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Employment:

2019 (July)-Present: Professor of Economics, UC Louvain

2021 (January)-Present: Reader in Economics, University of Surrey (Part time)

(2019 September -2020 December: Senior Lecturer)

2014-2019 (July): Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Louvain

2011- 2014: Assistant Professor of Economics, HEC Montréal 

2010-2011: Research Fellow, London Business School

2013-2014: Visiting Research  Fellow, Institute d` Analisi Economica (Barcelona)


Education:

2010: PhD in Economics, London School of Economics, Thesis  Advisors: Chris Pissarides and Rachel Ngai

2006:  MRes in Economics, London School of Economics

2004:  MSc in Economics, London School of Economics

2003:  BSc in Economics, National University of Athens


Editorial Work:

Associate Editor BE Journal of Macroeconomics


Publications:

1. The Impact of  Debt Levels and Debt Maturity on Inflation (2013) with E. Faraglia, A. Marcet and A. Scott 

 The Economic Journal, vol.123, Issue 566, pp 164-192, February 2013.

2. Capital Taxes, Labor Taxes and the Household (2015) with Christian Siegel, Journal of Demographic Economics, 81 (3),  pp. 217-260

3. The Rise of the Added Worker Effect (2016) with J. Mankart, Economics Letters, 143 (June), pp 48-51

4. Unemployment Insurance  with Limited Commitment Wage Contracts and Savings (2018)  BE Journal of Macroeconomics, (Advances) 18 (1)

5. Household Search and the Aggregate Labor Market (2017)  with J Mankart  Review of Economic Studies, 84 (4)

6. Optimal Debt Management in a Liquidity Trap (2018) with H. Bouakez and R. Priftis, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 93 (August), 5-21.

7. Government Debt Management: The Long and the Short of It (2019) with E Faraglia, A. Marcet and A. Scott, Review of Economic Studies,Volume 86, Issue 6, November,  Pages 2554–2604

8. Union Debt Management (2023) with J. Equiza-Goni and E. Faraglia,   Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 132, article 102747, February.  

9.  Covid-induced Economic Uncertainty, Tasks and Occupational Demand (2023) with S. Blanas,  Labour Economics, April, Special Issue on the Impact of Covid on the Labour Market,  Carrillo-Tudela and Adams-Prassl  eds.


Working Papers: 

1. Long Term Government Bonds  (2016) with E Faraglia, A. Marcet and A. Scott

3. The Long and Short of Financing Government Spending (2023), with J.  Mankart and R. Priftis.

3. Optimal Monetary Policy with and without Debt (2023) with B. Chafwehe, R. Priftis and L. Vogel.

4. The Rise of Household Insurance (2021) with J. Mankart and F. Pascucci.

5. Optimal Monetary Policy Rules in the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level (2022) with B. Chafwehe and C. de Beauffort.  

6. Optimal Fiscal Policy Problems Under Complete and Incomplete Financial Markets: A Numerical Toolkit (2014)

with E. Faraglia, A. Marcet and A. Scott


 

Refereeing Activity: American Economic Review, AEJ Macro, B.E Journal of Macroeconomics, Economica, Economics Bulletin, European Economic Review, ERC grants, Journal of Monetary Economics, Labor Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Machester School, Management Science, Review of Economic Dynamics, Public Finance Analysis (Finanz Archiv), Public Finance Review, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys.

 

Teaching: UCLouvain: LECGE1115,- Economie Politique- Macroeconomie (Undergraduate),  LECON2600 -Dynamical Methods in Economics (Masters) , LECON2122 - Advanced Macro II (Masters) , LECON2705 - Advanced courses in Economics (PhD).

HEC: Microeconomic Analysis (1st year undergraduate), International Economics (3rd year undergraduate), Macroeconomic Analysis (1st year undergraduate)

Autonoma: Numerical Methods (Masters Course)

LSE: Teaching Assistant in Advanced Macroeconomics (PhD), Teaching Assistant in Macroeconomics for MSc Students (Masters).

UCL: Teaching Assistant in  Economic Policy and Structural Change (Undergraduate)

 

Presentations:  Econometric Society World Congress (Shanghai), Conference of the European Economic Association (Glasgow), XV Workshop of Dynamic Macroeconomics (Vigo), European Workshop in Macroeconomics (Munich), Econometric Society Winter Meeting (Rome), Royal Economic Society Meetings (London), LSE, Sciences Po, HEC Montreal, Universitat de Barcelona, Cambridge,St Gallen University, 11th Conference on Research in Economic Theory and Econometrics (Milos), 17th Conference in Theories and Methods in Macroeconomics (Lyon), UQAM, Conference of the Canadian Economic Association (Montreal), 12th Conference on Research in Economic Theory and Econometrics (Naxos), Macroeconomics Atelier CIRPÉE-DEEP-TSE (Toulouse), Autonoma RED Macro Workshop (Barcelona), University of Exeter, Autonoma Macro Workshop, DEEP-EPL (Lausanne), UC Louvain,  SED 2014 (invited session), 4th Annual Christmas Meeting of Belgian Economists (Louvain), ULB-Ecares (Brussels), Bundesbank (Frankfurt), 14th Conference on Research in Economic Theory and Econometrics (Chania), Univ. Cergy-Pontoise, Macro-Dynamics Workshop (Bilbao), Macroeconomics in Perspective Workshop, CEREQ - Univ. St Louis (Brussels), 15th Conference on Research in Economic Theory and Econometrics (Tinos), 48th Macro-Money-Finance Research Group Conference (Bath), ASSET 2016 (Thessaloniki), Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Namur, SAET 2017 (invited session), 21st International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance 2017 (Rethymno), Southampton, Cologne, Navarra, Paris School of Economics, National Bank of Belgium Colloquium 2018, ASSET 2018 (Florence), Bank of Greece, Liverpool Univ., Queen Mary, Surrey, Bank of Canada, Cambridge Univ., ECFIN, Public Debt Management Conference (OECD-Paris), Univ of Cyprus (online), Osaka ISER (online), EEA (Rotterdam), Univ. of Cyprus. National Bank of Belgium (Colloquium 2022), Bristol, Ecole Polytechnique -CREST (Paris).

Workshops and sessions in Conferences Organized: 1. Symposium on Labor Market Frictions and the Business Cycle (Montreal with H. Bouakez,  M. Cacciatore and F. Ravenna), 2. Session on Fiscal Policy SAET 2017 Conference (Faro, with J. Davila), Program committee member 71st European Meeting of the Econometric Society 2018 (Cologne).

 

Grants, Fellowships and Awards:  Credit de Recherche FNRS (Belgium), National Bank of Belgium Colloquium Grant (joint with R. Priftis and L. Vogel), Keynes Fund Cambridge  (UK, joint with E. Faraglia),Credit d' installation UC Louvain (Belgium), Fonds de Recherche du Québec Société et Culture - Établissement de Nouveau Professeurs (Canada),  Economic and Social Research Council Studentship (UK),  HEC Montreal Research Funds (Canada), LSE Tutorial Fellowship (UK),  Econometric Society World Congress Travel Grant, Emporiki Bank Studentship (Greece)