23 Facts About Anton Muscatelli

Anton Muscatelli was born on 1 January 1962 in Bari, Italy to Ambrogio and Rosellina Muscatelli.

Anton Muscatelli lived in Mola di Bari in his early years.

Anton Muscatelli was a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Professor at the University of Glasgow from 1984 to 1994, and Daniel Jack Professor of Political Economy from 1994 until 2007.

Anton Muscatelli was Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, 2000 to 2004, and Vice-Principal from 2004 until 2007.

Anton Muscatelli has been a consultant to the World Bank and the European Commission, and was a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Secretary of State for Scotland from 1998 to 2000.

Anton Muscatelli argued for the need to compromise between the Scottish and UK Government positions on how block grant adjustment should be formulated.

Anton Muscatelli is a member of the Productivity Commission which is the policy arm of The Productivity Institute, which was established in 2021 by the Economic and Social Research Council in Manchester, and regularly meets to discuss ongoing policy questions regarding productivity throughout the UK.

Anton Muscatelli was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001, and of the CESifo Economics Research Institute in Munich in 1999.

In 2019 he was commissioned by the Scottish Government to write a report on Scotland's Research and Innovation Landscape, and the Anton Muscatelli Report was published in November 2019.

Anton Muscatelli has held visiting appointments in many universities, including, in 2014, guest professor of Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Anton Muscatelli was chair of the Russell Group from 2017 to 2020.

Anton Muscatelli was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to economics and higher education.

Anton Muscatelli was appointed principal of Heriot-Watt University on 10 October 2006, with effect from 1 February 2007.

Anton Muscatelli was described by The Herald in 2008 as "one of the leading lights in Scottish higher education".

Anton Muscatelli was succeeded as principal of Heriot-Watt on 1 September 2009 by Steve Chapman, formerly a vice-principal at the University of Edinburgh.

Anton Muscatelli succeeded Sir Muir Russell as principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow in October 2009.

Anton Muscatelli put forward proposals to the University Court to restructure the university's nine faculties into four colleges: College of Arts, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, College of Science and Engineering and College of Social Sciences.

Anton Muscatelli is expected to retire from his post as Principal and Vice-Chancellor in 2025.

Anton Muscatelli's most cited work examines the behaviour of central banks under inflation targeting.

In one study based on US manufacturing industry data, Anton Muscatelli finds evidence using Vector Autoregression models which favours a sticky-wage or Real Business Cycle interpretation to a sticky-price model in these DSGE models.

Anton Muscatelli co-authored a textbook, Macroeconomic Theory and Stabilization Policy which was used extensively in advanced undergraduate and graduate economics programmes, and two edited volumes.

Anton Muscatelli married Elaine Flood in 1986, with whom he has a son and a daughter.

Anton Muscatelli's interests include music, literature, football, strategic games and cookery.