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Dr. Simonas Algirdas Spurga is a researcher at Vilnius University's Institute of Political Science and International Relations (VU TSPMI), specializing in the Department of Political Economy. He also serves as Head of the IMF Policy Analysis Group at the Bank of Lithuania. Previously, he worked at the International Monetary Fund (2021-2023) in the US and completed a research visit at the University of Geneva (2023-24).
- Degree: MSc in Political Science and Political Economy (2017, London School of Economics, with Distinction)
- Degree: BA in Political Science (2015, Vilnius University, Cum Laude)
His research focuses on comparative political economy, analyzing how labor market institutions mediate the relationship between exchange rate regimes and economic growth. He investigates growth models, capitalism diversity, and institutional impacts on macroeconomic outcomes, particularly in the Eurozone context.
Recent publications explore the Baltic growth model within the EMU framework and the political economy of exchange rate policies. He has contributed to journals like the European Journal of Political Economy, Comparative Economic Studies, and Competition & Change.
His affiliations include Vilnius University's Center of Political Economy and the Bank of Lithuania. He maintains academic profiles on ORCID, LinkedIn, and Google Scholar, and actively engages in policy analysis related to Eurozone economics.
