[{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/authors/","section":"Authors","summary":"","title":"Authors","type":"authors"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":" Curriculum Vitae Current role, fields, education, teaching, and appointments.\nCurrent role\nPhD student in Economics London Business School\nFields\nApplied macroeconomics Innovation, heterogeneity, climate transition\nFull CV\nDownload PDF Applications and references\nContact\nEmail me Get in touch\nEducation 2022 2022 – Current\nLondon Business School PhD in Economics\nSupervisor: Paolo Surico\n2019 2019 – 2020\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science MSc in Economics\n2016 2016 – 2019\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science BSc in Economics\nTeaching 2024 2024 – Current\nLondon Business School Teaching Assistant for P233 Macroeconomics II\nInstructor: Paolo Surico\nAppointments 2021 2021 – 2022\nPA Consulting Economist\n2020 2020 – 2021\nLondon Business School Research Assistant to Hélène Rey and Vania Stavrakeva\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/cv/","section":"Will Hotten","summary":"","title":"CV","type":"page"},{"content":" Research My research is in empirical macroeconomics, with a focus on innovation, finance, and macro policy. Current projects study financial conditions and green R\u0026D, macroeconomic policy during structural change, the aggregate effects of venture capital, and the long-run effects of government spending in the UK.\nFeatured research Working paper 2026 Innovation Finance Climate transition Financial conditions and green R\u0026amp;D With Luca Fornaro, Veronica Guerrieri, and Lucrezia Reichlin\nThis project studies specialist green innovators and their response to tighter financial conditions, with a focus on how macro-financial shocks shape climate-relevant investment across heterogeneous firms.\nDraft forthcoming Work in progress Macro policy Climate transition Structural change Macroeconomic policy and the green transition With Luca Fornaro, Veronica Guerrieri, and Lucrezia Reichlin\nThis project develops a fiscal and monetary policy framework for studying structural change, with an application to the green transition. It asks how policy should support reallocation and innovation while managing the macroeconomic trade-offs associated with decarbonisation.\nWork in progress Venture capital Innovation The macroeconomic effects of venture capital This solo project studies the aggregate macroeconomic effects of venture capital utilising granular variation in VC deployment across large investors.\nWork in progress Fiscal policy Economic history Defence spending in the United Kingdom Joint work in progress on the long-run macroeconomic effects of government spending in the UK.\nRelated article with Paolo Surico ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/research/","section":"Will Hotten","summary":"","title":"Research","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/series/","section":"Series","summary":"","title":"Series","type":"series"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"},{"content":" Teaching Selected teaching topics from macroeconomics TA sessions at London Business School. Slide decks will be uploaded here as they are finalised.\nSelected slides will be posted here as materials are finalised.\nTeaching topic Macroeconomics II Local Projections Teaching note on local projections, empirical applications, and practical interpretation.\nTeaching topic Macroeconomics II High-Frequency Identification Teaching note on identification with high-frequency surprises and related empirical design choices.\nTeaching topic Macroeconomics II Shift-Share IV Teaching note on shift-share instruments, use cases, and implementation considerations.\nTeaching topic Macroeconomics II Granular IV Teaching note on granular instruments and their role in applied macroeconomics.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/","section":"Will Hotten","summary":"","title":"Teaching","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"Will Hotten","summary":"","title":"Will Hotten","type":"page"}]