Experts

Benedict is an Economics PhD student at Chicago Booth. His research focuses on household finances – typically using a combination of big data and behavioural economics to understand consumer behaviour. Before moving to Chicago he previously spent 6+ years conducting economic research to inform financial regulation at the Financial Conduct Authority, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of England. He is a graduate of University of Warwick and University College London.

Martín Guzmán is the Minister of Economy of Argentina. He is a researcher at the Columbia University School of Business, and Director of the Public Debt Restructuring Program of the Policy Dialogue Initiative of the same School. He is an associate professor at Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires). As of December 2019, he is a tenured lecturer at Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad de La

Christoph Görtz is an Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham. Prior to this, he worked at the University of Nottingham and the Bank of England. His research interests are in the area of macroeconomics, financial economics and monetary policy, with particular focus on business cycles, expectations, news shocks, firm-dynamics, the interaction between real and financial sectors in the economy, learning and uncertainty.

Giray Gözgör is a Professor at the Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Political Sciences in Istanbul. He is also an affiliate of the CESifo Network. He has also worked at Ghent University and the University of California, Irvine, as a visiting scholar. He has been listed in the IDEAS/RePEc Economist Rankings (Top 5% Authors, Last 10 Years Publications). Dr. Gözgör’s research interests include a variety of topics in international economics and political economy, as well as

Willem Buiter is an independent economic consultant. He was Global Chief Economist at Citigroup from 2010 till 2018. Previously he was Chief Economist and Special Counselor to the President of the EBRD and a founding member of the MPC of the Bank of England. He was a Professor of Economics at the LSE, Cambridge University and Yale university. He is the author of 78 refereed articles in professional economics journals and seven books.

Alexander Haas is a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Oxford. He is also affiliated with the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Over the course of his PhD, Alex has spent several months visiting the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. His research interests are in macroeconomics, monetary policy, and financial intermediation.