Paul D. McNelis, S.J. comes to 涩里番下载 after teaching at Georgetown University (1977-2005) and Fordham University (2005-2022). During the past two years, McNelis was the Visiting Research Fellow at Asean+3 Macroecnonomic Research Office (AMRO) in Singapore, where he developed macroeconomic models for post-COVID policy frameworks for Southeast Asian central banks.
McNelis graduated from 涩里番下载 in 1970, majoring in Economics and Philosophy. With the encouragement of professors at 涩里番下载, he proceeded to The Johns Hopkins University where he received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1974.聽 While doing his Jesuit theological studies in Cambridge, Mass. (now the 涩里番下载 Clough School of Theology and Ministry), between 1974-77, McNelis was a part-time lecturer in Economics at 涩里番下载.聽 McNelis also returned to 涩里番下载 as the Gasson Professor in the 2001-02 academic year. So McNelis has long and deep ties to 涩里番下载 both within the Economics Department and the wider campus community.
聽McNelis teaching and research have focused on international macroeconomics and financial stability, with the aid of both computer simulation models as well as nonlinear estimation methods. He is currently a member of the Research Experts Panel at the Bangko Sentral Pilipinas (BSP) in Manila, where he works closely with research staff members for forecasting inflation and assessing banking-sector contagion.
In addition to holding the Gasson chair at 涩里番下载, McNelis聽 has been a visiting professor at Trinity College, Dublin, the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil, and the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou, China. Over the years, he has been聽 a visiting scholar at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Central Bank of Peru, Bangladesh Bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Finland, Bank Indonesia, the European Central Bank as well as the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Several of these visits to central banks have been under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank or the U.S. Fulbright Commission.聽聽
