Alistair Macaulay

Alistair Macaulay is a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey's Department of Economics, specializing in macroeconomics with a focus on information frictions, household heterogeneity, and economic expectations. He holds a PhD and post-doctoral fellowship from the University of Oxford. His research explores how information asymmetries and behavioral factors influence macroeconomic outcomes, including saving behavior, inflation expectations, and policy effectiveness.

Key research areas include:

• Macroeconomic implications of information heterogeneity
• Rational inattention models in labor and consumption decisions
• Media's role in shaping economic sentiment

Recent publications highlight work on inflation expectation heterogeneity (JMCB, 2024), cyclical saving attention (AEJ Macroeconomics, 2024), and media-driven inflation sentiment (AEA Papers, 2023). His work frequently intersects behavioral economics and policy analysis, emphasizing practical applications of theoretical models.

Grants and advising details are not explicitly listed in available texts, though his academic trajectory suggests active research engagement. No lab affiliations are mentioned, though collaboration with institutions like Oxford and Surrey's Macroeconomics Group is implied through his career path.