Silvana Tenreyro

Silvana Tenreyro is Professor in Economics at the London School of Economics. She received her Ph. D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2002 and an M.A. from the same institution in 1999. She is Board Member of the Review of Economic Studies and serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Economic Journal, and Economica. Tenreyro is an external MPC member for the Central Bank of Mauritius, Member at Large of the European Economic Association (EEA), Leading academic at the Centre for Macroeconomics, Research Associate at the CEP Macroeconomics program, and Research Affiliate at CEPR.

In the past, she acted as Panel Member for Economic Policy, Director of the IGC Macroeconomics Programme, and she chaired the Women in Economics Committee of the EEA. Her main research interests are macroeconomic development and monetary policy. Recent publications include Technological Diversification (AER), The Timing of Monetary Policy Shocks (AER), and Volatility and Development (QJE).