Researcher Profiles Matthew Read

Economic Research Department
Current research interests: heterogeneous agents, macroeconometrics, monetary policy, time series econometrics
Contact: readm@rba.gov.au
Matthews recent work has focused on identifying and conducting inference about macroeconomic shocks using time series methods. He is also interested in the role of heterogeneity among households and firms in the transmission of monetary policy. Matthew holds a PhD in Economics from University College London.
Academic publications
- ‘Narrative Restrictions and Proxies: Rejoinder’ Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 40(4), pp 1438–1441.
- ‘Narrative Restrictions and Proxies’ Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 40(4), pp 1415–1425.
- ‘Algorithms for Inference in SVARs Identified With Sign and Zero Restrictions’ The Econometrics Journal, 25(3), pp 699–718.
- ‘Robust Bayesian Inference in Proxy SVARs’ Journal of Econometrics, 228(1), pp 107–216.
Other Research Papers
- ‘Estimating the Effects of Monetary Policy in Australia Using Sign-restricted Structural Vector Autoregressions’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2022-09.
- ‘The Unit-effect Normalisation in Set-identified Structural Vector Autoregressions’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2022-04.
- ‘Robust Bayesian Analysis for Econometrics’ Working Paper.
- ‘Identification and Inference Under Narrative Restrictions’ arXiv Working Paper No 2102.06456.
- ‘Monetary Policy and Firm Dynamics’ arXiv Working Paper No 2011.03514.
- ‘Housing Prices and Entrepreneurship: Evidence for the Housing Collateral Channel in Australia’ in J Simon and A Moore (eds), Small Business Conditions and Finance, Proceedings of a Conference, RBA, Sydney, pp 115–144.
- ‘Stress Testing the Australian Household Sector Using the HILDA Survey’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2015-01.
- ‘Mortgage-related Financial Difficulties: Evidence from Australian Micro-level Data’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2014-13.