Sergio Rebelo

Sérgio T. Rebelo (born October 29, 1959) is a Portuguese economist who is the current MUFG Bank Distinguished Professor of International Finance at the Kellogg School of Management in Illinois, United States. He is also a co-director of the Center for International Macroeconomics at Northwestern University.

Rebelo accepted an appointment as assistant professor of finance at Northwestern University in 1988, becoming an associate professor there in 1991. Besides for his permanent academic appointments, Rebelo also served as a visiting assistant professor in 1990–1991 and 1991–1992 at the Catholic University of Portugal (where he had previously been an instructor from 1981 to 1984.) Between 1990 and 1992, Rebelo also served as research coordinator for the Bank of Portugal. as well as a research fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Publications Rebelo has published a large number of highly cited papers; as of October 18, 2013, his work has been cited more than 20,000 times. His most well-known publication, "Long run policy analysis and long run growth" grew out of his dissertation work and focused on the effects of national policies on economic growth.

Research focus Rebelo's main body of research has focused on "the causes of business cycles, the impact of economic policy on economic growth, and the behavior of exchange rates". The work he did in his dissertation led to several different research tracks, one of the most prominent being the effect of taxation on economic growth. In a broader sense, much of his research focuses on the effect fiscal policy (including taxation) has on economic growth. A significant portion of his work focuses on business cycles, Advisor to the Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund, 2015. Advisory Council member, Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs, since April 2012 until present. Jerónimo Martins, non-executive board member since April 2013 until present, president of Audit Committee and non-executive member of Warta and New World supervisory boards since April 2016 until present. Integrated DNA Technologies, non-executive board member since September 2015 until sale of company in April 2018. Trustee, Allstate Structured Settlement Trust, since January 2018.

Selected publications