Alexander Mihailov

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+44 (0) 118 378 5371
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Associate Professor
- Director of the Economic Analysis Research Group (EARG)
- Director of the MSc programme in Economics
- RePEc Coordinator for the Department of Economics
- UG Exams Officer
- Internationalisation Lead for Europe and Russia
Areas of interest
- International macroeconomics and finance
- Monetary theory and policy
- Political macroeconomics and socioeconomic dynamics
- Information and learning
Postgraduate supervision
I am interested to supervise research students working on the topics included in my areas of interest.Teaching
- Advanced Macroeconomics
- Macroeconomics III
- Advanced International Macroeconomics and Finance
Research centres and groups
- Member: American Economic Association; Bulgarian Macroeconomics Association; Econometric Society; European Economic Association; Royal Economic Society
- Fellow: Euro Area Business Cycle Network; Higher Education Academy (UK)
- Affiliate: Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies (University of Surrey)
- Economic Analysis Research Group (EARG)
- European Workshop on Political Macroeconomics (EWPM)
Background
I am an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Reading and Director of the Economic Analysis Research Group (EARG). I am also External Affiliate at the Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies (CIMS) at the University of Surrey, member of the editorial board of Econometrics and member of the advisory board of Sci. I have been employed by the University of Essex, the Créa Institute of Applied Macroeconomics at the University of Lausanne, and the Research Department of the Bulgarian National Bank.I have held part-time academic positions at the University of Warwick, City University London, Studienzentrum Gerzensee and Sofia University, and short-term visiting appointments at the University of Lille and El Colegio de Mexico (Colmex). I am co-founder and co-organiser of the annual European Workshop on Political Macroeconomics (EWPM).
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Lausanne (2004). I work, and have published, in the areas of international macroeconomics and finance, monetary theory and policy, political macroeconomics and socioeconomic dynamics, information and learning.
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Academic qualifications
- PhD in Economics (2004) and MSc in Economics (1998), University of Lausanne
- Diploma/MSc in International Economics (1991), University of National and World Economy, Sofia
Publications
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Meen, G.
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Mihailov, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4307-4029 , Wang, Y. (2021) On the long-run solution to aggregate housing systems. Urban Studies ISSN: 1360-063X | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098020976019
- McKnight, S. , Mihailov, A. , Pompa Rangel, A. (2020) What do Latin American inflation targeters care about? A comparative Bayesian estimation of Central Bank preferences. Journal of Macroeconomics , 63 ISSN: 0164-0704 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2019.103188
- McKnight, S. , Mihailov, A. , Rumler, F. (2020) Inflation forecasting using the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with a time-varying trend. Economic Modelling , 87 pp. 383-393. ISSN: 0264-9993 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.08.011
- Dufrénot, G. , Jawadi, F. , Mihailov, A. (2018) Recent developments in macro-econometric modeling: theory and applications. Econometrics , 6 (2). ISSN: 2225-1146 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/econometrics6020025
- Farvaque, E. , Mihailov, A. , Naghavi, A. (2018) The grand experiment of communism: discovering the trade-off between equality and efficiency. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics , 174 (4). pp. 707-742. ISSN: 0932-4569 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1628/jite-2018-0003
- Farvaque, E. , Hayat, M. , Mihailov, A. (2017) Who supports the ECB? Evidence from Eurobarometer survey data. The World Economy , 40 (4). pp. 654-677. ISSN: 1467-9701 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/twec.12472
- Mihailov, A. (2015) Monetary approach to the balance of payments. In: Rochon, L. and Rossi, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Central Banking. Edward Elgar pp. 329-331. ISBN: 9781782547433
- Mihailov, A. (2015) Friedman rule. In: Rochon, L. and Rossi, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Central Banking. Edward Elgar pp. 219-223. ISBN: 9781782547433
- Mihailov, A. (2015) Exchange-rate interventions. In: Rochon, L. and Rossi, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Central Banking. Edward Elgar pp. 165-167. ISBN: 9781782547433
- McKnight, S. and Mihailov, A. (2015) Do real balance effects invalidate the Taylor principle in closed and open economies?. Economica , 82 (328). pp. 938-975. ISSN: 1468-0335 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12134
- Mihailov, A. , Rumler, F. , Scharler, J. (2011) Inflation dynamics in the new EU member states: how relevant are external factors?. Review of International Economics , 19 (1). pp. 65-76. ISSN: 1467-9396 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9396.2010.00932.x
- Arestis, P. and Mihailov, A. (2011) Classifying monetary economics: fields and methods from past to future. Journal of Economic Surveys , 25 (4). pp. 769-800. ISSN: 1467-6419 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6419.2010.00625.x
- Mihailov, A. , Rumler, F. , Scharler, J. (2011) The small open-economy New Keynesian Phillips Curve: empirical evidence and implied inflation dynamics. Open Economies Review , 22 (2). pp. 317-337. ISSN: 0923-7992 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11079-009-9125-9
- Arestis, P. and Mihailov, A. (2009) Flexible rules cum constrained discretion: a new consensus in monetary policy. Economic Issues , 14 (2). pp. 27-54. ISSN: 1363-7029
- Mihailov, A. (2009) Exchange rate pass-through to prices in macrodata: a comparative sensitivity analysis. International Journal of Finance & Economics , 14 (4). pp. 346-377. ISSN: 1099-1158 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.376
- Mihailov, A. (2006) Operational independence, inflation targeting, and UK monetary policy. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics , 28 (3, Spring). pp. 395-421. ISSN: 0160-3477 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/PKE0160-3477280302