Leandro Magnusson

Leandro earned a PhD from Brown University in 2007 and began his first academic position at Tulane University (New Orleans, USA) as an Assistant Professor. He moved to the University of Western Australia in 2011. He became an Associate Professor in 2022 and has served as Deputy Head and Head of the Economics Department since 2023. Leandro’s research has been published in leading economics journals, including Econometrica and the Journal of Monetary Economics. His research focuses on Econometric Theory and Applied Econometrics, particularly on developing statistical methods to empirically evaluate macroeconomic models.