Sergio Rebelo is the Tokai Bank Distinguished Professor of International Finance at the Kellogg School of Management, where he has served as Chair of the Finance Department. Prior to joining Kellogg Rebelo taught at the University of Rochester and at the Portuguese Catholic University.

Professor Rebelo does research on macroeconomics and international finance. He has studied the causes of business cycles, the impact of economic policy on economic growth, and the effects of exchange-rate-based stabilizations. Currently, his research focuses on large-exchange-rate-devaluation episodes and on the returns to currency speculation strategies. He has received a Sloan Fellowship, an Olin Fellowship from the National Bureau of Economic Research, and grants from the National Science Foundation and the World Bank.

He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, the National Bureau of Economic Research and of the Center for Economic Policy Research. He has been a member of the editorial board of various journals, including the American Economic Review, the European Economic Review, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Economic Growth.

Professor Rebelo has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the European Central Bank, the McKinsey Global Institute, and other organizations. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester.