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Current position

Economist — Economics and Research Department, National Bank of Belgium (Since Nov 2021)

Education

PhD in Economics, UCLouvain (Sep 2017 – Dec 2021) — Advisors: Rigas Oikonomou and Raf Wouters
MRes in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets, Barcelona GSE (Sep 2013 – Jul 2014)
MSc in Economics, UCLouvain (Sep 2009 – Sep 2011)
BSc in Economics and Management, UCLouvain Saint-Louis (Sep 2006 – Jun 2009)

Previous positions

Economist —Macroprudential Surveillance Division, National Bank of Belgium (Sept 2018 – Nov 2019)
Economist — Monetary and Financial Statistics Division, National Bank of Belgium (Sept 2015 – Aug 2018)
Macroeconomic trainee — General Secretariat-Economic Department, European Investment Bank (Feb 2015 – Jun 2015)
Analyst — Competition Team, Oxera Consulting LLP (Mar 2012 – Mar 2013)

Academic papers

"Government Debt and Expectations-Driven Liquidity Traps", International Journal of Central Banking, forthcoming.
"Looking Beyond the Trap: Fiscal Legacy and Central Bank Independence" (2024), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 86 (April), pp. 385-416.
"When Is Long-Term Government Debt Accumulation Optimal in a Liquidity Trap?" (2023), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 147 (February), 104591.
"Optimal Monetary Policy Rules in the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level" (2022), with B. Chafwehé and R. Oikonomou, IRES discussion paper No 2022007.
"Debt Management in a World of Fiscal Dominance" (2021), with B. Chafwehé and R. Oikonomou), JRC Working Papers on Taxation and Structural Reforms, No 11/2021.

Scientific refereeing

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2023, 2024), B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (2024).

Grants and awards