Markus Heckel
Since November 2018
Current DIJ Projects
Completed DIJ Projects
The Future of the Financial System in the Digital Age
COVID-19: Japan’s handling of a new challenge in international comparison
Economic Discourses of Monetary Policy – The Case of the Bank of Japan
Recent Publications
Heckel, Markus (2023). "Neuer Notenbankchef Ueda: Was von der „weisen Eule“ zu erwarten ist". Japanmarkt, 2/2023 (pp. 24-25). LINK
Heckel, Markus & Waldenberger, Franz (2023). "Why Has There Been No Inflation in Japan?". In: Rövekamp, Frank, Bälz, Moritz, Hilpert, Hanns Günter & Sohn, Wook (Eds.), Inflation and Deflation in East Asia (pp. 103-122). Springer Nature. (Financial and Monetary Policy Studies). LINK
Heckel, Markus, Inoue, Tomoo, Nishimura, Kiyohiko & Okimoto, Tatsuyoshi (2022). "Assessing Unconventional Monetary Policy in Japan Using Market Operation-based Monetary Policy Indices". RIETI Discussion Papers, No. 22-E-103. LINK
Heckel, Markus & Waldenberger, Franz (2022). "デジタル時代の金融システム: 欧州と日本からの観点 (The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age: Perspectives from Europe and Japan)". In: ドイツ日本研究所, (Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien) (Ed.), デジタル時代の金融システム: 欧州と日本からの観点 (The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age: Perspectives from Europe and Japan) (pp. 3-30). きんざい (Kinzai). LINK
Heckel, Markus (2022). "Mit digitalen Yen bezahlen – bald keine Zukunftsmusik mehr?". Japanmarkt, 1 (pp. 32-34). LINK
Heckel, Markus & Waldenberger, Franz (2022). "Financial Systems in the Digital Age: Perspectives from Europe and Japan". In: Heckel, Markus & Waldenberger, Franz (Eds.), The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age (pp. 1-18). Springer. LINK
Heckel, Markus & Waldenberger, Franz (Eds.) (2022). The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age: Perspectives from Europe and Japan. Springer. LINK
Heckel, Markus (2022). "Unconventional Monetary Policy through Open Market Operations: A Principal Component Analysis". Asian Economic Papers, 21:1 (pp. 1-28). LINK
Heckel, Markus (2021). "Cross-Country Comparative Research and Quantitative Data Analysis". In: Sideway, James D. & Waldenberger, Franz (Eds.), Comparing Comparisons (pp. 17-20). Iudicium. (DIJ Miscellanea). LINK
Heckel, Markus (2021). "Japans Geld- und Fiskalpolitik im Spiegel der Corona-Pandemie". Japanmarkt, Nr. 1 / 2021 (pp. 20-22). LINK
Heckel, Markus & Nishimura, Kiyohiko G. (2020). "Unconventional Monetary Policy through Open Market Operations: A Principal Component Analysis". LINK
Heckel, Markus (2020). "Studying economic discourse". In: Kottmann, Nora (Ed.), Studying Japan: Handbook of Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods (pp. 317-320). Nomos. LINK
Heckel, Markus & Waldenberger, Franz (2020). "Japans Wirtschaft in der COVID-19-Krise". In: Chiavacci, David & Wieczorek, Iris (Eds.), Japan 2020: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (pp. 153-171). Iudicium. (Jahrbuch der Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung).
Heckel, Markus & Waldenberger, Franz (2020). "Deflation – Japan’s Endless Battle". In: Storz, C. & Taube, M. (Eds.), Firms, Institutions, and the State in East Asia. A Festschrift in Honour of Werner Pascha (pp. 329-346). Metropolis.
Heckel, Markus & Bälz, Moritz (2019). "Die Unabhängigkeit der Bank of Japan in Zeiten der Abenomics". In: Baums, T., Remsberger, H., Sachs, M. & Wieland, V. (Eds.), Zentralbanken, Währungsunion und stabiles Finanzsystem (pp. 139-155). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.