive Deficit Procedure on Fiscal Spending Multipliers.

Working paper

Work in progress

Roberto A. De Santis, Christopher Zuber (2021). Firm Investment During Recessions and Recoveries.

Christopher Zuber (2021). Improving the Reliability of Potential Output Estimates in Real Time.

Contact

Ascending Wildspitze in September 2021.