Valentin Marchal is a PhD Candidate in Economics at Sciences Po working on a thesis entitled Public Debt and Safety Trap in Open Economies under the supervision of Stéphane Guibaud. He will be on the academic job market this Fall. He is also a Teaching Fellow at the Department. 

His research interests are in rational bubbles, wealth inequality and monetary-fiscal Interaction. His work addresses macro-finance issues with an emphasis on theoretical approaches. In the Spring 2024, he visited Pompeu Fabra University at the invitation of Alberto Martin and Jaume Ventura. 

Valentin Marchal's website

He will also present his job market paper at the next Friday Seminar on the topic:

A Scrooge McDuck Theory of Wealth Dynamics (read abstract, PDF 41 KB)

The next Friday Seminar will host Aurélien SALAS (PhD Sciences Po, JMC) on September 26th.