Ginters Bušs

Principal Research Economist of the Research Division, Monetary Policy Department

Ginters Bušs holds a Doctor of Engineering (Dr.sc.ing.) degree in Information Technology from Riga Technical University, a Master of Social Sciences degree in Law with distinction from the University of Latvia and a Master of Economics degree from Central European University in Hungary. He has studied economics also at Duke University in the USA and Ghent University in Belgium.

Ginters joined Latvijas Banka in 2011 as a Senior Econometrician in the Monetary Research and Forecasting Division of the Monetary Policy Department, later as Principal Econometrician. 

Ginters is the author of the Latvian DSGE model, many scientific studies, articles and Macroeconomic Developments Report scenarios. He has also developed the GDP forecasting system at Latvijas Banka and previously - the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Ginters represents Latvijas Banka in the Working Group on Econometric Modelling of the European System of Central Banks.
 

 

By this author

    • Working Papers

      13.
      Ginters Bušs, Patrick Gruning, Oļegs Tkačevs. Choosing the European Fiscal Rule, Dynare Working Papers, CEPREMAP, accepted for publication in 2022.
      12.
      Ginters Bušs, Patrick Gruning, Oļegs Tkačevs. Choosing the European Fiscal Rule, Working Papers, Latvijas Banka, accepted for publication in 2021.
      11.
      Ginters Bušs, Patrick Gruning. Fiscal DSGE Model for Latvia, Bank of Lithuania Working Paper Series, Bank of Lithuania, accepted for publication in 2020.
      10.
      Marta Bańbura, Maria Albani, Gene Ambrocio, Dirk Bursian, Ginters Buss, Jasper de Winter, Miroslav Gavura, Claire Giordano, Paulo Júlio, Julien Le Roux, Matija Lozej, Sune Malthe-Thagaard, José R. Maria, Carmen Martínez Carrascal, Philipp Meinen, Nektarios Michail, Dimitris Papageorgiou, Sebastian Pool, Rafael Ravnik, Lucio San Juan del Peso, Máté Tóth, Giordano Zevi. Business investment in EU countries, Occasional Paper Series, European Central Bank, accepted for publication in 2018.
      9.
      Gerhard Rünstler, Hiona Balfoussia, Lorenzo Burlon, Ginters Buss, Mariarosaria Comunale, Bruno De Backer, Hans Dewachter, Paolo Guarda, Markus Haavio, Irma Hindrayanto, Nikolai Ivanov Iskrev, Ivan Jaccard, Dmitry Kulikov, Davor Kunovac, Crt Lenarcic, Matthieu Lequien, Matija Lozej, Martin Mandler, Dimitris Papageorgiou, Jesper Pedersen, Gabriel Perez-Quiros, Ansgar Rannenberg, Eyno Rots, Michael Scharnagl, Peter Welz. Real and financial cycles in EU countries - Stylised facts and modelling implications, Occasional Paper Series, European Central Bank, accepted for publication in 2018.
      8.
      Ginters Bušs. Wage formation, unemployment and business cycle in Latvia, Working Papers, Latvijas Banka, accepted for publication in 2017.
      7.
      Pierre Lafourcade, Andrea Gerali, Jan Brůha, Dirk Bursian, Ginters Buss, Vesna Corbo, Markus Haavio, Christina Håkanson, Tibor Hlédik, Gábor Kátay, Dmitry Kulikov, Matija Lozej, Brian Micallef, Dimitris Papageorgiou, Juuso Vanhala, Marin Zeleznik. Labour market modelling in the light of the financial crisis, Occasional Paper Series, European Central Bank, accepted for publication in 2016.
      6.
      Ginters Bušs. Search-and-Matching Frictions and Labour Market Dynamics in Latvia , Dynare Working Papers, CEPREMAP, accepted for publication in 2016.
      5.
      Ginters Bušs. Search-and-Matching Frictions and Labour Market Dynamics in Latvia , Working Papers, Latvijas Banka, accepted for publication in 2015.
      4.
      Ginters Bušs. Financial frictions in a DSGE model for Latvia, Dynare Working Papers, CEPREMAP, accepted for publication in 2015.
      3.
      Ginters Bušs. Financial Frictions in a DSGE Model for Latvia, Working Papers, Latvijas Banka, accepted for publication in 2014.
      2.
      Ginters Bušs. Forecasting and Signal Extraction with Regularized Multivariate Direct Filter Approach, Working Papers, Latvijas Banka, accepted for publication in 2012.
      1.
      Ginters Bušs. A New Real-Time Indicator for the Euro Area GDP, Working Papers, Latvijas Banka, accepted for publication in 2012.
    • Articles

      4.
      Ginters Bušs, Patrick Gruening. Fiscal DSGE Model for Latvia, Baltic Journal of Economics, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies, accepted for publication in 2023.
      3.
      Ginters Bušs. Financial frictions in Latvia, Empirical Economics, Springer, accepted for publication in 2015.
      2.
      Ginters Bušs. Real-time signal extraction with regularized multivariate direct filter approach, Journal of Forecasting, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (also covers Journal of Forecasting, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ), accepted for publication in 2015.
      1.
      Ginters Bušs. Tracking Economic Activity in the Euro Area: Multivariate Direct Filter Approach, Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, OECD Publishing,CIRET (also covers OECD Journal: Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, OECD Publishing,CIRET ), accepted for publication in 2013.
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