Vania Stavrakeva

Vania Stavrakeva is an Assistant Professor of Economics at London Business School, where she has been employed since 2013. She holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University and serves as a CEPR Research Fellow.

Her research explores critical intersections in economics and finance, with primary interests including:

• International Finance: Exchange rate determination, monetary policy impacts, and forex market dynamics.
• Macroeconomics & Macro-Finance: Connections between macroeconomic factors and financial stability, especially during crises.
• Financial Regulation: Optimal design of banking and derivative regulations, fiscal capacity considerations, and systemic risk mitigation.
• Banking & Financial Intermediation: Structural analysis of banking sectors and their economic roles.

Her 15 most recent publications (2008–2024) predominantly investigate exchange rate mechanisms, financial market structures, regulatory frameworks, and crisis patterns. Work from 2021 onward incorporates machine learning applications and historical analyses of financial instability, reflecting a trend toward interdisciplinary methodologies.

Awards & Recognition:

• CEPR Research Fellowship

No information is available regarding student advising, grants, laboratory affiliations, or research teams.