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Yannis Dafermos

  • Reader in Economics, SOAS University of London

Yannis Dafermos is a Reader in Economics at SOAS University of London. His research interests lie in financial macroeconomics, climate finance, ecological macroeconomics, climate-aligned development, inequality and the political economy of the green transition.

Yannis Dafermos is a Reader in Economics at SOAS University of London. His research interests lie in financial macroeconomics, climate finance, ecological macroeconomics, climate-aligned development, inequality and the political economy of the green transition. His work has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, such as Cambridge Journal of Economics, Ecological Economics, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Nature Climate Change and New Political Economy.

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Climate Change and Macroeconomic Models: Why General Equilibrium Models Do Not Work

Article By Yannis Dafermos, Andrew McConnell, Maria Nikolaidi, Servaas Storm, and Boyan Yanovski | Oct 28, 2024

The limitations of the benchmark E-DSGE framework and how these limitations restrict the ability of this framework to meaningfully capture the macroeconomics of the climate crisis.

Macroeconomic Modeling in the Anthropocene

Paper Woking Paper | By Yannis Dafermos, Andrew McConnell, Maria Nikolaidi, Servaas Storm, and Boyan Yanovski | Oct 2024

Why the E-DSGE Framework Is Not Fit for Purpose and What to Do About It