
Macroeconomics Group
We undertake research in monetary policy, fiscal policy, expectations formation, sovereign bond default, central banking communication and forward guidance, policy credibility, maturity structure, dynamic contracts, financial frictions, closed and open-economy macro.
Our research
We run the Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies.
Publications
We publish in world-class journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Monetary Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of International Economics, among many others.
Our publications have been recognised by Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), with Professor Paul Levine’s pubilcations in the top five per cent average rank score and Professor Ricardo Nunes' in the top three per cent average rank score in last 10 years (as of September 2018).
Research outputs
We regularly give talks at central banks and policy institutions.
Funding
We attract research funding on a regular basis, with projects funded from the Nuffield Foundation, UK Research Innovation, European Commission Cordis, European Commission H2020, European Commission FP7, ESRC, French National Research Agency, Danish Social Sciences Research Foundation as well as private donors.
Partnerships
We have links with several central banks and policy institutions. On February 2018, one of our members joined the Council of Economic Advisors to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, providing economic advice to the Chancellor, the HMT, and the Government on a range of key economic issues.
We are also act as academic visitors and consultants with several institutions including the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the International Monetary Fund, Her Majesty's Treasury, the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, and the Bank of Portugal.
Find an expert
Group coordinator

Professor Ricardo Praca Cavaco Nunes
Professor of Economics
Research staff

Dr Cristiano Cantore
Reader in Economics

Dr Vasco Gabriel
Reader in Economics

Dr Tom Holden
Lecturer in Economics

Dr Esteban Jaimovich
Reader in Economics

Professor Martin Kaae Jensen
Professor in Economics

Dr Hyungseok Joo
Lecturer in Economics

Dr Anastasios Karantounias
Reader in Economics

Dr Ioannis Lazopoulos
Lecturer in Economics

Professor Paul Levine
Professor of Economics

Dr Alexandros Mandilaras
Senior Lecturer in Economics

Dr Kirill Shakhnov
Lecturer in Economics

Dr Alessio Volpicella
Lecturer in Economics
Postgraduate research students

Marta Alvaro-Taus
Phd Student

Rodolfo Arioli
Postgraduate Research Student

Omar Boye
Postgraduate Research Student

Maria Burmistrova
Postgraduate Research Student

Vedanta Dhamija
Postgraduate Research Student

Valentina Di Girolamo
Postgraduate Research Student

Joseph Grilli
Postgraduate Research Student

Donghyun Park
PhD Research Student

Hye Jin Park
PhD Research Student

Sandra Rhouma
PhD Student

Luca Rondina
PhD Candidate in Economics

Thanh Son Pham
Postgraduate Research Student

Roshni Tara
Postgraduate Research Student

Stelios Tsiaras
PhD Student