Georgi Kocharkov
Senior EconomistEuropean Central BaNK
(on leave from Deutsche Bundesbank)Member of the Bulgarian Council for Economic Analyses
Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Household Finance
gkocharkov@gmail.com
Research
Working Papers
A Temporary VAT Cut as Unconventional Fiscal Policy, November 2025
with Rüdiger Bachmann, Benjamin Born, Olga Goldfayn-Frank, Ralph Luetticke and Michael Weber
accepted for publication at the Review of Economic Studies
-Featured by the Becker Friedman Institute, VoxEU, NBER Digest
Publications
Understanding Spatial House Price Dynamics in a Housing Boom, March 2026
with Leo Kaas and Nicolas Syrichas
Economic Theory, forthcomingTaxation of Top Incomes and Tax Avoidance [SUERF Policy Brief]
with Alessandro Di Nola, Almuth Scholl, Anna-Mariia Tkhir and Haomin Wang
International Economic Review, 66(3), 983-1018, 2025Teenage Childbearing and the Welfare State
with Alessandro Di Nola, Jan Mellert and Haomin Wang
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 29, e31, 1-41, 2024Unconventional Fiscal Policy at Work
with Rüdiger Bachmann, Benjamin Born, Olga Goldfayn-Frank, Ralph Luetticke and Michael Weber
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113, 61-64, 2023A Note on Contraception, Social Norms and Growth
with Tiago Cavalcanti and Cezar Santos
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 27(3), 869-878, 2023The Aggregate Consequences of Tax Evasion
with Alessandro Di Nola, Almuth Scholl and Anna-Mariia Tkhir
Review of Economic Dynamics, 40, 198-227, 2021Family Planning and Development: Aggregate Effects of Contraceptive Use [Online Appendix]
with Tiago Cavalcanti and Cezar Santos
Economic Journal, 131(634), 624–657, 2021Low Homeownership in Germany - A Quantitative Exploration [Deutsche Bundesbank Research Brief]
with Leo Kaas, Edgar Preugschat and Nawid Siassi
Journal of the European Economic Association, 19(1), 128-164, 2021Envelope Wages, Hidden Production and Labor Productivity
with Alessandro Di Nola and Aleksandar Vasilev
B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 19(2), 1-30, 2019Wealth Inequality and Homeownership in Europe
with Leo Kaas and Edgar Preugschat
Annals of Economics and Statistics, 136, 27-54, 2019Does Homeownership Promote Wealth Accumulation?
with Leo Kaas and Edgar Preugschat
Applied Economics Letters, 26(14), 1186-1191, 2019Technology and the Changing Family: A Unified Model of Marriage, Divorce, Educational Attainment and Married Female Labor-Force Participation
with Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner and Cezar Santos
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 8(1), 1-41, 2016Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality [Old Version] [Corrigendum]
with Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner and Cezar Santos
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 104(5), 348-353, 2014
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