Name: António 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.ulisboa.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
- President of the Executive Board of REM - Research in Economics and Mathematics, ISEG/UL, 2017-;
- Coordinator, PhD in Economics, 2014-;
- Full Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, ISEG/UL - University of Lisbon, 2011-;
- President of the Executive Board of UECE - Research Unit on Complexity and Economics, ISEG/UL, 2011-;
- Coordinator, Master in Monetary and Financial Economics, 2011-;
Previous appointments
- Senior Economist, Principal Economist, ECB, 2002-2014.
- 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 -
- Economist at CGD - Caixa Geral de
Depósitos;
- Economist
at IGCP - Instituto de Gestão do Crédito Público (Portuguese Government Debt Office);
- Economist at BNU - Banco Nacional Ultramarino;
- Adviser to the State Treasury Secretary;
- Representing the Ministry of Finance at the European Community program RENAVAL;
- Consultant
at the Ministry of Finance, GAFEEP - Gabinete para a Análise do Financiamento
do Estado e das Empresas Públicas;
- Economist at BNU - Banco Nacional
Ultramarino;
- Economist at UAP - Union des
Assurances de Paris;
Languages skills
Portuguese (native); English (fluent); French
(very good); Spanish (fair working knowledge);
Italian (fair working knowledge); German (basic knowledge).