Research Interests
Macroeconomics; Networks in Economics; Applied Econometrics
Biography
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago (2008); European Research Council Starting Grant (2013) for the project MacroNets, Production Networks in Macroeconomics.
Recent Publications
Published Papers
Carvalho, V.M. From micro to macro via production networks, (2014) Journal of Economic PerspectivesCarvalho, V. and Gabaix, X. The great diversification and its undoing, (2013) American Economic Review
Acemoglu, D., Carvalho, V.M., Ozdaglar, A. and Tahbaz-Salehi, A. The network origins of aggregate fluctuations., (2012) Econometrica
Carvalho, V.M., Martin, A. and Ventura, J. Understanding bubbly episodes., (2012) American Economic Review
Carvalho, V.M., Harvey, A.C. and Trimbur, T. A note on common cycles, common trends and convergence., (2007) Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Carvalho, V. M. and Tahbaz-Salehi, A. Production Networks: A Primer, (2018) CWPE1856Carvalho, V. M., Nirei, M., Saito, Y. U. and Tahbaz-Salehi, A. Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake, (2016) CWPE1670
Carvalho, V. M. and Voigtländer, N. Input Diffusion and the Evolution of Production Networks, (2015) CWPE1550
Carvalho, V. M. and Grassi, B. Large Firm Dynamics and the Business Cycle, (2015) CWPE1556
Carvalho, V. M. From Micro to Macro via Production Networks, (2014) CWPE1467
Recent Activities
J M Keynes Fellowship Fund Lectures - Publication Date: 2019-02-01
Professor Vasco Carvalho will give a talk on "Networked Perspectives on the Macroeconomy" as part of the J M Keynes Fellowship Fund's evening of special lectures. The event will take place on Thursday 21 February 2019, between 17.30-19.30pm, in the McCrum Lecture Theatre, Cambridge and will featuring five of the Fund's distinguished Fellows speaking about their innovative research in the field of financial economics.
Moving away from Theoretical Models - Publication Date: 2018-05-08
Professor Vasco Carvalho discusses how new sources of large amounts of data are providing opportunities to test previously untestable things.
Cambridge Big Data - Publication Date: 2018-01-12
Professor Vasco Carvalho is behind new Economic and Data Science Interest Group. This is part of the Cambridge Big Data Strategic Research Initiative (CBD).
Faculty Senior Academic Promotions - Publication Date: 2017-06-15
Vasco Carvalho, Sara Horrell, Pontus Rendahl and Petra Geraats have all been successful in the Faculty's Senior Academic Promotions.
Vasco Carvalho's Research Featured in Columbia GSB's Ideas and Insights - Publication Date: 2017-05-17
Columbia Business School discusses how complex supply chains can transform local shocks into national economic malaise based on the paper "Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake", by Vasco Carvalho, Makoto Nirei, Yukiko Saito and Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi.
Research Grants
Leverhlume Trust Prize (LEVERHULME TRUST)
Production Networks In Macroeconomics (EC FP7 ERC SIRG)
Teaching
PIIB Paper 6 - Lent - Business Cycle Theory
PhD Students
Supervisor
Margit Reischer
PhD Title: The Granularity of GDP Forecasts in Theory and Practice. Lessons from Multisector Growth Models
Research:
PhD Title: The Granularity of GDP Forecasts in Theory and Practice. Lessons from Multisector Growth Models
Research:
Maarten De Ridder
PhD Title: Investment in Productivity and the long-run effect of financial crises on output
Research: Macroeconomics, Business Cycles, Productivity
PhD Title: Investment in Productivity and the long-run effect of financial crises on output
Research: Macroeconomics, Business Cycles, Productivity
Advisor
Lukas Freund
PhD Title: The Macroeconomics of Automation and Inequality
Research: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Innovation, Computational Methods
PhD Title: The Macroeconomics of Automation and Inequality
Research: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Innovation, Computational Methods
