Katrin Rabitsch is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics at Central European University and a researcher at Magyar Nemzeti Bank (The Central Bank of Hungary). Her research interests are in international macroeconomics and finance. Her current work focuses on countries' external adjustment, the international transmission mechanism and monetary policy in an open economy.
Katrin received her Ph.D. from the European University Institute in 2008. She also holds an M.A. from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003) and an undergraduate degree (2002) from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
Péter Benczúr is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics of Central European University and Deputy Head of Research at Magyar Nemzeti Bank (the central bank of Hungary). His research interests are in international macroeconomics and empirical public finance. His current research focuses on the determinants of sovereign risk, financial frictions, international business cycles, and empirical analysis of the behavioral response of individuals to tax reforms.Péter received his Ph.D. from the Massachussetts Institute of Technology in 2001. He also holds an M.A. in Mathematics from Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (1995).
Katalin Szimler joined the Department of Economics at the Central European University in 2000. She has been working there as department coordinator since 2006. She aslo serves as PhD coordinator. Her personal interests cover reading, translating, oil-painting and sports.
Alessia Campolmi is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics of Central European University and a researcher at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (The Central Bank of Hungary). Her research interests are monetary and fiscal policy with particular emphasis on their international aspect and their interactions with labor market frictions.
Attila Rátfai is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, Central European University. His research interests are in various areas of macroeconomics. His current research focuses on the aggregate implications of heterogeneity and inaction in store-level pricing behavior and on the nature of international business cycle fluctuations.Attila received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He also holds a University Diploma from the Budapest (former Karl Marx) University of Economics. Prior to joining to CEU, he worked at the University of Southampton.
