Dr Joao Rafael Cunha

Dr Joao Rafael Cunha

Lecturer

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2421
Email
joao.cunha@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

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

I am also a member of the Institute of Legal and Constitutional ResearchÌýand 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 CentreÌýand the Department of Economics at theÌýEuropeanÌýUniversity Institute and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the London School of Economics.

My research interests includeÌýFinancial Regulation,ÌýBanking, Political Economy,ÌýLaw and Economics,ÌýEconomic History,ÌýMacro-Finance,ÌýInternational Macroeconomics and Finance.

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Research areas

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 focusÌýon U.S. ï¬�nancial regulation and its cyclicality.

2) Another strand focus on the political economyÌýof U.S.Ìýï¬�nancial regulation.ÌýIt 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.

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PhD supervision

  • MalekÌýAlkshaik

Selected publications

  • Cunha, J. R., 20 May 2021, Financial deregulation: a historical perspective. Drach, A. & Cassis, Y. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 24-46 23 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Open access
    Cunha, J. R., 3 Aug 2020, St ÌÇÐÄlogo: University of St ÌÇÐÄlogo, p. 1-42, 42 p. (School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper; no. 2003).

    Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper

  • Cunha, J. R., 7 Sept 2020, St ÌÇÐÄlogo: University of St ÌÇÐÄlogo, (School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper; no. 2006).

    Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper

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