Sylvia Kaufmann

Prof. Dr.

Stellvertretende Direktorin des Studienzentrums Gerzensee, Titularprofessorin an der Universität Basel

Corresponding Member of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences abroad since 2018

Sylvia Kaufmann

Research Areas:

  • Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Economic policy
  • Economic theory

Selected Memberships:

  • Econometric Society
  • European Seminar on Bayesian Econometrics
  • International Society for Bayesian Analysis
  • European Economic Association
  • Verein für Socialpolitik
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik

Selected Publications:

  • Kaufmann, Sylvia; Gaggl Paul (2020), The cyclical component of labor market polarization and jobless recoveries in the US, Journal of Monetary Economics 116, 334-347..
  • Kaufmann, Sylvia; Schumacher, Christian (2019) Bayesian estimation of sparse dynamic factor models with order-independent identification. Journal of Econometrics, 210, 116-134.
  • Kaufmann, Sylvia (2019) Hidden Markov models in time series, with applications in economics. In: Celeux, Gilles; Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Robert, Christian (Hrsg.), Handbook of Mixture Analysis: CRC Press, S. (im Druck).
  • Kaufmann, Sylvia (2015) K-state switching models with time-varying transition distributions – Does credit growth signal stronger effects of variables on inflation?. Journal of Econometrics, Bd. 187, S. 82-94.
  • Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia; Kaufmann, Sylvia (2008) Model-based clustering of multiple time series. Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Bd. 26 (4), S. 78-89.