Andreas Mueller

Andreas Mueller is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex, where he has worked since 2017. He is also a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) since 2020. Prior to joining Essex, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Oslo from 2013 to 2017.

Education

• PhD in Economics, University of Zurich (2013)

Research Focus
Andreas specializes in macroeconomics, with particular interest in

• Macroeconomic Public Finance
• Macroeconomic Political Economy
• Economic Growth and Macroeconomic Development
• International Macroeconomics

His work often bridges theoretical and empirical analysis, emphasizing structural economic transformations and fiscal policy dynamics.

Article Trends
His publications span macroeconomic theory, public finance, and political economy. Key themes include structural change mechanisms, sovereign debt management, redistribution policies, and the interplay between political ideologies and fiscal outcomes. Recent articles focus on quantitative approaches to debt overhang and social identity dynamics in inequality.

Supervision
He has supervised PhD students including Pavlos Balamatsias (2024), Pakpicha Pathompituknukoon (2024), and Rocco Enrico Rubolino (2020), with theses on public sector employment, endogenous technology, and public economics.

Grants and Funding

• 2018: British Academy grant for research on economic theory of structural transformation