I am an Associate
Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Economics, a Researcher at
the Economic Policies Research Unit (NIPE) of the University of Minho, and an Associate
Editor of the Economic
Modelling. Previously, I worked as a Senior Economist at the Bank for
International Settlements (BIS) and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), as an Economist at the Bank
of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB), and held
visiting positions at the Bank of Portugal and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). I also taught at the London School of Economics
and Political Science (LSE) and the Queen Mary University of London.
I hold a PhD in
Economics from the London School of
Economics and Political Science and I am a member of the LSE Alumni
Association. At the LSE, I studied under the supervision of Alexander Michaelides (Department of Economics) and Christian Julliard (Department of Finance) and was affiliated at
the Financial Markets Group (FMG). I also hold a MPhil in Economic
Policy and a BSc in Economics from the University of Minho.
My main research interests are:
Macroeconomics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Empirical Finance and Asset Pricing
Models, International Finance, Corporate Finance, Housing Economics, Emerging
Market Economies, Macro-Econometrics and Quantitative Methods, Economic
Modeling, Bayesian Model Averaging and Bayesian Econometrics, Energy Economics,
Development and Growth, Political Economy, and Regional and Urban Economics.
I have published in international peer-reviewed
journals, such as Cambridge Journal of
Regions, Economy and Society, Computational Economics, Economic Inquiry, Energy
Economics, Energy Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, International
Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics,
Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of
International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Journal of
International Money and Finance, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Money,
Credit and Banking, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Real Estate Economics, and Review of International Economics.
My research has been covered in the media, including The Economist, The Telegraph, City A.M., Le Monde,
Jornal de Negócios, Público and RTPN.
Forthcoming
Publications:
Selected Publications:
- “What
can fifty-two collateralizable wealth measures tell us about future
housing market returns? Evidence from U.S. state-level data”, Journal of Real Estate Finance and
Economics, 2021,
62, 81-107. (with M. Balcilar, R. Gupta and M.E.
Wohar)

- “Linking
U.S. state-level housing market returns and the consumption-(dis)aggregate
wealth ratio”, International
Review of Economics and Finance,
2021, 71, 779-810. (with M. Balcilar,
R. Gupta and M.E. Wohar)

- "The
housing cycle: What role for mortgage market development and housing
finance?", Journal
of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2020, 61, 607-670. (with L. Agnello
and V. Castro)

- “Unconventional
monetary reaction functions: Evidence from the U.S.”, Studies
in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 2020, 24(4), 20180088. (with L. Agnello,
V. Castro, F. Jawadi and G. Dufrénot)

- “Global factors, uncertainty, weather conditions and energy
prices: On the drivers of the duration of commodity price cycles”, Energy Economics, 2020, 90,
104862. (with L. Agnello, V. Castro and S. Hammoudeh)
- “Consumption,
asset wealth, equity premium, term spread and flight to quality”, European Financial Management, 2020, 26(3), 778-807.
(with M. Costantini)

- “How does monetary policy respond to the dynamics of the shadow
banking sector?”, International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2020, 25(2), 228-247. (with L. Agnello,
V. Castro and F. Jawadi)

- “U.S. equity and commodity futures markets: hedging or
financialization?”, Energy Economics, 2020, 86,
104660. (joint with D.K. Nguyen, A. Şensoy
and G.S. Uddin)

- “A competing risks tale on successful and unsuccessful
fiscal consolidations”, Journal of International Financial
Markets, Institutions and Money, 2019, 63, 101148.
(with L. Agnello and V. Castro)

- “Can the consumption-wealth ratio predict housing
returns? Evidence from OECD countries”, Real Estate Economics, 2019, 47(4), 935-956. (with G.M. Caporale
and M.E. Wohar)

- “Asset returns under model
uncertainty: Evidence from the euro area, the U.K. and the
U.S.”, Computational
Economics, 2019, 54(1), 139-176. (with J.
Sousa)

- "The legacy and the tyranny of time: Exit and
re-entry of sovereigns to international capital markets", Journal of Money,
Credit and Banking, 2018,
50(8), 1969-1994. (with L. Agnello and V. Castro)

- “Economic activity, credit market conditions and the
housing market cycle”, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2018, 22(7), 1769-1789. (with L. Agnello
and V. Castro)

- “Do
IMF fiscal forecasts add value?”, Journal of Forecasting, 2018, 37, 650-665. (with
Z. An, J.T. Jalles and P. Loungani)

- “A forensic perspective of the determinants of
banks’ CDS spreads”, Journal of Financial Stability, 2017, 33, 60-70. (with N. Benbouzid
and S.K. Mallick)
- “Predicting
risk premium under changes in the conditional distribution of stock
returns”, Journal
of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2017, 50, 204-218. (with J.
Sousa)
- “On the macroeconomic impact and the wealth effects of
unconventional monetary policy”, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2017,
21(5), 1189-1204. (with F. Jawadi and R.
Traverso)
- “Spillovers from the oil
market to the housing market cycle“, Energy Economics, 2017, 61,
209-220. (with L. Agnello, L., V. Castro and S. Hammoudeh)
- “National
fiscal consolidations and regional inequality in Europe”, Cambridge
Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2016,
9(1), 59-80. (with L. Agnello and G.
Fazio)
- “Predicting asset returns in the BRICs: The role of macroeconomic
and fundamental predictors", International
Review of Economics and Finance, 2016, 41,
122-143. (with A. Vivian and M.E. Wohar)
- ”Booms, busts and normal times in the housing
market", Journal of Business &
Economic Statistics, 2015, 33(1), 25-45. (with
L. Agnello and V. Castro)
- ”US monetary policy and commodity sector
prices", Journal of International Money and
Finance, 2015, 57, 61-85. (with S. Hammoudeh
and D.K. Nguyen)
- ”An empirical analysis of energy cost pass-through
to CO2 emission prices”, Energy Economics, 2015,
49, 149-156. (with S. Hammoudeh, A. Lahiani and D.K. Nguyen)
- ”What determines the likelihood of structural
reforms?", European Journal of Political Economy, 2015,
37, 129-145. (with L. Agnello, V. Castro and J. Jalles)
- ”Linking wealth and labour
income with stock returns and government bond yields", European
Journal of Finance, 2015, 21(10/11), 806-825.
- “What is the impact of wealth shocks on asset
allocation?”, Quantitative Finance, 2015,
15(3), 493-508.
- “How
does fiscal consolidation impact on income inequality?”, Review
of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60(4), 702-726. (with
L. Agnello)
- "Energy prices and CO2 emission allowance
prices: A quantile regression approach", Energy Policy, 2014,
70, 201-206. (with S. Hammoudeh and
D.K. Nguyen)
- "Political,
institutional and economic factors underlying deficit volatility", Review
of International Economics, 2013, 21(4), 719-732. (with
L. Agnello)
- “What determines the duration of a fiscal
consolidation program?”, Journal of International
Money and Finance, 2013, 37, 113-134. (with
L. Agnello and V. Castro)
- “The real effects of financial stress in the
Eurozone”, International Review of Financial
Analysis, 2013, 30, 1-17. (with S.K.
Mallick)
- “Real effects of monetary policy in large emerging economies”, Macroeconomic
Dynamics, 2012, 16(S2), 190-212. (with
S.K. Mallick)
- “How does fiscal policy react to wealth composition and
asset prices?”, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2012,
34(3), 874-890. (with L. Agnello and V. Castro)
- “Assessing long-term fiscal developments: a new
approach”, Journal of International Money and
Finance, 2011, 30(1), 130-146. (with A. Afonso, L. Agnello and D. Furceri)
- “Consumption, (dis)aggregate
wealth and asset returns“, Journal of Empirical
Finance, 2010, 17(4), 606-622.
Recent Policy Papers:
- “Assessing fiscal policy stance
through the lens of the financial and the commodity price cycles”, Bank
for International Settlements, BIS Working Paper No. 638 [pdf]. 2017. (with
E. Alberola-Ila)
- “External debt composition and
domestic credit cycles”, Bank for International Settlements, BIS Working Paper
No. 627 [pdf]. 2017. (with
S. Avdjiev and S. Binder)
- “Repo market functioning”, Bank
for International Settlements, CGFS Papers, 2017, 59,
1-65. [pdf] Report prepared by a Study
Group established by the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS).
- “Does exchange rate depreciation
have contractionary effects on firm-level investment? The implications of
alternative types of bond financing”, Bank for
International Settlements, BIS Working Paper No. 624 [pdf]. 2017. (with J.M.
Serena)
- “Inflation expectations and
monetary policy", In: Bank for International Settlements, Ed., Inflation
mechanisms, expectations and monetary policy, Bank for
International Settlements, BIS Papers, 2016, 89,
41-67. [pdf] (with J. Yetman)
Recent Working Papers:
- “Inflation
synchronization among the G7 and China: The important role of oil
inflation” (with A.H. Elsayed and S. Hammoudeh) Revise
and re-submit.
- “External debt composition and
domestic credit cycles” (with S. Avdjiev and S. Binder) Revise and re-submit.
- “Interest rate gaps in
an uncertain global context: Why "too" low (high) for
"so" long?” (with L. Agnello and V.
Castro) Revise and re-submit.
- “On the international co-movement
of natural interest rates” (with L. Agnello and
V. Castro) Revise and re-submit.
- “Can we do well, while
doing good? Investments in green bonds under uncertainty” (joint with D. Stenvall, E. Boyer de la Giroday,
R. Jayasekera and G.S. Uddin) Revise and re-submit.
- “Does exchange rate
depreciation have contractionary effects on firm-level investment? The
implications of alternative types of bond financing”
(with J.M. Serena) Revise and re-submit.
- "International
monetary policy and cryptocurrency markets: Dynamic and spillover
effects" (with A.H. Elsayed) Submitted.
- “What uncertainty does
to euro area sovereign bond markets: Flight to safety and flight to
quality” (with M. Costantini) Submitted.
- “A quest between fiscal
and market discipline” (with L. Agnello and V.
Castro) Submitted.
- “Making sense of
uncertainty: An application to the Scandinavian banking sector” (with V. Forsström, K. Lind, G.S. Uddin and R. Jayasekera) Submitted.
- "The shift from a
linear to a circular economy for plastics: Does COVID-19 trash the
recycling dream?" (with S. Hammoudeh, K. Kasmaoui and R. Selmi)
- "Bank risk and
macro-prudential policies: Evidence from a novel CDS database" (with
N. Benbouzid, A. Kumar, S.K. Mallick, R.M. Sousa
and A. Stojanovic).
- “The impact
of China's monetary policy framework on global commodity prices” (with S. Hammoudeh and D.K. Nguyen).
Recent Conferences/Seminars:
·
University
of Minho, Braga (Portugal), 20 September 2019.
·
7th UECE
Conference on Economic and Financial Adjustments, ISEG/UL – School of Economics
and Management / University of Lisbon, Lisbon (Portugal), 13 September 2019.
·
50th
Anniversary Conference of the Money, Macro & Finance (MMF) Group, London
School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London (UK), 4-6 September
2019.
·
26th International Conference on "Forecasting
Financial Markets", Ca’ Foscari University, Venice (Italy), 19-21 June
2019.
·
Eighteenth Annual Conference of the European
Economics and Finance Society (EEFS), University of Genoa, Genoa (Italy), 13-16
June 2019.
·
Fourth International Workshop on “Financial Markets
and Nonlinear Dynamics” (FMND), Paris (France), 31 May-1 June 2019.
·
Bank
of Italy, Rome (Italy), 10 April 2019.
·
National
Bank of Belgium, Brussels (Belgium), 3 April 2019.
·
Lille
University, Lille (France), 5 February 2019.
·
Queen
Mary University of London, London (UK), 16 January 2019.
·
Birmingham
University, Birmingham (UK), 6 November 2018.
·
Loughborough
University, Loughborough (UK), 24 October 2018.
·
University
of Minho, Braga (Portugal), 20 July 2018.
·
Newcastle
University, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), 15 May 2018.
·
Bank of England, London (UK), 4 May 2018.
·
European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany), 24 April
2018.
·
Fifth International Symposium in Computational
Economics and Finance (ISCEF), Paris (France), 12-14 April 2018.
·
King’s College London, London (UK), 25 October 2017.
Selected Media Coverage:
·
“Lagarde
tem presente no sapatinho para mercados”, Jornal de Negócios, 10/12/2020.
·
“Bazuca
monetária levou juros de Portugal para abaixo de 0%”, Jornal de Negócios, 10/12/2020.
·
“BCE
sem união para seguir Fed, para já”, Jornal de Negócios, 10/09/2020.
·
“Fed
olha por Main Street, mas premeia Wall Street”, Jornal de Negócios, 01/09/2020.
·
“A
velha luta da Fed pela inflação, com nova linguagem”, Jornal de Negócios, 01/09/2020.
·
“Ricardo
Sousa sobre o BCE: “O ‘helicopter money’ seria uma boa solução””, Jornal
de Negócios, 04/06/2020.
·
“A
resposta europeia à pandemia: um “castelo de cartas”?”, Público,
11/04/2020.
·
“Suspensão
das bolsas: solução efetiva ou o adiar do problema?”, Jornal de Negócios, 18/03/2020.
·
“Índices
europeus cabem na cova de um dente do S&P 500”, Jornal de Negócios, 09/03/2020.
·
“Os
20 anos do euro: o problema das lentes a “preto e zero””, Público,
23/10/2019.
·
“Les
limites du miracle portugais”, Le Monde, 03/10/2019.
·
“The
gap between poor and rich regions in Europe is widening: Austerity is partly to
blame”, The Economist, 2016, October 29th – November 4th,
p.22.
·
“To
revive the economy, cut spending”, The Telegraph, 204/04/2013.
·
“Increasing
income inequality: Side-effect of fight against crises?”, Calgary
Real Estate, 20/12/2011.
·
“99
percenters hurt more by austerity measures than the 1 percent: Study”, The
Huffington Post, 29/11/2011.
·
“The
weekly papers: Interesting economics research”, The Economist, Blog "Free Exchange", 07/12/2011.
·
“Impactos
dos cortes: Corte nos salários da função pública prejudica dívida pública”,
Público, 27/12/2010.
·
RTPN, 06/11/2010.
·
“Far from the meddling crowd:
Economists struggle to answer a vital question”, The Economist, 2010, October 30th – November 5th, p.76.
·
“The
housing wealth effect: Falling prices don’t crimp consumption”, The
Economist, Blog "Free Exchange", 19/08/2009.
