Alessandro Flamini
Lecturer in Economics
Room 411
Tel +44 (0)114 22 23409
Fax +44 (0)114 22 23458
email : a.flamini@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
Alessandro joined the Department in October 2008 and previously held a Lectureship in Economics at Keele University. He gained a B.A. in Economics and a Doctorate in Mathematics for Economic Decisions from Università La Sapienza di Roma, Italy; a M.A. from University of Pennsylvania, USA, and a Ph.D in International Economics from HEI Geneve, Switzerland. Alessandro has been a Research Fellow at the Ente Luigi Einaudi, Italy, April-October 2008, a Visiting Fellow at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong, China, October (2005), and a Visiting Researcher at the New Zealand Reserve Bank, Wellington, New Zealand, October (2005) and Princeton University, USA (2003).
Teaching
"I currently teach monetary economics giving particular emphasis to the interplay between the behaviour of the central bank, households and firms. A good understanding of how a monetary economy works is essential for jobs in the financial sector or in macroeconomic institutions. Yet, any member of the society who takes economic decisions, such as buying a house or starting a business, or even applying to post graduate studies instead of entering the job market, can benefit from some understanding of how a monetary economy works.
Whenever I can, my lectures start from recent news or speeches/interviews by economic leaders such as central bank governors or heads of international institutions. A brief guided discussion follows, to put this overture in perspective. My approach aims to present the various social contests and problems that triggered economic models and ideas at the current frontier of current research."
- ECN324 Monetary Economics
- ECN6660 Monetary Economics and Dynamic Optimisation (Dynamic Optimisation part)
Research Summary and PhD Student Supervision
Alessandro´s research interests are in the area of macroeconomics, in particular monetary economics and international finance. His research has focused on exchange rate pass-through, optimal monetary policy in presence of model uncertainty, non-linear Taylor rules, and interest rate inertia. His current research focuses on sectoral asymmetries and economic dynamics, New-Keynesian models and indeterminacy, policy transmission lags, and monetary policy transparency. Alessandro is interested in supervising PhD students in theoretical and applied macro, and development economics.