Sebastian Link

Sebastian Link is a Senior Economist (PostDoc) at the ifo Institute in Munich, a member of the Junior Faculty at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), and affiliated with the IZA Research Network and CESifo. His research spans Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, and Public Economics, focusing on firm responses to public policy (e.g., taxation, minimum wages, pandemic measures) and macroeconomic shocks, alongside analyzing expectation formation by firms and households.

He actively contributes to policy analysis through his role at the ifo Institute, producing policy briefs on labor market policies, wage developments, and pandemic economics. His work has been published in top journals like the Journal of Public Economics and American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and he received the ifo Outstanding Publication Award 2023 for his paper on information frictions.

Recent publications highlight his expertise in policy evaluation, including studies on minimum wage impacts, corporate tax hike effects, and pandemic-induced economic shifts. These works often utilize micro data to bridge macroeconomic theory with real-world corporate behavior.

Scientific Awards:

• ifo Outstanding Publication Award 2023

Contact: Email: link@ifo.de, Phone: +49 (89) 9224 1301.