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Assistant Professor, Limited Term Appointment (2025–2026)
Department of Economics
Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU)
Office: LH2015 Lazaridis Hall
(On leave from Texas Tech University)

Part-Time Instructor (Summer 2026)
Assistant Professor of Practice (starting Fall 2026)
Area of Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences (ISQS)
Rawls College of Business
Texas Tech University (TTU)

Email: julianfludwig@gmail.com

CV: [PDF]

Research

My research areas are macroeconomics and time series econometrics, with a focus on the estimation of forecasts and impulse response functions (IRFs), as well as the impact of expectations on business cycles. Below are selected papers that highlight my work:

• Local Projections Are VAR Predictions of Increasing Order
  Revise & Resubmit, Econometrica
  [Download This Paper (March 2026 Version)]
  [Download This Paper (July 2024 Version)]

• Identification of Rational Expectations Models Under Information Frictions
  [Download This Paper]

• Oil Prices and Inequality
  (with Xiaowen Lei and Xiaohan Ma)
  Forthcoming, European Economic Review
  [Download This Paper]

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Teaching

I teach undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. courses in macroeconomics, econometrics, and data science, with an emphasis on real-world applications, programming, and effective data communication. My courses are supported by custom-developed textbooks and materials, freely available online.

Textbooks

• Economic Data Analysis
  Available for free at www.julianfludwig.com/eda (preliminary version). This text explains how to use software to present economic and financial data. Recommended for ECO 3363 and 3364.

• Lecture Notes on Linear Time Series Models
  Available for free [here]. These notes introduce linear time series models, including key tools from polynomial and linear algebra. Recommended for ECO 4306.

Courses Offered

Undergraduate Courses

EC 315 Forecasting Methods (WLU)
EC 395 Applied Econometrics (WLU)
ECO 3323 Principles of Money, Banking and Credit (TTU)
ECO 3363 Economic Data Analysis I (TTU)
ECO 3364 Economic Data Analysis II (TTU)
ECO 4306 Economic and Business Forecasting (TTU)

Master’s Courses

ISQS 5346 Statistics for Data Science (TTU)

Ph.D. Courses

ECO 5311 Macroeconomics I (TTU)
ECO 5316 Time Series Econometrics (TTU)

Support

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