Name: António M. P. Afonso.

Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal.

Nationality: Portuguese.

Contacts:

Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão,

R. Miguel Lúpi, 20,

P - 1249-078 Lisbon, Portugal.

Phone: +351 21 392 5985

Fax: +351 21 396 6407

e-mail: aafonso@iseg.utl.pt

Full Professor of the Department of Economics of ISEG/UTL - Technical University of Lisbon. Research interests include fiscal policy, applied economics, macroeconomics and financial economics. I have published in academic journals such as: Applied Economics Letters; Applied Economics; Economic Modelling; Empirica, Empirical Economics; European Journal of Political Economy; FinanzArchive; Journal of Applied Economics; International Journal of Finance and Economics; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money; Public Choice Regional Studies; Review of World Economics. I co-authored books on introductory financial economics, economics and public finances, and monetary and financial economics. Some of my work has been commented in the press: The Economist, The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, La Libre Belgique, Les Echos, Financieele Dagblad, Jornal de Negócios, Jornal de Notícias, Público,Diário Económico, Expresso.

Academic record

- Agregação in Economics, ISEG-UTL, 2005.

- Ph.D. in Economics (Doutoramento), ISEG-UTL, 2002.

- Master’s degree in Economics, ISEG-UTL, 1993.

- 1st degree in Economics (Licenciatura), ISEG-UTL, 1989.

Present appointment

- Full Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, ISEG/UTL - Technical University of Lisbon, 2011-;

- President of the Executive Board of UECE - Research Unit on Complexity and Economics, ISEG/UTL, 2011-;

- Principal Economist, ECB.

Previous appointments

- Associate Professor of the Department of Economics of ISEG/UTL - Technical University of Lisbon, 2009-2011;

- Assistant Professor of the Department of Economics of ISEG/UTL - Technical University of Lisbon, 2002-2009;

- Invited Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics of ISEG/UTL - Technical University of Lisbon, 1991-2002;

- Economist at CGD - Caixa Geral de Depósitos, 2002;

- Economist at IGCP - Instituto de Gestão do Crédito Público (Portuguese Government Debt Office), 1998-2002;

- Economist at BNU - Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 1994-98;

- Adviser to the State Treasury Secretary, 1993;

- Representing the Ministry of Finance at the European Community program RENAVAL, 1992-93;

- Consultant at the Ministry of Finance, GAFEEP - Gabinete para a Análise do Financiamento do Estado e das Empresas Públicas, 1991-93;

- Economist at BNU - Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 1990;

- Economist at UAP - Union des Assurances de Paris, 1989-90;

Languages skills

Portuguese (native tongue); English (fluent); French (very good); Spanish (fair working knowledge);

Italian (fair working knowledge); German (basic knowledge).