Dr Richard McManus is Director of Research Development at Christ Church Business School and is Reader in Macroeconomic Policy. His main research interests are in the area of the impact of government on macroeconomic outcomes. Gulcin Ozkan is Professor of Finance at King’s College, London. Her research focuses on the intersection of macroeconomics and finance covering issues such as financial crises, financial stability, monetary and macroprudential policies, emerging markets, public debt, fiscal policy, and financial constraints, and the economics of constitutions.