Michal Szkup

Michal Szkup is an Associate Professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. His research interests include international macroeconomics, financial economics, and information economics, with a particular focus on the role of coordination failures and financial frictions. He obtained his PhD in 2014 from New York University and his undergraduate degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His work has been published in journals such as the International Economic Review, the Journal of International Economics, and the Review of Economic Dynamics. For up-to-date information, please visit his personal website.

Michal Szkup is a researcher at the University of British Columbia with expertise in International Macro, Macro-Finance, and Game Theory. His work explores financial frictions, export dynamics, and the role of information acquisition in global games of regime change. He investigates how strategic uncertainty and information structures influence economic outcomes, particularly in contexts of debt crises, trade liberalization, and financial development. His research also examines the implications of costly information acquisition and rollover risk in international trade and macroeconomic policy. Key themes include financial frictions, coordination games, and the interplay between macroeconomic policy and financial markets.