Douglas Michael Laxton is an adjunct lecturer. He is a Canadian economist and founder of Saddlepoint Research and The Better Policy Project. He was the Head of the Economic Modeling Division of the Research Department at the IMF before he retired from the Fund in October 2018.
Education:
MA in economics- University of Western Ontario (1981)
Bachelor of Commerce (High Honors Economics)- University of Saskatchewan (1980)
Published Books:
Laxton D., M. Galstyan, and V. Avagyan, 2024, Prudent Risk Management Approach To Monetary Policy, Central Bank of Armenia, Forthcoming.
Adrian and others, 2018, Frontiers of Monetary Policy Making, edited by T. Adrian, D. Laxton, and M. Obstfeld.
Saccomanni, Fabrizio., and S. Romano, “Challenges for Global Macroeconomic Stability and the Role of the G7,” Proceedings of a Conference organized by IAI Rome, Macroeconomic Policy Coordination, Chapter 3, 27 and 28 March 2017 IAI Research Papers.
Published Papers:
Kostanyan A., D. Laxton, J. Romero, V. Avagyan, H. Avetisyan, M. Galstyan, E. Hovhannisyan, H. Igityan,H. Karapetyan, J. Laxton, A. Manukyan, A. Nurbekyan, A. Papikyan and N. Yeritsyan, 2023a, "FPAS Mark II Central Bank Transparency and Credibility Measures, January 2023” CBA Working Paper 2023/06, January 2023.
Laxton D. and C. Rhee, 2022a, “Reassessing Constraints on the Economy and Policy: Some Lessons from Unconventional Monetary Policy for Small Open Economies and Emerging Markets,” Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Laxton D. and C. Rhee, 2022b, “Implementing Summers' “Adversarial Collaboration” with Scenarios-Based Conventional Forward Guidance,” BoK upcoming Working Paper.
Avagyan V., H. Avetisyan, M. Galstyan, M. Gevorgyan, E. Hovhannisyan, H. Igityan, J. Gilbert, H.Karapetyan, Kostanyan A., D. Laxton, J. Laxton, A. Matinyan, A. Nurbekyan, A. Papikyan, and N. Yeritsyan, 2022a, "FPAS Mark II Monetary-Policy-Relevant Output Gaps,” Forthcoming CBA Working Paper, November 2022.
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