Research Collaborations

• Research Affiliate, Central Bank of Ireland (March 2024 – ongoing): Ongoing collaboration on projects related to monetary policy transmission, credit allocation, and financial stability in the euro area context.

• Visiting Researcher, Sveriges Riksbank (2022): Collaborative research with Marianna Blix Grimaldi on the macro-financial effects of unconventional monetary policy.

• Visiting Researcher, Banque de France (2019): Joint work with Guillaume Horny on credit supply, monetary easing, and firm investment dynamics, with a focus on ECB policy interventions.

• Academic Collaborations: 1. Joint project on the development of a Liquidity-Monetary Index (LMI) to capture liquidity conditions in the euro area, and its application in evaluating the effects of monetary policy in the post-pandemic environment (SKEMA Business School). 2. Research collaboration on the interplay between capital flows and monetary policy, exploring how international financial conditions influence domestic transmission mechanisms (Queen Mary University of London).

Research Interests:

• Monetary Policy Transmission and Financial Intermediation: Exploring how conventional and unconventional monetary policy tools affect bank lending, firm behaviour, and credit allocation.

• Banking and Financial Stability: Examining the role of financial institutions in macroeconomic stability, with a focus on regulation, capital buffers, and systemic risk.

• SME Finance and Credit Access: Analysing access to finance for small and medium enterprises, particularly during periods of monetary changes or crisis interventions.

• Corporate Finance and Real Effects of Financial Policy: Investigating how financial constraints and credit supply shocks influence firm investment, innovation, and productivity.

• Central Banking and Policy Communication: Studying how central bank transparency and communication strategies shape market expectations and firm-level decision-making.

• Green Finance and the Role of Central Banks in Climate Transition: Examining how central banks and financial regulators can support green finance, including the integration of climate-related risks into monetary operations and supervisory frameworks.