Vytautas Valaitis

Vytautas Valaitis is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, affiliated with the Department of Economics under the Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences. His research focuses on macroeconomics, labor markets, housing economics, and fiscal policy, with a strong emphasis on heterogeneous-agent models and macro-finance intersections.

• Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute (previous role)
• PhD recipient from Duke University (2021)

His recent work integrates machine learning into macroeconomic modeling to address multicollinearity in state variables, explores wealth distribution's impact on labor supply, and investigates optimal government debt strategies under geopolitical risk. Publications highlight innovative frameworks for defense financing, inflation control through real/nominal bonds, and housing market effects on asset pricing.

Scientific awards include the prestigious Max Weber Fellowship. His research underscores the critical role of structural economic modeling in policy design and market stabilization.