Ivan Mendieta-Muñoz

Ivan Mendieta-Muñoz is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Utah since 2016, holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Kent. His research bridges macroeconomics and econometrics, focusing on monetary economics, hysteresis dynamics, Bayesian statistical methods, and nonlinear economic modeling.

• University of Utah: Faculty (2016-present)
• SOAS University of London: Graduate Instructor (2015-2016)
• University of Kent: Teaching Assistant (2012-2015)

Research interests include:

• Macroeconomic policy interactions (monetary, fiscal, financial stabilization)
• Bayesian econometrics for time series and structural analysis
• Income distribution dynamics and labor share trends
• Financialization and its impact on economic cycles

His publications (2016-2025) reveal a focus on distributive growth cycles, hysteresis effects, and financialization, with methodological emphasis on unobserved components modeling and time-series econometrics.

Teaching spans graduate and undergraduate courses in macroeconomics, econometrics, and financial stability.