Robert Kirkby
Economist at Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolRobert Kirkby is a macroeconomist with 12 years of research and policy-oriented experience as an Economist at Victoria University of Wellington. He holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a strong quantitative foundation from a Bachelor’s and Honours in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Tasmania. Robert combines rigorous academic training with practical economic analysis, producing work that informs public policy and teaching in New Zealand. His profile suggests sustained focus on macroeconomic questions and applied research rather than flashy open-source activity, signaling deep domain expertise and steady scholarly output.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Mathematics and Economics, and Honours in Mathematics, Bachelor of Mathematics and Economics, and Honours in Mathematics at University of TasmaniaCharles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (12)
macroeconomics10
matlab10
dynamic-programming10
economics10
python9
paper7
julia6
finance5
econometrics4
graph3
statement2
java1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vfitoolkit/VFIToolkit-matlab
Jan 2015 - Jan 2023
A Matlab Toolkit for Macroeconomic Models using Value Function Iteration
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 660 commits in 8 years 1 month
matlabdynamic-programmingeconomicsmacroeconomics
robertdkirkby/getfreddata-matlab
Nov 2014 - Mar 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 8 pushes, 3 comments in 7 years 5 months
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