João Carlos Claudio

Dr. João Carlos Claudio works as a Research Affiliate at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) since December 2024 and as a Senior Economist at IWH since February 2022. He joined the German Centre for Economic Equity (GCEE) in February 2023 as a macroeconomist. His career includes prior roles as a research associate for the Federal Statistical Office of Germany and the IWH.

• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• Free University of Berlin
• University of Bern
• Leipzig University

His research focuses on dynamic macroeconomics, monetary policy, and applied macroeconometrics. Key contributions include analyzing regional GDP forecasting with MIDAS models and studying the global propagation of technology news shocks through monetary policy and trade networks.

Recent work highlights the importance of mixed-data sampling models for East German GDP projections and demonstrates technology shocks’ role in shaping macroeconomic outcomes across OECD countries. Publications emphasize financial markets and trade as critical channels for disseminating technological innovations.

Affiliations: Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), GCEE. He collaborates with economists like Katja Heinisch, Oliver Holtemöller, and Gregor von Schweinitz on empirical macroeconomic modeling and policy analysis.