Matthew John Wakefield

Matthew John Wakefield is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna, specializing in household finance with expertise in consumption behavior, housing economics, pension policy, and lifecycle modeling. His research integrates computational techniques to analyze wealth effects and behavioral dynamics in economic decision-making.

His primary research interests include:

• Household consumption and saving behavior
• Housing economics and homeownership dynamics
• Pension policy and retirement savings
• Life cycle modeling with multiple assets
• Computational economics methodologies
• Wealth effects across economic cycles

Wakefield's publication record (2022-2009) reveals consistent thematic focus on the interplay between housing markets, consumption patterns, and pension systems, with empirical analyses of UK and Italian datasets. His work demonstrates particular expertise in modeling cohort effects in homeownership, wealth shock responses, and policy impacts of tax reforms on retirement savings, often employing longitudinal household survey data and behavioral economic frameworks.