Current Position

Robert H. Lambert, Class of 1940, Helen B. Lambert, Mary E. Lambert, and Michael P. Lambert Professor and Associate Chair, Economics

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Ghent University
M.S., Economics, Catholic University of Leuven
M.A., Economics and Business, University of Siena
B.A., Business Administration, University of Bayreuth
B.A., Geography, University of Bayreuth

Research Interests

Christiane Baumeister is an empirical macroeconomist with a focus on energy markets and monetary policy. She has worked extensively on forecasting the real price of oil, disentangling the determinants of oil price fluctuations, and quantifying the effects of oil price shocks on the macroeconomy.

Key Words

Oil Markets, Energy Demand, Gasoline Prices, Shale Oil, Oil Exports, Macroeconomic Consequences, Energy Policy, Energy Security

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Baumeister, Christiane, and James D. Hamilton. "Structural interpretation of vector autoregressions with incomplete identification: Revisiting the role of oil supply and demand shocks." American Economic Review 109, no. 5 (2019): 1873-1910.
2. Baumeister, Christiane, and Lutz Kilian. "Lower oil prices and the US economy: Is this time different?." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2016, no. 2 (2016): 287-357.
3. Baumeister, Christiane, and Lutz Kilian. "Understanding the Decline in the Price of Oil since June 2014." Journal of the Association of Environmental and resource economists 3, no. 1 (2016): 131-158.
4. Baumeister, Christiane, and Lutz Kilian. "Forty years of oil price fluctuations: Why the price of oil may still surprise us." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30, no. 1 (2016): 139-60.
5. Baumeister, Christiane, and Lutz Kilian. "What central bankers need to know about forecasting oil prices." International economic review 55, no. 3 (2014): 869-889.

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