Q. Farooq Akram

Monetary policy under Uncertainty

• "Norwegian overnight interbank interest rates" with Casper Christophersen, Computational Economics, forthcoming. Staff Memo 1/2011, Norges Bank.
• "Policy analysis in real time using IMF's monetary model". Economic Modelling, 2011, vol 28, pp. 1696-1709.
• "What horizon for targetin inflation?" Empirical Economics, 2010, vol. 39, pp. 675-702.
• "Model selection for monetary policy analysis--How important is empirical validity?" with Ragnar Nymoen, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2009, vol. 1, pp. 35-68.
• "Robust-satisficing monetary policy under parameter uncertaint" with Yakov Ben-Haim and Øyvind Eitrheim. Working Paper No. 14, 2007, Norges Bank
• "Monetary policy under uncertainty: Min-max vs robust-satisficing strategies" with Yakov Ben-Haim and Øyvind Eitrheim. Working Paper No. 6, 2007, Norges Bank
• "Managing uncertainty through robust-satisficing monetary policy" with Yakov Ben-Haim and Øyvind Eitrheim. Working Paper No. 10, 2006, Norges Bank

Monetary policy and Financial stability

• "Interbank overnight interest rates - gains from systemic importance" with Casper Christophersen. Working Paper No. 11, 2010, Norges Bank.
• "Flexible inflation targeting and financial stability: Is it enough to stabilize inflation and output?" with Ø. Eitrheim, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2008, vol. 32, pp. 1242-1254.
• "Pursing financial stability under an inflation-targeting regime", with Gunnar Bårdsen and Kjersti-Gro Lindquist. Annals of Finance, 2007, vol. 3, pp. 131-153.
• "Monetary policy and asset prices: To respond or not?" with Gunnar Bårdsen and Øyvind Eitrheim. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2006, 11, pp. 279-292.

Norwegian nominal- and real exchange rates

• "PPP in the medium run: The case of Norway". Journal of Macroeconomics, 2006, vol. 28 (4), pp. 700--719.
• "Oil prices and exchange rates: Norwegian Evidence". Econometrics Journal, 2004, 7, pp. 476-504.
• "Non-linear dynamics in output, real exchange rates and real money balances: Norway, 1830 - 2003." with Ø. Eitrheim and Lucio Sarno. In C. Milas, P. Rothman and D. van Dick (eds)(2006): Non-linear Time Series Analysis of Business Cycles. Contributions to Economic Analysis Series, Elsevier. Available as Working Paper No. 2, 2005, Norges Bank.
• "Oil wealth and real exchange rates: The FEER for Norway". Working Paper No. 16, 2004, Norges Bank.
• "Dollarkursens effekt på oljeprisene - en empirisk analyse" (The effect of the dollar rate on oil prices-an empirical analysis) with J. P. Holter. Penger og Kreditt 3, 1996.
• "Reelle likevektsvalutakurser for Norge" (Real equilibrium exchange rates for Norway) Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift 118, 2, 2003, pp. 89-112.
• "Reelle likevektsvalutakurser" (Real equilibrium exchange rates) with K. M. Brunvatne and R. Lokshall. Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift 118, 2, 2003, pp. 113-132.
• "Real equilibrium exchange rates for Norway"
  In Explaining Movements in the Norwegian Exchange Rate (Ø Eitrheim and K. Gulbrandsen, eds.), Occasional Papers No. 32, Chapter 4, 2003, Norges Bank.
• "Real equilibrium exchange rates" with K. M. Brunvatne and R. Lokshall.
  In Explaining Movements in the Norwegian Exchange Rate (Ø Eitrheim and K. Gulbrandsen, eds.), Occasional Papers No. 32, Chapter 3, 2003, Norges Bank.
• "When does the oil price affect the Norwegian exchange rate?"
  Working Paper No. 8, 2000, Norges Bank (An earlier version published as Discussion Paper No. 31, Department of Economics, University of Oxford.)
• "PPP despite real shocks: An empirical analysis of the Norwegian exchange rate"
  Working Paper No. 7, 2000, Norges Bank (An earlier version published as Discussion Paper No. 30, Department of Economics, University of Oxford).

 International Economics

• "Does the law of one price hold in international financial markets? Evidence from tick data", with Dagfinn Rime and Lucio Sarno. Journal of Banking and Finance, 2009, vol 33, pp. 1741--1754.
• "Arbitrage in the foreign exchange market: Turning on the microscope", with Dagfinn Rime and Lucio Sarno, Journal of International Economics, 2008, vol. 76, pp. 237-253.
• "Empirisk modellering av norske pengemarkeds- og obligasjonsrenter" (Empirical modeling of Norwegian short term and long term interest rates) with E. Frøyland. Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift 111, 1, 1997, pp. 63-92.
• "Commodity prices, interest rates and the dollar", Energy Economics, 2009, vol. 31, pp. 838-851. 

Labour market

• "Econometric modelling of slack and tight labour markets" with Ragnar Nymoen
  Economic Modelling, 2006, 23, pp. 579-596.
• "Multiple unemployment equilibria and asymmetric dynamics - Norwegian evidence"
  Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2005, 16, pp. 263-283.
• "Innvandreres tilknytning til arbeidsmarkedet" (Immigrants' participation in the labour market). Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift 113, 1, 1999, pp. 23-48.

Natural resources and Dutch disease

• "En effisient handlingsregel for bruk av petroleumsinntekter" (An efficient rule for consumption of petroleum revenues). Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift, 119, 2, 2004, pp. 91-504.
• "Efficient consumption of natural resources- An application to Norwegian petroleum revenues" Working Paper No. 1, 2005, Norges Bank

Doctoral dissertation

• "State dependent effects in labour and foreign exchange markets"
  Doctoral Dissertations in Economics No. 1, 2002, Norges Bank.

   

Miscellaneaous

• "Macroeconomic Analyses and Models" with Anne Berit Christiansen. Ch. XII in Central Bank Moderinzation (W. T. Banda, J. A. Solheim and M. G. Zephirin, eds), Occasional Papers No. 40, 2010, Norges Bank.
  
  
• "Databases - Issues and Solution" with Jostein Eide. Ch. XI in Central Bank Modernization (W. T. Banda, J. A. Solheim and M. G. Zephirin, eds), Occasional Papers No. 40, 2010, Norges Bank.

See CV for the complete list of publications.