Ralph Luetticke

Ralph Luetticke is a Professor of Economics at the University of Tübingen, affiliated with the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration at University College London. His research focuses on fiscal/monetary policy, business cycles, and computational methods, emphasizing household heterogeneity. Key contributions include analyzing liquidity channels of fiscal policy, military multipliers, and unconventional policy shocks.

Recent work explores military spending multipliers, endogenous gridpoint methods for distributional dynamics, and the distributional impacts of monetary policy. His 2023 ERC Starting Grant ('AIRMAC') supports research into aggregate uncertainty in business cycles. Teaching includes advanced macroeconomics courses at UCL and Tübingen, emphasizing HANK models and policy analysis.

Scientific awards include the ERC Starting Grant (2023). Research tools developed include the BASE for HANK toolbox (Julia) and open-source codes for heterogeneous agent modeling. His work bridges theoretical macroeconomics with empirical policy analysis, addressing modern challenges like inequality and pandemic stimulus effectiveness.