ChrisBALL

My Latest Column on Substack: https://globalecon.substack.com/

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​Working Papers

• "Populism and the Re-birth of Manufacturing: New Trends or Empty Promises?". [With Federica Weßel] Currently under Review. 2026

• "Trade Balances and Manufacturing". [With Isha Khan]. Currently under Review. 2026 Longer Version.  Shorter Version.

• "Populist Ideology, Policy and the Real Economy: Walking the Stick" [With Ege Asutay and Andreas Freytag], Currently under Review. 2026.  ​

• "Adding Outside Money to Sidrauskian Models: Mechanisms Matter", 2023 Draft.  Currently under rewrite.

• "150 Years of Inflation: An FTPL Perspective". 2024 Draft.

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​Published Research

• "Populist Ideology, Policy and the Real Economy: Walking the Stick" [With Ege Asutay and Andreas Freytag], CESifo Working Paper No. 12220., CESifo, Munich, 2025.  ​

• "Exploring What Stock Markets Tell Us About GDP In Theory and Practice" [With Jack French]. Research in Economics, September 25, 2021.  ​

• "Populism-What Next? A First Look at Populist Walking-Stick Economies."  [With Andreas Freytag and Miriam Kautz], CESifo Working Paper No. 7914., CESifo, Munich, 2019.  Latest version (2021) here.

• “Remittances, Inflation and Exchange Rate Regimes in Small Open Economies” [With Javier A. Reyes and Claude Lopez]. The World Economy 36(4): 487-507, 2013

• “Inflation Targeting or Fear of Floating in Disguise: A Broader Perspective” [With Javier A. Reyes].  Journal of Macroeconomics 30(1), pp. 308 - 326, 2008.

• “International Reserve Holdings: Interest Rates Matter!” [With Javier A. Reyes]. Applied Economic Letters, pp. 1 – 6, 2008.

• “Rethinking Hub versus Point-to-Point Competition: A Simple Circular Airline Model.” Journal of Business and Economic Studies. Vol. 13, Number 1, (2007): 73-87.

• “Inflation Targeting or Fear of Floating in Disguise: The Case of Mexico.” [With Javier A. Reyes]. International Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol. 9, Issue 1, (2004): 49-69.

• “The Intertwinement of Legal and Economic Systems in Transition,” Rechtstheorie, 33 (2002): 299-317

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Book Chapters:

• “Inflation Targeting and Trade Deficits: Thoughts for the Visegrad Four.” [With Javier A. Reyes], in Inflation: Roles, Targeting, and Dynamics, edited D.T. Bentley and E.P. Nelson, Chapter 2 pp. 1 – 24.

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Various Writing and Presentations​

• "Christianity and Capitalism: Why Christians Should Choose Capitalism Despite all the Socialist Hype" Prepared for Luther Classical College Christian Culture Conference IV - The Ordered House: Oeconomia and the Shape of Christian Society, in Casper, Wyoming, June 2, 2026 .​

• "Economics and the Decentralized Future: An Introduction to “Crypto” for the Traditional Economic Researcher."  Invited lecture at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), June 25, 2026

• "Substantial inflation is (still) always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon."  February 23, 2022 (PDF)  Friedrich Schiller University Jena,

• "Foundations of Free Societies and Free Economies", invited lecture given for the Young Hungarian Leadership Program (YHLP) participants, Washington, DC, Oct 30, 2021.  Currently in handwritten form in two parts here.

• "The Economy in 2021 and Beyond"(PPT slides),  invited lecture for the Connecticut Banker's Association, 2021 Director & Senior Officer Symposium, May 16, 2021.

• "Looking Past the COVID-19 Economic Crisis" (PDF), CBA Quarterly, The Official Magazine of the Connecticut Bankers Association, Third Quarter 2020, page 22.

• "Global Economic Outlook Covid, the World and Implications for CT" (PPT slides),  keynote address for the Connecticut Banker's Association, 2020 Director & Senior Officer Symposium, June 1, 2020.

• "Navigating the trade wars", keynote address for CBIA's conference on "The Connecticut Economy 2019", Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, CT, Sep, 6, 2019.

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Interviews

• (EN) Interview with Ildikó Antal-Ferencz. English Version in The Hungarian Conservative, May 30, 2026.  (Weblink) (PDF version)

• (HU) Interjú Ildikó Antal-Ferenczzel. Magyar Verzió, May 30, 2026.  (Weblink) (PDF version)

• (TV/video) Effects of US Russian Oil Ban, interview on Connecticut's WFSB Eyewitness News 3.  March, 8, 2022. https://www.wfsb.com/video/2022/03/08/interview-us-bans-russian-oil/

• WalletHub Interview on "March 2022 Fed Rate Hikes", published March 8, 2022, https://wallethub.com/edu/sa/fed-rate-hike-survey/48053#expert=Christopher_Ball

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Honorary Hungarian Consul

• "The Tangible and Intangible Threats to Freedom" (PDF), talk given for the 1956 Anniversary at the Hungarian House in Wallingford, CT. October 25, 2021

• My Remarks on the 61st Anniversary of the Hungarian 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight (October 22, 2017 in Wallingford, CT, USA)

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