MARTIN ZAGLER is Assistant Professor, Vienna University of Economics & B.A., Vienna. He previously studied at the J. Kepler-University of Linz, University of Aix-Marseille II, Vienna University of Economics & B.A., The Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies, and the European University Institute, Florence. He received the Stephan-Koren Price for the best dissertation at the Vienna University of Economics & B.A. in 1995/96 and the Theodor-Körner Price for his contribution to Growth policy in 1997. His fields of research are Intertemporal Macroeconomics, Endogenous Growth, New Keynesian Economics and Monetary and Exchange Rate Economics.