Business School professor in the top 1% of Economics researchers in the world

Issued: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:10:00 BST

Professor Ronald MacDonald, Adam Smith Chair of Political Economy at the University of Glasgow Business School, has achieved an average rank score in the top 1% of researchers in Economics in the world according to IDEAS.

The rankings on RePEc are compiled by IDEAS, a service hosted by the Economic Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis.

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 75 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in Economics and related sciences. The information in the database is used to rank over 30,000 registered economists.

Ronald MacDonald has a wide range of interests in the general areas of macroeconomics and international finance, has published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has authored or edited 12 books. His work on exchange rate modelling has been influential in the academic literature and also for practitioners and policy makers. He has acted as a consultant to many organisations including the European Commission, the IMF, to governments, a wide range of central banks and a number of private sector financial institutions.