Markus Eberhardt is Associate Professor in the School of Economics, University of Nottingham. His research focuses on empirical investigations of growth and development at the macro level and more recently on financial crises and on market integration in early modern economies. Before coming to Nottingham in 2011 Markus held an ESRC Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre for the Study of African Economies in the Department of Economics at Oxford University, where he also completed his DPhil. His first degree was in Modern Chinese Studies (University of Leeds, 2000). His is a CEPR Research Affiliate since 2015.