Biography
Dr Kohler is an external investigator on the grant project the Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation. You can read more about the project here.
Dr Kohler is also a lecturer in economics at the University of Leeds.
Research interests
- Open-economy macroeconomics and international finance
- Business and financial cycles
- Financialisation and income distribution
- Emerging market economies
- Growth models
Research projects
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
Publications
Journal Articles
Kohler, K., Guschanski, A. and Stockhammer E. (2019) ‘The impact of financialisation on the wage share. A theoretical clarification and empirical test’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 43(4), 937-974.
Stockhammer, E., Calvert Jump, R., Kohler, K., and Cavallero, J. (2019) ‘Short and medium term financial-real cycles: An empirical assessment, Journal of International Money and Finance, 94, 81-96.
Kohler, K., Guschanski, A. and Stockhammer E. (2018) ‘Verteilungseffekte von Finanzialisierung‘, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 70, Supplement 1, 37-63.
Kohler, K. (2017) ‘Currency devaluations, aggregate demand, and debt dynamics in economies with foreign currency liabilities’, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 40(4), 487-511.
Stockhammer, E., Guschanski, A. and Kohler, K. (2014) ‘Unemployment, capital accumulation and labour market institutions in the Great Recession’, European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 11(2), 182-194.
Book Publications
Stockhammer, E. and Kohler, K. (2015) ‘Linking a post-Keynesian approach to critical political economy: Debt-driven growth, export-driven growth and the crisis in Europe, In: Jäger, J. and Springler, E. (eds) Asymmetric Crisis in Europe and Possible Futures: Critical Political Economy and Post-Keynesian Perspectives, New York, Routledge, pp.34-49.
Research
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
Project status: Ongoing
News
Network to host first PhD workshop
The London Political Economy Network (LPEN) is set to hold its first PhD student workshop.
Major new project receives grant funding
A research team featuring academics from the Department of European and International Studies has been awarded a grant to work on a major new project.
Political economy network issues call for papers ahead of inaugural event
The London Political Economy Network (LPEN) has issued a call for papers ahead of its first virtual workshop event.
Events
London Political Economy Network: COVID-19 and the crisis of financialised capitalism
The line-up of presenters for the London Political Economy Network’s launch event has been announced.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
Project status: Ongoing
News
Network to host first PhD workshop
The London Political Economy Network (LPEN) is set to hold its first PhD student workshop.
Major new project receives grant funding
A research team featuring academics from the Department of European and International Studies has been awarded a grant to work on a major new project.
Political economy network issues call for papers ahead of inaugural event
The London Political Economy Network (LPEN) has issued a call for papers ahead of its first virtual workshop event.
Events
London Political Economy Network: COVID-19 and the crisis of financialised capitalism
The line-up of presenters for the London Political Economy Network’s launch event has been announced.
Please note: this event has passed.