Joao Rafael Cunha

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Joao Rafael Cunha

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-520X

  • KY16 9AL

    United Kingdom

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PhD projects

1. Financial Regulation (e.g. Is there a financial regulation cycle? How does it behave? What are its features?)

2. Political Economy of Financial Regulation (e.g. What political factors influence financial regulation?; How do private interests affect financial regulation?; How does voting affect financial regulation?)

3. Macro-Finance (e.g. How does the credit cycle influence the business cycle?; What is the relationship between credit cycles and medium-run swings in economic growth?; What explains the heterogeneity in the impact of financial crises across countries?; What is the impact of credit conditions on the economy?)

4. Banking (e.g. Is there a significant trade-off between competition and stability in the banking sector?; How should regulation and competition policy interact in the banking sector?; How should the banking sector specificity in competition policy be dealt with?; What should be the role of competition policy in the banking sector?; Can Open Banking improve competition?)

Personal profile

Biography

I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Economics and Finance at the University of St Andrews.

I am also a member of the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research and Centre for Global Law and Governance.

Previously, I was a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, a Max Weber Fellow in the Robert Schuman Centre and the Department of Economics at the European University Institute and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the London School of Economics.

My research interests include Financial Regulation, Banking, Political Economy, Law and Economics, Economic History, Macro-Finance, International Macroeconomics and Finance.

Web address: https://joaorafaelcunha.wixsite.com/home

Research interests

My research interests include Financial Regulation, Banking, Political Economy, Law and Economics, Economic History, Macro-Finance, International Macroeconomics and Finance.

Research overview

I am an applied economist with research interests in financial regulation, banking, political economy, law and economics, economic history, macro-finance, and international macroeconomics and finance.

My research can be split into three large areas: Financial Regulatory Cycle; Political Economy of U.S. Financial Regulation; and Macro-Finance.

1) One of my research strands focus on U.S. financial regulation and its cyclicality.

2) Another strand focus on the political economy of U.S. financial regulation. It studies how political factors influence financial regulation.

3) Finally, I am also studying macro-financial issues. More specifically, I am studying the link between credit cycles, financial crises and medium-term economic growth.

Web address: https://joaorafaelcunha.wixsite.com/home

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

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