Neil McMurdo Visiting Researcher at ZEW

Neil McMurdo was Visiting Researcher at the ZEW Research Departments "International Finance and Financial Management" and "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance" from November 12 to 30, 2012. Neil McMurdo is senior economist at the British HM Treasury in London where he is concerned with current problems within the euro area, such as the sovereign debt crisis and its possible solution. During his stay, he worked together with ZEW researchers on a project regarding the characteristics of sovereign debt restructurings and their consequences. Moreover, he gave a lecture at a ZEW Research Seminar on macroeconomic divergences in the euro area, in which he presented a new fiscal indicator.