Luca Antonio Ricci
Last Updated: July 07, 2009
Deputy Division Chief in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
Email: lricci@imf.org
Fluent In: French, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
1996: Ph.D. in International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
1993-1995: Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University.
1993: M.A in International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
1990: B.A. in Economics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Work Experience:
1996-present: International Monetary Fund - Research Department (2004-present, 1998-2001, and 1996-97); African Department (2001-2004), Middle Eastern Department (1997-1998).
2004, May: Visiting professor in International Finance at Luiss University (Rome) and University of Bari, Italy.
1995-1996: Researcher in international economics at the University of Konstanz, under the Human Capital Mobility Program of the European Union.
1991-1993: Teaching Assistant in International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
Referee Activity:
American Economic Review; E-conomics; Economic Change and Restructuring; Economic Journal; Economie et Prevision; European Journal of Political Economy; International Economic Review; International Review of Economics and Finance; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Urban Economics; Open Economies Review; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Review of International Economics; Rivista di Politica Economica; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics; Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv.
Editorial Activity:
Associate Editor of Economie Internationale
IMF Books and Working Papers:
External Balance in Low Income Countries, Working Paper No. 09/221, October 01, 2009
The Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off at Low Inflation, Working Paper No. 09/34, March 01, 2009
Exchange Rate Assessments: CGER Methodologies, Occasional Paper No. 261, April 07, 2008
Is There a Novelty Premium on New Financial Instruments? The Argentine Experience with GDP-Indexed Warrants, Working Paper No. 08/109, April 01, 2008
A Bayesian-Estimated Model of InflationTargeting in South Africa, Working Paper No. 08/48, February 01, 2008
Real Exchange Rates and Fundamentals: A Cross-Country Perspective, Working Paper No. 08/13, January 01, 2008
Post-Apartheid South Africa: The First Ten Years, January 12, 2006
Debt Overhang or Debt Irrelevance? Revisiting the Debt Growth Link, Working Paper No. 05/223, December 01, 2005
Can Higher Reserves Help Reduce Exchange Rate Volatility?, Working Paper No. 04/189, October 01, 2004
Once Again, is Openness Good for Growth?, Working Paper No. 04/135, July 01, 2004
What Are the Channels Through Which External Debt Affects Growth?, Working Paper No. 04/15, January 01, 2004
Estimation of the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate for South Africa, Working Paper No. 03/44, March 01, 2003
International Financial Integration and Economic Growth, Working Paper No. 02/145, August 01, 2002
Capital Account Liberalization and Economic Performance: Survey and Synthesis, Working Paper No. 02/120, July 01, 2002
External Debt and Growth, Working Paper No. 02/69, April 01, 2002
Purchasing Power Parity and New Trade Theory, Working Paper No. 02/32, February 01, 2002
PPP and the Balassa Samuelson Effect: The Role of the Distribution Sector, Working Paper No. 01/38, March 01, 2001
Trade and Financial Contagion in Currency Crises, Working Paper No. 00/55, March 01, 2000
Uncertainty, Flexible Exchange Rates, and Agglomeration, Working Paper No. 98/9, February 01, 1998
EMU, Adjustment, and Exchange Rate Variability, Working Paper No. 98/50, January 01, 1998
Exchange Rate Regimes and Location, Working Paper No. 97/69, June 01, 1997
A Model of an Optimum Currency Area, Working Paper No. 97/76, June 01, 1997
Publications
“A Bayesian-Estimated Model of Inflation Targeting in South Africa”, (w/ T. Harjes), forthcoming, IMF Staff Papers.
“Debt Overhang or Debt Irrelevance?”, (w/ T. Cordella and M. Ruiz Arranz), forthcoming, IMF Staff Papers.
"A Model of an Optimum Currency Area", Economics, 2008, Vol. 2, No: 2008-8.
"Exchange Rate Regimes, Location, and Specialization", IMF Staff Papers, 2006, vol.53:1, pp.50-62.
"Where to Patent? Theory and Evidence on International Patenting" (with J. Inkman and W. Polhmeier) in Hans-Juergen Vosgerau ed., Institutional Arrangements for Global Economic Integration, London, Mac Millan, 2000.
"Economic Geography and Comparative Advantage", European Economic Review, 1999 vol.43:2, pp.357-377.
"A Ricardian Model of New Trade and Location Theory", Journal of Economic Integration, 1997, vol.12:1.
"Un modèle simple de zone monétaire optimale", Economie et Prévision, 1997, vol. 127:2.
Work in Progress and Other Publications
An Analysis of Economic Growth in Swaziland", Swaziland Selected Issues, 2003 Chapter 4, pp. 42-49.
Deputy Division Chief in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
Email: lricci@imf.org
Fluent In: French, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
1996: Ph.D. in International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
1993-1995: Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University.
1993: M.A in International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
1990: B.A. in Economics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Work Experience:
1996-present: International Monetary Fund - Research Department (2004-present, 1998-2001, and 1996-97); African Department (2001-2004), Middle Eastern Department (1997-1998).
2004, May: Visiting professor in International Finance at Luiss University (Rome) and University of Bari, Italy.
1995-1996: Researcher in international economics at the University of Konstanz, under the Human Capital Mobility Program of the European Union.
1991-1993: Teaching Assistant in International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
Referee Activity:
American Economic Review; E-conomics; Economic Change and Restructuring; Economic Journal; Economie et Prevision; European Journal of Political Economy; International Economic Review; International Review of Economics and Finance; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Urban Economics; Open Economies Review; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Review of International Economics; Rivista di Politica Economica; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics; Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv.
Editorial Activity:
Associate Editor of Economie Internationale
IMF Books and Working Papers:
External Balance in Low Income Countries, Working Paper No. 09/221, October 01, 2009
The Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off at Low Inflation, Working Paper No. 09/34, March 01, 2009
Exchange Rate Assessments: CGER Methodologies, Occasional Paper No. 261, April 07, 2008
Is There a Novelty Premium on New Financial Instruments? The Argentine Experience with GDP-Indexed Warrants, Working Paper No. 08/109, April 01, 2008
A Bayesian-Estimated Model of InflationTargeting in South Africa, Working Paper No. 08/48, February 01, 2008
Real Exchange Rates and Fundamentals: A Cross-Country Perspective, Working Paper No. 08/13, January 01, 2008
Post-Apartheid South Africa: The First Ten Years, January 12, 2006
Debt Overhang or Debt Irrelevance? Revisiting the Debt Growth Link, Working Paper No. 05/223, December 01, 2005
Can Higher Reserves Help Reduce Exchange Rate Volatility?, Working Paper No. 04/189, October 01, 2004
Once Again, is Openness Good for Growth?, Working Paper No. 04/135, July 01, 2004
What Are the Channels Through Which External Debt Affects Growth?, Working Paper No. 04/15, January 01, 2004
Estimation of the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate for South Africa, Working Paper No. 03/44, March 01, 2003
International Financial Integration and Economic Growth, Working Paper No. 02/145, August 01, 2002
Capital Account Liberalization and Economic Performance: Survey and Synthesis, Working Paper No. 02/120, July 01, 2002
External Debt and Growth, Working Paper No. 02/69, April 01, 2002
Purchasing Power Parity and New Trade Theory, Working Paper No. 02/32, February 01, 2002
PPP and the Balassa Samuelson Effect: The Role of the Distribution Sector, Working Paper No. 01/38, March 01, 2001
Trade and Financial Contagion in Currency Crises, Working Paper No. 00/55, March 01, 2000
Uncertainty, Flexible Exchange Rates, and Agglomeration, Working Paper No. 98/9, February 01, 1998
EMU, Adjustment, and Exchange Rate Variability, Working Paper No. 98/50, January 01, 1998
Exchange Rate Regimes and Location, Working Paper No. 97/69, June 01, 1997
A Model of an Optimum Currency Area, Working Paper No. 97/76, June 01, 1997
Publications
“A Bayesian-Estimated Model of Inflation Targeting in South Africa”, (w/ T. Harjes), forthcoming, IMF Staff Papers.
“Debt Overhang or Debt Irrelevance?”, (w/ T. Cordella and M. Ruiz Arranz), forthcoming, IMF Staff Papers.
"A Model of an Optimum Currency Area", Economics, 2008, Vol. 2, No: 2008-8.
"Exchange Rate Regimes, Location, and Specialization", IMF Staff Papers, 2006, vol.53:1, pp.50-62.
"Where to Patent? Theory and Evidence on International Patenting" (with J. Inkman and W. Polhmeier) in Hans-Juergen Vosgerau ed., Institutional Arrangements for Global Economic Integration, London, Mac Millan, 2000.
"Economic Geography and Comparative Advantage", European Economic Review, 1999 vol.43:2, pp.357-377.
"A Ricardian Model of New Trade and Location Theory", Journal of Economic Integration, 1997, vol.12:1.
"Un modèle simple de zone monétaire optimale", Economie et Prévision, 1997, vol. 127:2.
Work in Progress and Other Publications
An Analysis of Economic Growth in Swaziland", Swaziland Selected Issues, 2003 Chapter 4, pp. 42-49.