Ester Faia

Ester Faia is a Professor (W3) and Chair in Monetary and Fiscal Policy at the Department of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt. Her research focuses on macroeconomic policy design, financial stability, and labor market dynamics with a particular emphasis on distributional consequences. She is a CEPR Fellow in the International Finance and Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, and Banking groups.

Her work examines topics such as the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy, systemic risk in banking networks, and the macroeconomic implications of globalization. Recent research explores heterogeneous effects of policy interventions across demographic groups and the role of social preferences during pandemics. She frequently collaborates with international institutions on policy analysis.

Key themes in her publications include capital misallocation, labor mobility channels, and the interplay between financial innovation and macroeconomic stability. Her analysis often integrates behavioral economics principles to explain market frictions and policy responses.

Though no awards are explicitly listed in the provided text, her prolific publication record and CEPR fellowship indicate significant scholarly recognition. No advising relationships or grant details are provided in the current dataset.