Professor Markus Brueckner

RSE

Research School of Economics

Position
Professor
Email
markus.brueckner@anu.edu.au
Phone number
61 2 612 53881
Office
Room 2062A, LF Crisp Bld (26)
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/markus-brueckner
Biography

Markus Brueckner is Professor and Head of the Economics Program in the Research School of Economics of the Australian National University. In 2020 he received the Young Economist Award from the Economic Society of Australia. Markus has broad research interests: His primary research field is economic growth; secondary research fields include international economics, development economics, political economy, and macroeconomic policy, in particular, fiscal policy. Markus has published widely in leading international journals. His endeavor is to conduct research that is informative, relevant, and of interest to both academics and policy makers. At the ANU he has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in macroeconomics.

Markus has been engaged in numerous consulting projects for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He has advised these institutions on a wide range of issues relating to economic growth. Markus provided advice to these institutions on general issues that were of high policy relevance at the time of writing. He advised the World Bank on country- and region-specific issues relating to the drivers of economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Russian Federation, Middle East and North Africa, East Africa, and South-East Asia.

Markus has also been engaged with Commonwealth agencies in Australia. He was a macroeconomic advisor in the Macroeconomic Modelling and Policy Division of the Australian Treasury. As a member of a team put together by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in a joint project with the IMF, he gave lectures on the macroeconomic management of natural resources at the Africa Training Institute in Mauritius.

Markus holds doctorate and masters degrees in economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra; an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Mannheim; and an ACT Year 12 Certificate from the International School of Lae.

Markus has lived in a number of countries -- some of which are very diverse and at very different stages of development. Long-term stays for periods of at least three years or more include Australia, Germany, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and Spain. Short-term stays of at least several months but less than a year include the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Malaysia, Thailand, and the United States. Living in these countries provided Markus with many valuable life experiences.

Research grants and awards

Australian Research Council: Discovery Project. DP200102979. Joint with Rod Tyers and Yixiao Zhou

Australian Research Council: Future Fellowship. FT160100104

Australian Research Council: Linkage Project. LP120100527. Joint with Emma Aisbett and Ralf Steinhauser

Australian Research Council: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. DE120100635

Research engagement and outreach

A. Short-Term Consultant

  1. International Monetary Fund: Strategy, Policy and Review Department. Background paper "National Income and Inequality" (2013)

  2. World Bank: Oil, Gas and Mining Policy Division. Background paper "Does Ownership Matter? State Owned and Controlled Mining Companies in Minerals Based Economies: An Empirical Analysis" (2013-2014)

  3. World Bank: Latin America Economic Policy Sector. Regional report "Beyond Commodities: The Growth Challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean" (2013-2014)

  4. World Bank: Macro and Fiscal Mgmt – GM. Background paper "The Effects of Volatility, Fiscal Policy Volatility and Financial Development on Growth: Evidence for the Eastern Caribbean" (2015)

  5. World Bank: GMF-Latin America. Background paper "The Commodity-Price Super Cycle and Growth in Brazil" (2015)

  6. World Bank: World Bank Office Moscow. Background paper "Drivers of Growth in Russia" (2015)

  7. Australian Treasury: Macroeconomic Modelling and Policy Division. Macroeconomic Advisor (2016)

  8. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund's Africa Training Institute. Lectures on "Macroeconomic Management of Natural Resources" (2017)

  9. World Bank: GMF – East Asia and Pacific 2. Background paper "Drivers of Growth in the Philippines" (2017-2018)

  10. World Bank: Office of the Chief Economist – MENA. Project title "State Fragility, Debt, and Commodity Price Shocks" (2017-2018)

  11. World Bank: Kenya Macro Fiscal Work Program and Systematic Country Diagnostic. Background paper: "Drivers of Growth in Kenya" (2018)

  12. World Bank: Poverty Global Practice World Bank Office Manila. Background paper: "Economic Growth and the Middle Class in the Philippines" (2019)

  13. World Bank: Office of the Chief Economist – MENA. Background paper: "Natural Resources and Civil Conflict: The Role of Military Expenditures" (2019)

  14. World Bank: EFI-MTI-Macro/Fiscal-Tax. Background paper update "Does Ownership Matter? State Owned and Controlled Mining Companies in Minerals Based Economies: An Empirical Analysis" (2022)

  15. UNDP: Bangkok Regional Hub. Background paper for a chapter in the Regional Human Development Report Asia-Pacific "Natural disasters, debt, and development" (2022-2023)

B. Visiting Scholar

  1. International Monetary Fund, Research Department. (2017)

  2. World Bank, Global Knowledge and Research Hub in Malaysia. (2019, 2020)

C. Speeches at Public Policy Conferences

  1. Bank of Korea - International Monetary Fund. Conference Title: "Asia: Challenges of Stability and Growth." Seoul, 2013.

  2. International Monetary Fund. Conference Title: "Institutions for Fiscal Credibility—Fiscal Policy Rules and Fiscal Councils: Experience and Prospects in the Asia-Pacific Region." Tokyo, 2014.

  3. World Bank. Conference Title: "The Economic Challenges of Rising (and Falling) Inequality." Madrid, 2015.

  4. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Conference Title: "Evolving Finance, Trade, and Investment in Asia." Singapore, 2016.

  5. Korea Institute of Public Finance – East-West Centre. Conference Title: "The Sustainability of Fiscal Policy." Honolulu, 2016.

  6. Otago Foreign Policy School. Conference Title: "Economic Policies in a 21st Century World: Challenges and Opportunities." Dunedin, 2019.

D. Miscellaneous

  1. Parliamentary Library. "Pre-Budget Seminar." Canberra, 2020.

  2. ADC Forum Australian Leadership Summit. "Economy, Turmoil, and The Future." Brisbane, 2022.

 

 

Teaching

A. Courses Taught

  1. Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis: masters course, taught at the Australian National University in 2022 and 2023

  2. International Monetary Economics: masters course, taught at the Australian National University in 2022 and 2023

  3. Applied Econometrics: PhD course, taught at the Technical University of Dresden in 2020

  4. Macroeconomics: second year undergraduate course, taught at the Australian National University in 2020 and 2021

  5. Topics in Macro: masters course, taught at the Australian National University in 2018 and 2019

  6. Macroeconomic Theory: second year undergraduate course, taught at the University of Queensland in 2015

  7. Economic Development and Growth: honours course taught at the University of Queensland in 2014

  8. Advanced Development Economics: Phd course, taught at the National University of Singapore in 2014, 2013, and 2012

  9. Economic Growth and Development: masters course, taught at the National University of Singapore in 2014, 2013, and 2012

  10. Development Economics: third year undergraduate course, taught at the National University of Singapore in 2012

  11. Economic Development: honours course taught at the University of Adelaide in 2011

  12. Econometrics and Statistics: Phd course, teaching assistant at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in 2009

  13. Macroeconomics: second year undergraduate course, teaching assistant at University of Heidelberg in 2007

  14. Microeconomics: third year undergraduate course, teaching assistant at the University of Mannheim in 2007

  15. Economic Policy: third year undergraduate course, teaching assistant at the University of Mannheim in 2006

B. Supervision of Honours Students

Maia Alfonzetti (ANU, 2020); Emma Greenland (ANU, 2016); Sangiita Yoong (NUS, 2012); Tan Hui Hui (NUS, 2012); Neo Shi Ming (NUS, 2012)

C. Supervision of PhD Students

Van Anh Pham (2020 - ), Zem Wang (2020 - ), Haiyan Lin (2019 - ), Haidi Hong (2018 - 2022), Claire Hollweg (2011-2013)