Ludwig Straub is an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University’s Department of Economics. He has worked on the relationship between rising economic inequality and macroeconomic trends, as well as the propagation of fiscal and monetary policy in settings with inequality among households.
He has recently studied the sectoral propagation of shocks in the recent COVID-19 crisis. Straub received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018 and holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in mathematics and physics.
Funded Research
Ludwig Straub’s Working Papers
A Goldilocks Theory of Fiscal Deficits (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers JUN 30, 2022
By: Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub, Amir Sufi
What explains the decline in r*? Rising income inequality versus demographic shifts (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers JAN 7, 2022
By: Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub, Amir Sufi
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