Profile
Dr Cesar Blanco
Lecturer in Economics
- Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/c-blanco/
- Address: Newcastle University Business School
5 Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4SE
Background
I am Lecturer in Economics at Newcastle Business School. My area of research is macroeconomics with a focus on economic growth and development, monetary policy and small open economies. Before joining Newcastle University I was a Research Economist at the Central Bank of Paraguay. I obtained my PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona in 2018 and an MSc in Economics from the Barcelona School of Economics in 2012.
Teaching
Module leader:
NBS8609 Macroeconomics (Post-graduate)
NBS8204 Central Banking (Post-graduate)
ECO3006 Economics of Banking (Undergraduate - Stage 3)
Seminars:
ECO3010 Monetary Economics (Undergraduate - Stage 3)
ECO2102 Macroeconomic Analysis (Undergraduate - Stage 2)
Roles:
Stage 1 Coordinator
Publications
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Articles
- Blanco, C, Diz, S. Optimal Monetary Policy with Non-Homothetic Preferences. 2023. In Preparation.
- Blanco, C, Diz, S. Monetary Policy, Sectoral Composition and Sticky Wages. 2023. In Preparation.
- Blanco C, Rivas G. Impacto económico de las intervenciones no farmacéuticas adoptadas por la COVID-19: El caso de Paraguay. Latin American Research Review 2023, 58(1), 179-192.
- Blanco C, Raurich X. Agricultural composition and labor productivity. Journal of Development Economics 2022, 158, 102934.
- Blanco C. Agricultural Trade and Structural Change: Evidence from Paraguay. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics 2021, 21(2), 773-799.