Alvaro Leandro
Former Research Assistant
Álvaro Leandro Fernández-Gil, a Portuguese and Spanish citizen, worked at Bruegel as a Research Assistant from November 2014 until July 2016 in the area of Global and European Macroeconomics. Prior to this, Álvaro worked as a Research Assistant at “la Caixa” Research. He has also worked as an intern at the Sustainable Development Network of the World Bank. He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Sussex, and a master in Specialised Economic Analysis from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Universitat Pompeu Fabra).
The subject of his Master's thesis was the inter-connectivity in the financial system, and its consequences for systemic risk and regulation. At the University of Sussex he wrote a dissertation on Political Business Cycles.
Álvaro’s research interests include Macroeconomics, International Finance and Political Economy.
He is fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Featured work
Redesigning EU fiscal rules: from rules to standards
It is an illusion to think that EU fiscal rules can be simple.
Spanish unemployment and the effects of the 2012 labour market reform
What’s at stake: Spain is currently the EU country with the second highest level of unemployment, after Greece. The high and persistent level of unemp
Implementation of European Semester recommendations worsens further
Economic policy coordination in the EU hardly works: the initially modest implementation has worsened further.
Brexit fears weigh on markets in euro-area periphery
Markets are beginning to price in the possibility that the EU will look different on the 24th of June.
All work
External publication
11 October 2021
Redesigning EU fiscal rules: from rules to standards
It is an illusion to think that EU fiscal rules can be simple.
Blog post
04 July 2016
Spanish unemployment and the effects of the 2012 labour market reform
What’s at stake: Spain is currently the EU country with the second highest level of unemployment, after Greece. The high and persistent level of unemp
Blog post
15 June 2016
Implementation of European Semester recommendations worsens further
Economic policy coordination in the EU hardly works: the initially modest implementation has worsened further.
Blog post
14 June 2016
Brexit fears weigh on markets in euro-area periphery
Markets are beginning to price in the possibility that the EU will look different on the 24th of June.
Blog post
09 June 2016
The use of ECB liquidity
The Eurosystem’s regular open market operations consist of one-week liquidity-providing operations (MROs), and three-month liquidity-providing operati
Opinion piece
08 June 2016
The Juncker plan needs to be turned on its head
The Juncker Plan was launched one year ago to boost investment in Europe: has the plan been successful so far? How can we better use the EIB to increa
Blog post
17 May 2016
Assessing the Juncker Plan after one year
With the Juncker Plan, the European Commission intends to support valuable risky projects by expanding the risk capacity of the EIB. But has the new E
Blog post
18 April 2016
The implications of the Panama Papers
What’s at stake: The Panama Papers leaked last week raised important questions about the role of tax havens. We explain the mechanics of tax evasion a
Policy Brief
29 March 2016
A proposal to revive the European Fiscal Framework
The current European fiscal framework is inefficient. It should be replaced with a system based on rules more suited to the two core objectives: publ
Blog post
14 March 2016
Helicopter drops reloaded
What’s at stake: Central banks have recently been scaling up their unconventional monetary policy measures. Discussions about helicopter money seem to