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Professor Bruno Sultanum

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Department of Economics
Professor Bruno Sultanum

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Biography

Bruno Sultanum is a Professor of Economics at the University of Essex, specializing in macroeconomics, banking, and financial economics. Prior to joining Essex, he was an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The Pennsylvania State University and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Getulio Vargas Foundation. Bruno's research has been featured in top-tier academic journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Journal of International Economics.

Qualifications

  • PhD Pennsylvania State University, (2015)

  • Master of Science (EPGE) Fundação Getulio Vargas, (2010)

  • Bachelor of Science (EPGE) Fundação Getulio Vargas, (2008)

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Professor, University of Essex (1/8/2024 - present)

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Macroeconomics

Open to supervise

Search and Matching

Key words: Financial intermediation
Open to supervise

Financial Economics

Key words: Banking
Open to supervise

International Finance

Key words: Sovereign Default
Open to supervise

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Mathematical Methods in Economics (EC251)

  • Mathematical Economics (EC351)

Publications

Journal articles (10)

Jiang, JH., Norman, P., Puzzello, D., Sultanum, B. and Wright, R., (2024). Is Money Essential? An Experimental Approach. Journal of Political Economy. 132 (9), 2972-2998

Chaumont, G., Gordon, G., Sultanum, B. and Tobin, E., (2024). Sovereign debt and credit default swaps. Journal of International Economics. 150, 103921-103921

Day, S., Nunes, E. and Sultanum, B., (2023). Is It Still an Economics Course? The Effect of a Standardized Personal Finance Test on the Learning of Economics. The American Economist. 68 (2), 277-294

Davis, D., Korenok, O., Norman, P., Sultanum, B. and Wright, R., (2022). Playing with money. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 200, 1221-1239

Sultanum, B., (2022). Discussion of “Currency Stability Using Blockchain Technology”. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 142, 104156-104156

Bethune, Z., Sultanum, B. and Trachter, N., (2022). An Information-based Theory of Financial Intermediation. The Review of Economic Studies. 89 (5), 2381-2444

Bethune, Z., Sultanum, B. and Trachter, N., (2019). Asset issuance in over-the-counter markets. Review of Economic Dynamics. 33, 4-29

Sultanum, B., (2018). Financial fragility and over-the-counter markets. Journal of Economic Theory. 177, 616-658

Andolfatto, D., Nosal, E. and Sultanum, B., (2017). Preventing bank runs. Theoretical Economics. 12 (3), 1003-1028

Sultanum, B., (2014). Optimal Diamond–Dybvig mechanism in large economies with aggregate uncertainty. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 40, 95-102

Contact

bruno.sultanum@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus

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