Caterina Seghini

I am currently a Visiting PhD student at the Paris School of Economics,
previously a Visiting Researcher at the Climate Economics Unit of Banque de France (Paris) until November 2023.
I am pursuing my PhD at the Swiss Finance Institute and the University of Geneva

My academic focus primarily lies in sustainable finance, public finance, macro finance, and environmental economics. I'm particularly interested in the interplay between environmental sustainability and public debt sustainability.

My primary research concentrates on understanding the impact of transition risk and/or climate risk on sovereign debt sustainability in advanced economies.  This analysis is conducted, first, by incorporating both transition costs and the economic damages related to climate change into models for fiscal limits. Secondly, by studying the impact of alternative carbon policy mixes onto GDP, debt-to-GDP ratio, and its probability of default, in the context of dynamic general equilibrium models with risky sovereign debt. The research agenda comprehends analyzing more deeply how these phenomena might interact with the conduct of traditional or green-oriented monetary policy. 

Besides, I also do research on testing the rational hypothesis on inflation expectations.