Christophe Chamley

Christophe Chamley is Professor of Economics at Boston University, specializing in information economics, public finance, and historical economic systems. His research combines theoretical models with historical analysis of financial systems.

Education includes:

• Ph.D. from Harvard University

Research examines:

• Strategic information transmission in financial markets
• Public debt management in historical contexts
• Coordination failures in economic systems
• Pre-modern state finances (especially Philip II of Spain)

Current work extensively analyzes 16th-century Castilian public finances, challenging conventional views on sovereign debt through archival contract analysis. Collaborates with historians on reconstructing fiscal systems of early modern states.