Zhou Ren

Hi, I’m Zhou Ren. Download my CV here

I will join the Economics and Research Department of the Bank of Portugal from September 2026 as a Research Economist.

I obtained my PhD in Finance from the Vienna Graduate School of Finance. During my PhD, I was a visiting scholar at the Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, and the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Before moving to Vienna, I earned an MSc in Economics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and completed the Advanced Studies Program at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

My research spans macro-finance and international finance, combining theory with empirical analysis.  Recently, I am particularly interested in how macroeconomic shocks affect bank operations and corporate finance behaviour, and in the role that real and financial frictions play in this transmission. Download my research statement here

Contact: zhou.ren@wu.ac.at  

Research Interest:

• Macro-Finance

• International Finance

• Firm Dynamics

• Empirical Macroeconomics and Banking using Panel Data 

Research Visits:

• Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, Spring 2024

• Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University,  2025-2026