Biography
Maxim Chupilkin is a Macroeconomic Analyst at the EBRD Office of the Chief Economist. He holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago and BA in Economics from New Economic School and Higher School of Economics. At EBRD, Maxim works in the Global Economics team where he analyses job postings data (>60 mln observations) and focuses on macroeconomics and political economy for the Regional Economic Prospects and the Transition Report.
Prior to joining the EBRD, Maxim worked on international political economy and macroeconomic policy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, University of Chicago and HSE. His research interests include the effect of international politics on trade, finance and economic development.
Email address: chupilkm@ebrd.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxchupilkin
Education
2021 - University of Chicago, MA in International Relations
2020 – New Economic School & Higher School of Economics, BA in Economics
Research interests
- International political economy
- International trade
- Trade wars
- Economic consequences of conflict
Academic and media publications
“Lessons of Past Crises: the 1973 Oil Crisis”, with Igor Makarov, Russia in Global Affairs (RU), 2021
“The History of Pandemics Gives Globalization a Positive Outlook”, Russian Council (RU), 2020
“Endless in Time and Tasks: EU Demands More Democracy” Carnegie Moscow Center (RU), 2019
“Downward Mobility.” Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 41: 58-65 (ENG), 2019
Policy work
‘In the shadow of the war: The economic fallout from the war on Ukraine’, with Alexander Plekhanov and Zsoka Koczan, EBRD Regional Economic Prospects, March 2022
‘Bittersweet recovery’, with Alexander Plekhanov and Zsoka Koczan, EBRD Regional Economic Prospects, November 2021
Russia-Pakistan economic and security relations, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (internal brief), 2021
Energy transition in US, Europe and Russia, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (internal brief), 2021
US perceptions of Russia and China, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (internal brief), 2021
Integration of the Eurasian Economic Union under trade wars (co-author of the macroeconomic chapter), HSE CCEIS, 2019
Economic and transport development of the Russian Far East (co-author), HSE CCEIS, 2019
Russia’s economic strategy 2018-2024, Carnegie Moscow Centerv (internal brief), 2018