Prof. Winfried Koeniger
SFI-Fakultätsmitglied, Professor of Economics , Universität St.Gallen
Winfried Koeniger is Professor of Economics at the University of St.Gallen and Director of the Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research. He has received several grants and awards during his academic career.
Expertise
Professor Koeniger studies how monetary and fiscal policies transmit to household portfolios and consumption. Concerning monetary policies, he analyzes the extent to which homeownership shapes the consumption responses to policy rate changes, as well as the monetary policy transmission to the cost of hedging. Regarding fiscal policies, he is interested in the effect of unconventional fiscal policy, as well as in the macroprudential implications of tax incentives.
Expertise Fields
- Financial Markets
- Central Banks and Monetary Policy
- Financial Crises
- Portfolio Management and Asset Classes
- Personal Finance and Household Choices
- Real Estate