Economist
Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
1 Memorial Drive
Kansas City, MO 64198
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Curriculum Vitae

Martin Fukač is an Economist in the Economic Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He joined the department in December 2009. His current research interests focus on macroeconomic modeling and forecasting, and topics in monetary economics. Before joining the Bank, Martin worked as an Advisor at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in the team developing a new forecasting (DSGE) model. He also worked as a Senior Economist at the Czech National Bank, and a Junior Researcher at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Martin holds a master's degree in finance and banking from Masaryk University in Brno, and a doctorate in theoretical economics from CERGE-EI in Prague.

• "A Note on the Role of the Natural Condition of Control in the Estimation of DSGE Models," with V. Havlena, Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 2011
• "Structural Macroeconometric Modeling in a Policy Environment," with A. Pagan, in Handbook of Empirical Economics and Finance, A.Ulah and D.E.A. Giles (Eds.), Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
• "Limited Information Estimation and Evaluation of DSGE Models"
  with A. Pagan, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2010
• "K.I.T.T.: Kiwi Inflation Targeting Technology"
  with J. Benes, A. Binning, K. Lees, T. Matheson, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 2009
• "Heterogeneous Expectations, Adaptive Learning, and Forward-Looking Monetary Policy"
  in Inflation Expectations, Sinclair P. (ed.), Routledge, London, 2009
• "Do Inflation Expectations Surveys Yield Macroeconomically Relevant Information?"
  Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 2005
• "Makroekonomický model produktu neakcelerujícího inflaci"
  (Macroeconomic Model of Non-Accelerating Inflation Output), with O. Vasicek, Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 2002
• "Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment: Quantitative Analysis for the Czech Republic"
  Bulletin of the Czech Econometric Society, 2000
• "Potential Output: Quantitative Analysis for the Czech Republic"
  with O. Vasicek, Bulletin of the Czech Econometric Society, 2000

• Have Rising Oil Prices Become a Greater Threat to Price Stability?
  Fourth Quarter 2011

• "Note on the Role of Natural Condition of Control in the Estimation of DSGE Models"
  with Vladimir Havlena, RWP 11-03
• "Structural Macro-Econometric Modelling in a Policy Environment"
  with Adrian Pagan, RWP 10-08
• "Impulse Response Identification in DSGE Models"
  RWP 10-07

• "An Estimated DSGE Model for the United Kingdom: Commentary"
  with A. Pagan, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2007

• "Structural Macro-Econometric Modelling in a Policy Environment"
  with A. Pagan, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper 2009/16, 2009
• "Impulse Response Identification in DSGE Models"
  Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper 2009/14, 2009
• "Swine Flu: What are the Impacts on the New Zealand Economy? A Macro-Modelling Approach"
  with K. Lees, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Public Report, 2009
• "Issues in Adopting DSGE Models for Policy Decisions"
  with A. Pagan, CAMA Working Paper, 2006
• "Local and Global Identification of DSGE Models: A Simultaneous-Equation Approach"
  with D. Waggoner and T. Zha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2008