Prof. Dr. Jonas Dovern
Jonas Dovern
Head of Chair
Lange Gasse 20
90403 Nürnberg
School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Statistics and Econometrics
Lange Gasse 20
90403 Nürnberg
- Phone number: +49 911 5302-492
- Fax number: +49 911 5302-277
- Email: jonas.dovern@fau.de
Office hours
By appointment
Curriculum Vitae
| 2019 – | FAU, Professor of Statistics and Econometrics |
| 2014 – 2019 | Heidelberg University, Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics |
| 2016 | RWTH Aachen University, Visiting Professor of Economics |
| 2013 – 2014 | Heidelberg University, Postdoc of Macroeconomics |
| 2009 – 2013 | Kiel Economics Research & Forecasting, Managing Director |
| Nov. 2012 | International Monetary Fund, Visiting Researcher |
| 2010 – 2011 | Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Consultant |
| Oct. 2010 | International Monetary Fund, Consultant |
| May/July 2010 | GIZ, Consultant to IFMR (Tashkent) |
| 2006 – 2009 | University of Kiel, PhD Student |
| 2005 – 2008 | Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Researcher |
| 2005 – 2006 | Kiel Institute for the World Economy,ASP Student |
| 2004 – 2005 | Maastricht University, European Studies (Minor) |
| 2001 – 2005 | Maastricht University, Econometrics (Master) |
Link to detailed CV.
Publications
- Dovern, J., & Zuber, C. (2020). How Economic Crises Damage Potential Output – Evidence from the Great Recession. Journal of Macroeconomics, 65. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2020.103239
- Dovern, J., & Manner, H. (2020). Order-Invariant Tests for Proper Calibration of Multivariate Density Forecasts. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 35, 440-456. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jae.2755
- Dovern, J., & Kenny, G. (2020). Anchoring Inflation Expectations in Unconventional Times: Micro Evidence for the Euro Area. International Journal of Central Banking, forthcoming.
- Dovern, J., & Zuber, C. (2020). Recessions and Potential Output: Disentangling Measurement Errors, Supply Shocks, and Hysteresis Effects. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, forthcoming. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12385
- Dovern, J., & Jannsen, N. (2017). Systematic errors in growth expectations over the business cycle. International Journal of Forecasting, 33(4), 760-769. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2017.03.003
- Dovern, J., & Hartmann, M. (2017). Forecast performance, disagreement, and heterogeneous signal-to-noise ratios. Empirical Economics, 53(1), 63-77. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00181-016-1137-x
- Rickels, W., Dovern, J., & Quaas, M. (2016). Beyond fisheries: Common-pool resource problems in oceanic resources and services. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 40, 37-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.06.013
- Rickels, W., Dovern, J., Hoffmann, J., Quaas, M.F., Schmidt, J.O., & Visbeck, M. (2016). Indicators for monitoring sustainable development goals: An application to oceanic development in the European Union. Earth's Future, 4(5), 252-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016EF000353
- Dovern, J., Feldkircher, M., & Huber, F. (2016). Does Joint Modelling of the World Economy Pay Off? Evaluating Global Forecasts from a Bayesian GVAR. Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 70, 86-100. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2016.06.006
- Dovern, J. (2015). A multivariate analysis of forecast disagreement: Confronting models of disagreement with survey data. European Economic Review, 80, 16-35. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.08.009
- Dovern, J., Fritsche, U., Loungani, P., & Tamirisa, N. (2015). Information rigidities: Comparing average and individual forecasts for a large international panel. International Journal of Forecasting, 31(1), 144-154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2014.06.002
- Dovern, J., & Huber, F. (2015). Global prediction of recessions. Economics letters, 133, 81-84. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.05.022
- Dovern, J., & Van Roye, B. (2014). International transmission and business-cycle effects of financial stress. Journal of Financial Stability, 13, 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2014.02.006
- Dovern, J., Quaas, M.F., & Rickels, W. (2014). A comprehensive wealth index for cities in Germany. Ecological Indicators, 41, 79-86. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.009
- Dovern, J. (2013). When are GDP forecasts updated? Evidence from a large international panel. Economics letters, 120 (3), 521-523. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.06.007
- Dovern, J., Fritsche, U., & Slacalek, J. (2012). Disagreement among Forecasters in G7 Countries. Review of Economics and Statistics, 94(4), 1081-1096.
- Dovern, J., & Weisser, J. (2011). Accuracy, unbiasedness and efficiency of professional macroeconomic forecasts: An empirical comparison for the G7. International Journal of Forecasting, 27(2), 452-465. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2010.05.016
- Dovern, J., & Blank, S. (2010). What macroeconomic shocks affect the German banking system? Analysis in an integrated micro‐macro model. Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2(2), 126-148.
- Dovern, J., Meier, C.-P., & Vilsmeier, J. (2010). How resilient is the German banking system to macroeconomic shocks. Journal of Banking & Finance, 34(8), 1839-1848. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.12.001
- Dovern, J., Döpke, J., Fritsche, U., & Slacalek, J. (2008). The Sticky Information Phillips Curve. European Evidence. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 40(7), 1513-1519.
- Dovern, J., Döpke, J., Fritsche, U., & Slacalek, J. (2008). The Dynamics of European Inflation Expectations. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 8(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1935-1690.1540
- Dovern, J., & Nunnenkamp, P. (2007). Aid and Growth Accelerations: An Alternative Approach to Assessing the Effectiveness of Aid. Kyklos, 60(3), 359-383. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2007.00376.x
- Buchheim, L., J. Dovern, C. Krolage, and S. Link, 2020, Firm-Level Expectations and Behavior in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis, CESifo Working Papers, No. 8304.
- Dovern, J. and G. Kenny, 2017, The Long-term Distribution of Expected Inflation in the Euro Area: What Has Changed since the Great Recession?, ECB Working Paper Series, No. 1999.
- Dovern, J., U. Fritsche, P. Loungani and N. Tamirisa, 2013, Information Rigidities in Economic Growth Forecasts: Evidence from a Large International Panel, IMF Working Paper 13/56.
- Dovern, J., U. Fritsche and J. Slacalek, 2009, Disagreement among Forecasters in the G7 Countries, ECB Working Paper Series, No. 1082.
- Döpke, J., J. Dovern, U. Fritsche and J. Slacalek, Sticky Information Phillips Curves: European Evidence, ECB Working Paper Series, No. 930.
- Uncertainty, Expectation Dispersion, and the Reaction to News (with B. Born and Z. Enders)
- Multivariate Evaluation of Macroeconomic Forecasts (with H. Manner and M. Wolters)
- Influence of Local Experience and Socioeconomic Factors on Expectations of Private Households (with C. Conrad and F. Krüger)
- Heterogeneity of Coroporate Growth Forecasts (with L. Müller and K. Wohlrabe)
- Heterogeneity in Professional Macroeconomic Density Forecasts (with A. Glas and G. Kenny)
Teaching
An overview of all courses that are currently offered by our chair can be found here for the Bachelor’s degree programs and here for the Master’s degree programs.
In the past, I have taught a wide range of courses ranging from introductory courses in macroeconomics and econometrics to more specialized courses in monetary policy, macroeconometrics, econometric forecasting.
Other Professional Activities
Service as Editor
Associate Editor for Empirical Economics (since 2019)
Refereeing
Applied Economics; Canadian Journal of Economics; Ecological Economics; Economic Journal; Economic Modelling; Economic Systems; Economics Letters; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Empirical Economics; Energy Economics; Ensayos sobre Política Ecónomica; European Economic Review; German Economic Review; International Journal of Central Banking; International Journal of Forecasting; International Review of Economics and Finance; Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Business & Economic Statistics; Journal of Economics & Business; Journal of Financial Stability; Journal of Forecasting; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; Macroeconomic Dynamics; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Portuguese Economic Journal; Public Finance Review; Review of Economics & Statistics; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Southern Economic Journal.
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals; Oesterreichische Nationalbank; Verein für Socialpolitik