Dr George John Bratsiotis

After completing his BA Economics degree at Guildhall University (London), George obtained his MSc in Economics (1991) and PhD in Economics, (1996) both from Queen Mary College, (University of London).  George joined the University of Manchester in the academic year 1995/96. George has held visiting positions at Brunel University, (UK, in 2000) and at the University of Athens, (Greece, in 2006).

• Theoretical Models of Central Banking, Monetary Policy and Business Cycles.
• Stochastic Dynamic General Equilibrium Models with New Keynesian Rigidities   
• Credit Markets, Cost Channels and Macroeconomic Responses.
• Wage and Price Setting and Unemployment.  

Most of my current research focuses on the role of credit markets for business cycles. This includes, joint work with Pierre-Richard Agénor on Credit Markets Imperfections and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve and also joint work with Michele Berardi on Interest Rate Rules, Strategic Complementarities in Price Setting and Indeterminacy. My other current research   focuses on Real Wage Cyclicality and on Inflation Targeting and Unemployment (joint with Amarasekara).

• ECON60122  Monetary Economics (postgraduate)
• ECON30610  Macroeconomics (third-year undergraduate)
• ECON30852  Money Banking and the Financial Markets (third-year undergraduate) 

Publications Database

• Bratsiotis, George J., (2008) "Cross price effects, nominal rigidity and endogenous persistence," Economics Bulletin, Vol. 5 no. 29 pp. 1-6.
• Bratsiotis G. J. (2007).  Influential Price and Wage Setters, Monetary Policy and Real Effects European Journal of Political Economy, (June 2008) Vol.24, Issue 2, pages 503-517.
• Bratsiotis G. J. and B. Peng (2007). Social Interaction and Effort in a Success-at-Work Augmented Utility Model, Journal of Socio-Economics, (August 2008). Vol. 37, Issue 4, pages 1309–1318.
• Bratsiotis G. J. (2007).  Influential Price and Wage Setters, Monetary Policy and Real Effects European Journal of Political Economy; forthcoming.
• Bratsiotis G. J. and B. Peng (2007). Social Interaction and Effort in a Success-at-Work Augmented Utility Model, Journal of Socio-Economics, forthcoming.
• Bratsiotis G. J. (2007). Monetary Policy Responses and Strategic Price Setting, Economics Letters, 95, (3) 327–333.
• Bratsiotis G. J. and C. Martin (2005). Output Stabilisation and Real Rigidity. The Manchester School, 73 (6), pp. 728–736.
• Bratsiotis G. J. and W. Robinson (2005). Currency Composition of Debt Risk Premia and the 1997 Korean Crisis, Economic Modelling, Vol. 22, (3), pp. 459-471.
• Bratsiotis G. J. and W. Robinson (2004). Economic Fundamentals and Self-fulfilling Crises: Further evidence from Mexico”, Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 23. (4) pp 595-613.

Research students

• Chandranath Amarasekara
• William Tayler
• Giota Katsani