2025
From Funding to Frontier: Public R&D and AI Innovation Across European Regions
Maps AI patents across European regions and shows that public R&D is an important driver of AI innovation, supporting sustained and place-based public investment.
Policy
Outside academia, I worked as an Economic Analyst in the Council of Economic Advisors at the Hellenic Ministry of Finance and as an Economist in Irish Economic Analysis at the Central Bank of Ireland. I have also held policy and research appointments with the OECD, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Bank of England and Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, working across household finance, financial stability, labour and distributional policy.
Below you can find selected policy publications and briefs from this work.
Selected policy publications
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2025
AI News Shocks, Patents and the Macroeconomy
Uses UK patent data to show that positive AI innovation shocks raise output, investment, wages and hours worked while unemployment falls.
2021
Do Households with Debt Cut Back Their Consumption More? New Evidence from the United Kingdom
Shows that indebted households cut spending more sharply after income losses, helping explain how household debt can amplify downturns.
2019
Household Leverage and Asymmetric Housing Wealth Effects: Evidence from New Zealand
Finds that leverage makes consumption more sensitive to falling house prices but less responsive during booms, with direct implications for financial stability.
2019
Estimating the Adequate Living Expenses Threshold in Greece
Develops a household living-expenses benchmark used in Greece to help protect over-indebted mortgage borrowers from primary-residence foreclosure.
2017
The Balancing Act: Household Indebtedness over the Life Cycle
Compares debt across age groups and countries, showing that many Irish borrowers remain unusually indebted and exposed to future interest-rate increases.