Martin Souchier

Martin Souchier is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses in monetary economics and macro-finance. He earned his PhD from Stanford University in 2023 and previously served as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Cowles Foundation at Yale University.

His research focuses on macroeconomics with particular expertise in labor markets and monetary economics. Souchier's work examines wage dynamics, productivity shocks, and how workers and firms interact in financial markets. His research has been featured in Knowledge at Wharton with the article "How Workers Can Insure Against Wage Volatility" (June 10, 2025).

Souchier teaches both undergraduate and PhD level courses including FNCE1010 - Monetary Economics & Global Economy and FNCE9370 - Topics in Macro Finance at Wharton, and previously taught Econ 526b - Advanced Macroeconomics at Yale. His teaching approach emphasizes quantitative theory applied to macro and finance models, with a focus on firm investment, debt markets, and asset pricing in general equilibrium.

His working papers explore critical questions in wage contracts, productivity shocks, and exchange rate dynamics. The research demonstrates how workers' access to financial markets affects wage contracts, how sectoral productivity shocks influence wage dynamics differently than firm-level shocks, and how heterogeneous households affect exchange rate policy transmission.

Souchier has published in leading economics journals including Ecological Economics (2018) and Energy Economics (2017), with research spanning environmental economics, productivity measurement, and industrial policy. His work demonstrates interdisciplinary expertise connecting macroeconomics with labor markets, finance, and environmental policy considerations.