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Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr

Principal Economist Global Financial Flows Section International Finance
202-872-7564
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, European University Institute, 2010
Current Research Topics
  • The Dollar and U.S. Credit Conditions
  • Trade Credit and Markups
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2018 - present
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2017 - 2018
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - 2017
  • Assistant Professor

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    2013 - 2015
  • Research Fellow

    Centre for Business Taxation, University of Oxford

    2010 - 2013
  • Institutional investors, the dollar, and U.S. credit conditions
    Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    Journal of Financial Economics (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.08.003
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Foreign currency loans and credit risk: Evidence from U.S. banks
    Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    Journal of International Economics (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2021.103558
  • The Dollar and Corporate Borrowing Costs
    Ralf R. Meisenzahl, Friederike Niepmann, and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2021.1312
  • The Effect of US Stress Tests on Monetary Policy Spillovers to Emerging Markets
    Friederike Niepmann, Tim Schmidt‐Eisenlohr, and Emily Liu
    Review of International Economics (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12502
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Elusive Safety: The New Geography of Capital Flows and Risk
    Laura Alfaro, Ester Faia, Ruth A. Judson, and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    NBER Working Paper Series (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w27048
  • How the Federal Reserve's Central Bank Swap Lines Have Supported U.S. Corporate Borrowers in the Leveraged Loan Market
    Annie McCrone, Ralf Meisenzahl, Friederike Niepmann, and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    FEDS Notes (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2753
  • International Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Linked Trade-Tax Statistics in the United Kingdom
    Li Liu, Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, and Dongxian Guo
    Review of Economics and Statistics (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00871
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2017)
  • Trade Credit, Markups, and Relationships
    Alvaro Garcia-Marin, Santiago Justel, and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2020.1303
  • Who Owns U.S. CLO Securities? An Update by Tranche
    Laurie DeMarco, Emily Liu, and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    FEDS Notes (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2592
  • Who Owns U.S. CLO Securities
    Emily Liu and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    FEDS Notes (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2423
  • Learning and the Value of Trade Relationships
    Ryan Monarch and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2017.1218
  • No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns
    Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    Journal of International Economics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2017.07.007
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2016)
  • International Trade, Risk and the Role of Banks
    Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    Journal of International Economics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2017.03.007
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2015)
  • Foreign Currency Loans and Credit Risk: Evidence from U.S. Banks
    Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    CESifo Working Papers (2017)
  • Payment Choice in International Trade: Theory and Evidence from Cross-Country Firm-Level Data
    Andreas Hoefele, Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, and Zhihong Yu
    Canadian Journal of Economics (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12198
  • Wages and International Tax Competition
    Sebastian Krautheim and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    Review of International Economics (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12227
  • Bank Bailouts, International Linkages, and Cooperation
    Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.5.4.270
  • Towards a Theory of Trade Finance
    Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    Journal of International Economics (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2013.04.005
  • The EU Commission's Proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax
    Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Clemens Fuest, and John Vella
    British Tax Review (2011)
  • Heterogeneous Firms, 'Profit Shifting' FDI and International Tax Competition
    Sebastian Krautheim and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr
    Journal of Public Economics (2011)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.10.008

  • conference

    09/14/17

    ETSG, Florence

    Learning and the Value of Trade Relationships

  • conference

    09/08/17

    FREIT SETC, Cagliari

    International Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the linked Tax-Trade Statistics in the UK

  • conference

    05/04/17

    CESifo Area Conference Global Economy, Munich

    International Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the linked Tax-Trade Statistics in the UK

  • conference

    12/21/16

    German Economists Abroad Conference, Berlin

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • conference

    11/21/16

    SEA Meetings, Washington DC

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    11/03/16

    University of Maryland

    Learning and the Value of Trade Relationships

  • conference

    10/14/16

    FREIT EIIT Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    Learning and the Value of Trade Relationships

  • seminar

    07/29/16

    Inter-American Development Bank

    International Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the linked Tax-Trade Statistics in the UK

  • conference

    05/24/16

    Trade, Integration & Growth Network, Sao Paulo

    Learning and the Value of Trade Relationships

  • conference

    05/13/16

    CESifo Area Conference Global Economy, Munich

    Learning and the Value of Trade Relationships

  • seminar

    04/20/16

    University of Virginia

    Learning and the Value of Trade Relationships

  • seminar

    04/04/16

    University of Michigan, Public Finance Seminar

    International Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the linked Tax-Trade Statistics in the UK

  • conference

    11/04/15

    FRB 2015 International Trade Conference

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    10/08/15

    European Bank of Reconstruction and Development

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    10/06/15

    University of Nottingham

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    10/01/15

    German Development Institute

    International Trade, Risk and the Role of Banks

  • seminar

    10/07/15

    Oxford University

    International Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the linked Tax-Trade Statistics in the UK

  • conference

    08/19/15

    Econometric Society World Congress, Montreal

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • conference

    06/26/15

    SED Annual Meetings, Warsaw

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • seminar

    05/19/15

    Stockholm University

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    05/18/15

    Uppsala University

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    04/15/15

    Universite de Quebec a Montreal

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    04/16/15

    Universite de Montreal

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • seminar

    03/10/15

    World Bank

    Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade

  • conference

    02/21/15

    CESifo Conference on Macro, Money and International Finance

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • conference

    01/05/15

    AEA Annual Meetings, Boston

    International Trade, Risk and the Role of Banks

  • conference

    11/22/14

    Southern Economic Association Meetings

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • conference

    10/17/14

    Midwest International Trade Meetings

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • seminar

    09/25/14

    Inter-American Development Bank

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • conference

    06/14/14

    Workshop on Trade/Labor CREST

    Wages and International Tax Competition

  • seminar

    06/11/14

    London School of Economics

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • seminar

    06/10/14

    University of Cambridge

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • seminar

    06/09/14

    University of Oxford

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • seminar

    05/27/14

    The Graduate Institute Geneva

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • conference

    05/16/14

    CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy

    No Guarantees, No Trade: How Banks Affect Export Patterns

  • conference

    04/04/14

    CEPR Macroeconomics of Global Interdependence

    International Trade, Risk and the Role of Banks

  • conference

    03/21/14

    Empirical Investigations in International Trade

    International Trade, Risk and the Role of Banks

  • conference

    02/14/14

    State Export Credit Guarantees in a Globalized World

    International Trade, Risk and the Role of Banks

  • conference

    01/06/13

    AEA Annual Meetings, San Diego

    Wages and International Tax Competition

Awards
  • 2011

    Austrian Central Bank

    Klaus Liebscher Award

  • 2010

    Research in International Economics and Finance Network

    Best Paper Award

  • 2010

    German Academic Exchange Service

    PhD Scholarship

  • 2006

    University of Kiel

    Erich-Schneider Award

  • 2003

    German Academic Exchange Service

    North America Scholarship

Conference Organization

  • 06/11 | Federal Reserve Board / Virtual

    2nd Workshop on International Trade Dynamics

    Organizer

  • 03/2019 | Federal Reserve Board

    1st Workshop on International Trade Dynamics

    Organizer

  • 04/2018 | Federal Reserve Board

    1st Washington Area International Finance Symposium

    Organizer

  • 11/2017 | Federal Reserve Board

    Empirical Investigations in International Trade

    Organizer

  • 09/2012 | Oxford

    2nd Centre for Business Taxation Doctoral Meeting

    Organizer

  • 10/2011 | Oxford

    1st Centre for Business Taxation Doctoral Meeting

    Organizer

Referee
  • Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Economic Journal
  • International Economic Review
  • Journal of International Economics
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • Review of Financial Studies
  • American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
  • American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
  • American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
  • European Economic Review
  • Journal of Economic Behavior and Control
  • Journal of Banking and Finance
  • Canadian Journal of Economics
  • Review of International Economics
  • International Journal of Central Banking
  • Scandinavian Journal of Economics
  • IMF Economic Review
  • Journal of Public Economic Theory
  • Oxford Economic Papers
  • Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
  • World Economy
  • International Tax and Public Finance
  • Review of the World Economy
  • Economics Bulletin
  • B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
  • FinanzArchiv
  • Southern Economic Journal
Professional Affiliation
  • Affiliate, CESifo Research Network, 2011 - present
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Last Update: February 13, 2023