Matthias schlegl
Macroeconomic analyst and researcher
Associate Professor at Sophia University, Tokyo
Welcome to my personal website!
I'm currently an associate professor at Sophia University, a private university in the heart of Tokyo. I've obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, where I also received a substantial part of my training in economics and finance (BSc and MSc). Apart from Munich and Tokyo, I've spent one year at the University of Oxford, half a year at the University of California, Berkeley, and more than one year at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Osaka University for both studies and research. I'm currently also a Visiting Fellow at ISER.
You can find my full CV here.
My research focuses on macroeconomics, international finance, monetary economics and sovereign debt. Recently, I am particularly interested in models of economic stagnation and asset price bubbles, primarily motivated by the macroeconomic experience of Japan over the last decades. Have a look at my research projects here.
And if you're one of my students or just interested in my classes, you can check out my teaching here.
News and updates on my research projects:
New working paper on wealth inequality with Jean-Baptiste Michau and Yoshiyasu Ono. Check it out here.
Our paper on the possibility of sustainable rational bubbles and Ponzi schemes based on a preference for wealth has been accepted for publication in the European Economic Review.
Our paper on how stagnation manifests itself in the Japanese labor market has been published in the Journal of Economic Theory.
Our paper on seniority in sovereign debt markets has been published as NBER Working Paper. Learn more about it here.
Our paper on the effects of credit booms and debt overhang in a stagnating economy has been published in the European Economic Review.
Feel free to contact me by
email: m-schlegl-4t5_AT_sophia.ac.jp
Twitter (non-heavy user...): @m_schlegl