Luis Brandao Marques
Last Updated: November 6, 2024
Luis Brandao-Marques, a national of Portugal, is Deputy Chief in the Advanced Economies Unit of the IMF’s European Department (EUR) and mission chief for Latvia. Prior to joining the IMF, he was Assistant Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). Luis also worked as a corporate banker in Portugal and as a lecturer at the University of Oporto earlier in his career. Luis holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester and has published in top finance and economics journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Development Economics.
Email: LMARQUES@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/lbrandaom/
Fluent In: Portuguese, Spanish.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester
M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester
M.A. in Economics, University of Porto
Lic. in Economics (Licenciatura), University of Porto
Referee Activities:
Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, International Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Money and Finance, IMF Economic Review, Economic Systems, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Portuguese Economic Journal, South African Journal of Economics
Current Position:
Deputy Unit Chief, Advanced Economies Unit, European Department, International Monetary Fund
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Mission chief, Latvia (2024-...)
Deputy Mission Chief for the Euro Area (2023-...)
Mission Chief, Finland FSAP (2021-2023)
Deputy Mission Chief, Singapore FSAP (2018-19)
Systemic risk analysis expert, Japan FSAP (2016-17)
MCM economist, Chile team (2015-17)
Systemic risk analysis expert, Norway FSAP (2014-15)
Teaching:
Taught multiple courses on macroeconomic and macro-financial topics for government officials at the Institute for Capacity Development (IMF), 2010-13
Work in progress:
Monetary policy transmission in emerging markets and developing economies (with Gaston Gelos, Thomas Harjes, Ratna Sahay, and Yi Xue). Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Macro-Financial Issues
International Macroeconomics
International Finance
Banking