Monetary Economics

Labor Economics

International Economics

Since Aug. 2010                   Head of the research area "Monetary Policy

                                             under Market Imperfections

Since Sep. 2008                   Researcher at the Kiel Insitute for the

                                            World Economy

Oct. 2006 - Sep. 2008          Free Researcher in Lira, Uganda

Oct. 2005 - Sep. 2006          Visiting scholar at the Kiel Institute, grant

                                            of the Swiss National Science Fund

Oct. 2001 - Sep. 2005          PhD-studies at the University of St. Gallen

Oct. 2000 - July 2005           Post-graduate program of the Institute for

                                            Advanced Studies in Vienna

Oct. 1994 - June 2000         Master-studies at the University of Innsbruck

• Felbermayr, G., Larch, M., Lechthaler, W. (Forthcoming). Unemployment in an Interdependent World. America Economic Journal - Economic Policy
• Lechthaler, W. (Forthcoming). Downwards Wage Rigidity, Endogenous Separations and Firm Training. Bulletin of Economic Research
• Lechthaler, W., Snower, D. (Forthcoming). Quadratic Labor Adjustment Costs, Business Cycle Dynamics and Optimal Monetary Policy. Macroeconomic Dynamics
• Felbermayr, G., Larch, M., Lechthaler, W. (2012). Endogenous Labor Market Institutions in an Open Economy. International Review of Economics and Finance, 23, 30-45.
• Lechthaler, W., Snower, D. (2012). Institutions and Training Inequality. 28(1), European Journal of Political Economy, 88-104.
• Larch, M., Lechthaler, W. (2011). Multinational Firms and Labor Market Pooling. Review of International Economics, 19(4), 728-749.
• Larch, M., Lechthaler, W. (2011). Why "Buy American'' is a Bad Idea but Politicians Still Like It. Canadian Journal of Economics, 44(3), 838-858.
• Lechthaler, W. (2011). Firm Training and Capital Taxation. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 167(2), 175-201.
• Larch, M., Lechthaler, W. (2011). Comparative Advantage and Skill-specific Unemployment . The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 11(1) (Contributions), Article 23.
• Lechthaler, W., Merkl, C., Snower, D. (2010). Monetary Persistence and the Labor Market: A New Perspective. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 34(5), 968-983 .
• Lechthaler, W. (2010). Diversification as Income Maximizing Strategy. Journal of Income Distribution, 19(3-4), 9-16.
• Boysen-Hogrefe, J., Groll, D., Lechthaler, W., Merkl, C. (2010). The Role of Labor Market Institutions in the Great Recession. Applied Economics Quarterly, 56(61), 65-88.
• Lechthaler, W. (2009). The Interaction of Firing Costs and Firm Training. Empirica, 36, 331-350.
• Lechthaler, W., Snower, D. (2008). Minimum Wages and Training. Labour Economics, 15, 1223-1237.
• Lechthaler, W., Snower, D. (2008). Mindestlöhne und Humankapital. ifo Schnelldienst
• Larch, M., Lechthaler, W. (2011). Is There a Short-Run Case for Protectionism? Trade Policy and the Business Cycle. Kiel Working Paper, 1717, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, 29 pp.
• Larch, M., Lechthaler, W. (2011). Whom to Send to Doha? The Shortsighted Ones!. Kiel Working Paper, 1695, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, 25 pp.
• Faia, E., Lechthaler, W., Merkl, C. (2010). Fiscal Multipliers and the Labour Market in the Open Economy. Kiel Working Paper, 1592, 37 pp.
• Faia, E., Lechthaler, W., Merkl, C. (2009). Labor Turnover Costs, Workers' Heterogeneity and Optimal Monetary Policy. Kiel Working Paper, 1534, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 38 pp.