Michael Haliassos

Haliassos holds the Chair of Macroeconomics and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt. He is Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, UK), Founding Director of the CEPR Network on Household Finance (2015- ), Research Professor and Executive Board member of the IMFS. He is also advisor to the European Central Bank on the Eurozone Survey of Household Finances and Consumption since its inception in 2006, member of the Research Board of the Think Forward Initiative, and International Research Fellow of NETSPAR.

Haliassos received a B.A. from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1987 under the supervision of Nobel Laureates James Tobin and William Nordhaus. His research interests lie in Macroeconomics and Finance with emphasis on household finance, where he has been among the early contributors. His research papers have appeared in leading international journals, including the Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Management Science, Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, and the Review of Finance. His review papers include contributions to the Journal of Economic Literature, the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and Finance, and the Handbook of Monetary Economics.

He has coordinated a number of international book projects and journal special issues. He has also been involved in policy analysis and advice, with articles and interviews published by major German, Greek, and international press establishments.