Leonor Modesto

Leonor Modesto is a Full Professor at the CATÓLICA-LISBON School of Business and Economics, Portuguese Catholic University, and serves as President of the Scientific Council. She earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain (1987). Her research spans macroeconomic dynamics, endogenous business cycles, market distortions, labor economics, education policy, and banking sector instability.

• University: Portuguese Catholic University
• School: CATÓLICA-LISBON School of Business and Economics
• Rank: Full Professor
• Email: lrm@ucp.pt

Her publications in journals like Economic Theory, Macroeconomic Dynamics, and Journal of Public Economic Theory reveal a focus on:

• Macroeconomic Instability and Stabilization Policy
• Labor Market Dynamics and Trade Unions
• Banking Sector Competition and Failure
• Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Debt
• Human Capital Accumulation and Growth
• Environmental Economics

Recent work (2024-2025) explores altruism in globalized economies and banking sector imperfections. Earlier publications (2014-2021) examine market distortions, indeterminacy, and labor adjustment costs. No scientific awards, student advisees, or lab affiliations are documented in available sources.