Roberto Pancrazi

Professor Roberto Pancrazi is a faculty member in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick's School of Social Sciences, where he has served since 2012. His research spans macroeconomic theory, quantitative methods, and international economics with evolving focus from business cycle dynamics to intergenerational inequality and spatial economic effects. Pancrazi holds a PhD in Economics from Duke University (2010) and previously held positions at Toulouse School of Economics (2010-2012).

His primary research interests include:

• Macroeconomic effects of age-income gaps and intergenerational inequality
• Spatial labor market dynamics and regional economic disparities
• Monetary policy transmission and inflation sensitivity
• Sovereign debt dynamics and financial frictions
• Health economics applications during the Covid-19 pandemic

His work demonstrates a clear evolution from foundational business cycle research to contemporary inequality-focused macroeconomics.

Analysis of his publication trends reveals three distinct phases: early work on business cycles in emerging economies (2010), expansion into financial frictions and the Great Moderation (2014-2016), and recent focus on inequality, spatial economics, and health policy (2020-2023). His research consistently employs structural macroeconomic modeling while increasingly incorporating heterogeneous agent frameworks and spatial dimensions.

Pancrazi has secured significant research funding including a 2019-2023 £450,000 Economic and Social Research Council grant titled Information Asymmetry and Inequalities in Macroeconomics. His teaching portfolio spans undergraduate to PhD levels, covering core macroeconomics, advanced analysis, and specialized topics in international economics. Current research includes an ambitious three-paper project on UK intergenerational economic inequality spanning macroeconomics, labor, and urban economics.