## Curriculum Vitae — Chris Papageorgiou

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### Personal Information
- Date of Birth: June 8, 1968
- Nationality: Cypriot
- Marital Status: Married, two children
- Address: Development Macroeconomics Division, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, 20431
- Tel: (202) 623-7503
- Fax: (202) 589-7503
- E-mail: cpapageorgiou@imf.org
- Web: chrispapageorgiou.com

### Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh, May 1997
- B.A. in Economics, (Summa Cum Laude), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1992
- B.S. in Finance, (Summa Cum Laude), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1992

### Professional Experience
- Division Chief, International Monetary Fund, 2018-
- Deputy Division Chief, International Monetary Fund, 2013-2017
- Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, 2009-2012
- Economist, International Monetary Fund, 2006-2008
- Visiting Associate Professor, University of Washington - Seattle, 2004-2005
- Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, 2003-2005
- Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, 1997-2002

### Fields of Specialization
- Economic Growth
- International Macroeconomics

### Awards
- Who’s Who in America, 2010
- Coca-Cola Co. Distinguished Professor, Louisiana State University, 2003-2006
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Louisiana State University, 2001-2002; 1998-1999
- Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 1996-1997
- R. Thorn Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Pittsburgh, 1994-1995

### Editorial Positions
- Associate Editor, European Economic Review, 2011-
- Editorial Board, IMF Economic Review, 2009-
- Co-Editor, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2006-2013
- Editorial Board, IMF Staff Papers, 2007-2009

### Selected Journal Publications (highlights)
- “Will the AI Revolution Cause a Great Divergence?,” (October 2020) with Cristian Alonso, Andrew Berg, Siddharth Kothari, and Sidra Rehman, Journal of Monetary Economics, forthcoming.
- “Populism and Civil Society,” with Tito Boeri, Prachi Mishra and Antonio Spilimbergo, Economica, forthcoming.
- “Policies in Hard Times: Assessing the Impact of Financial Crises on Structural Reforms,” with Gunes Gokmen, Tommaso Nannicini and Massimiliano Onorato, Economic Journal, 2529-2552: August 2021.
- “Re-Opening After the Lockdown: Long-run Aggregate and Distributional Consequences of COVID-19,” with Manoj Atolia and Stephen Turnovsky, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1-18, March 2021.
- “Taxation and Public Health Investment: Policy Choices and Tradeoffs,” with Manoj Atolia and Stephen Turnovsky, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 426-461: March 2021.
- “Export and Import Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies: Evidence from a New Dataset,” with Christian Henn, Jose Romero and Nikola Spatafora, IMF Economic Review, 421-451: June 2020.
- “What Remains of Cross-Country Convergence?” with Paul Johnson, Journal of Economic Literature, 129-175: March 2020.
- “On the Substitution of Private and Public Capital,” with Zidong An and Alvarez Kangur, European Economic Review, 296-311: September 2019.
- “Forecasts in Times of Crises,” with Charis Christofides, David Kuenzel and Theo Eicher, International Journal of Forecasting, 1143-1159: July 2019.
- “Building Resilience to Natural Disasters: An Application to Small Developing States,” with Ricardo Marto and Vladimir Klyuev, Journal of Development Economics, 574-586: November 2018.
- (Additional journal articles spanning topics such as public investment efficiency, financial globalization, Bayesian Model Averaging, CES production functions, health and macroeconomics, and growth theory are included in the full publication list.)

### Book Chapters (selected)
- “The Double Helix of Diversification and Growth,” with Sidra Rehman and Ke Wang, Chapter 9 of Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade, Columbia University Press, New York, NY: May 2020.
- “The U.S. Manufacturing Recovery: Uptick or Renaissance?” with Oya Celasun, Gabriel Di Bella and Tim Mahedy, in Energy Boom and Manufacturing in North America, IMF, Washington DC: November 2015.
- “Diversification, Growth, and Volatility,” with Nikola Spatafora and Ke Wang, in Frontier and Emerging Asia, IMF, Washington DC: October 2014.
- “Globalization and Inequality,” with Florence Jaumotte, Subir Lall and Petia Topalova, World Economic Outlook, IMF, Washington DC: October 2007.
- (Additional chapters on education inequality, Tanzania growth, and production functions are included in the full list.)

### Working Papers (selected)
- “Monetary Policy in Disaster-Prone Developing Countries,” (April 2022) with Alessandro Cantelmo, Nikos Fatouros, and Giovanni Melina. IMF WP 2022/67.
- “Preferences for Reforms: Endowments vs. Beliefs,” (February 2022) with Romain Duval, Yi Ji, Ippei Shibata, and Antonio Spilimbergo. IMF WP 2022/33.
- “Monetary Policy Frameworks: An Index and New Evidence,” (January 2022) with Filiz Unsal, and Hendre Garbers. IMF WP 2022/22.
- “The S-curve: Understanding the Dynamics of Worldwide Financial Liberalization,” (July 2021) with Nan Li, Tong Xu, and Tao Zha. NBER WP 28994.
- “Searching for Wage Growth: Policy Responses to the Robot Revolution,” (March 2021) with Andrew Berg, Ed Buffie, and Felipe Zanna.
- “Structural Reforms and Elections: Evidence from a World-Wide New Dataset,” (November 2020) with Alberto F. Alesina, Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry and Dennis P. Quinn. NBER WP 26720.
- (Additional working papers on disaster-prone countries, gender complementarities, trade in services, and upgrading/export performance are included.)

### Grants
- “Macroeconomics of Low-Income Countries,” 2020-2025, IMF-DFID, $3,300,000.
- “Macroeconomics of Low-Income Countries,” 2017-2020, IMF-DFID, $3,300,000.
- “Structural Reforms in Developing Economies,” 2015-2017, IMF-DFID, $500,000.
- “Transformation and Capital Flows in LICs,” 2015-2017, IMF-DFID, $425,000.
- “Diversification for Growth and Stability,” 2012-2014, IMF-DFID, $300,000.
- “Clean and Dirty Technologies,” with M. Saam, 2011-2012, ZEW, $125,000.
- “Data Revisions,” with S. Johnson and A. Subramanian, 2006-2007, IMF, $50,000.

### Professional Activities
- Conference Organizer (selected):
  - “Climate-Related Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Response,” IMF, Washington DC, July 16, 2021 (with Giovanni Melina, Antonio Spilimbergo and Filiz Unsal).
  - “COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries,” IMF, Washington DC, December 9, 2020 (with Antonio Spilimbergo and Filiz Unsal).
  - “Achieving Inclusive Growth: A Policy Debate,” Seoul, Korea, November 29, 2018 (with Davide Furceri and Jonathan D. Ostry).
  - “Managing Capital Flows: Challenges for Developing Economies,” Victoria Falls, Zambia, May 5, 2017 (with Jonathan D. Ostry and Giovanni Melina).
  - “Diversification and Structural Transformation for Growth and Stability in Low-Income Countries,” IMF, Washington DC, February 21, 2013 (with Nikola Spatafora).
  - (Additional conferences organized on topics including health and macroeconomics, CES production functions, and capital flows.)
- Referee for journals and institutions including: American Economic Review; American Economic Review: Insights; American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics; American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Canadian Journal of Economics; Economica; Econometrica; Economic Journal; Economics Letters; Economic Theory; European Economic Review; IMF Economic Review; International Economic Review; Journal of Applied Econometrics; Journal of Business and Economic Statistics; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of Econometrics; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Journal of International Economics; Journal of Political Economy; Macroeconomic Dynamics; National Science Foundation; Quantitative Economics; Quarterly Journal of Economics; Review of Economics and Statistics; Review of Economic Studies; Stanford University Press; UNESCO.

### Selected Presentations (selected venues and roles)
- Applied Macroeconomics Forum, December 2021 (keynote speaker)
- NBER Summer Institute, July 2021
- Lund University, May 2021
- AEA Meetings, January 2021
- Renmin University of China, November 2020 (keynote speaker)
- IMF-ARC, November 2019
- World Bank, September 2019
- UN WIDER, Helsinki, April 2019 (plenary session)
- WTO, Geneva, April 2018
- CSAE, Oxford, March 2018 (plenary speaker)
- NBER Summer Institute, July 2017
- IFRC, November 2017
- (Extensive list of additional presentations at universities, central banks, and international conferences from 2008–2019.)

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