Regular biography
Saleem Bahaj is an Associate Professor at University College London, affiliated with the School of Management. He serves as the MRes/PhD Programme Director in Financial Economics. His research focuses on financial economics, and he is based at Level 50, 1 Canada Square. His personal website provides additional information about his work and academic profile.
Scholar-generated biography
Saleem Abubakr Bahaj is an economist whose research focuses on central bank interventions, financial regulation, and macroeconomic policy. His work examines the effects of central bank swap lines, the role of capital requirements in bank lending, and the implications of macroprudential policy under uncertainty. Bahaj also explores the cross-border transmission of sovereign spreads, the impact of liquidity lines between central banks, and the economics of sovereign wealth funds. His research interests include the collateral channel of monetary policy, the forced safety effect, and the market for inflation risk. Additionally, he investigates how financial regulations influence fintech entry and business creation during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.