Itai Agur
Last Updated: June 16, 2023
Itai Agur is a Senior Economist at the Macro-Financial Division of the IMF's Research Department. His research interests include fintech, macroprudential regulation, and monetary policy.
Email: IAGUR@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://itaiagur.weebly.com
Fluent In: Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
European University Institute, PhD
University of Amsterdam, MSc & BSc
Previous Experience:
Dutch Central Bank (2008-2011)
European Central Bank (2003-2004)
Editorial Activities:
IMF Economic Review, Associate Editor.
Awards and Honors:
The European Economic Association's Young Economist Award, 2007.
The Arrow Award for Young Economists, 2008
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Mongolia (2016-17)
Canada (2015-16)
Teaching:
IMF courses taught in Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam (2011-2015)
IMF Career:
Research Department (2018 - )
Strategy, Policy and Review Department (2015-2017)
Singapore Regional Training Institute (2011-2015)
Others:
Fintech (additional field of expertise)
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Banking
Macro-Financial Issues
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Bank Competition and Household Privacy in a Digital Payment Monopoly , Working Paper No. 2023/121 , June 09, 2023
Digital Currencies and Energy Consumption , FinTech Notes No 2022/006 , June 07, 2022
Monetary Finance: Do Not Touch, or Handle with Care? , Departmental Paper No 2022/001 , January 13, 2022
Politically Robust Financial Regulation , Working Paper No. 2021/001 , January 08, 2021
Managing External Volatility: Policy Frameworks in Non-Reserve Issuing Economies , Working Paper No. 2020/288 , December 18, 2020
Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies , Working Paper No. 19/252 , November 18, 2019
Casting Light on Central Bank Digital Currencies , Staff Discussion Notes No. 18/08 , November 13, 2018
Monetary and Macroprudential Policy Coordination Among Multiple Equilibria , Working Paper No. 18/235 , November 02, 2018
On International Integration of Emerging Sovereign Bond Markets , Working Paper No. 18/18 , January 24, 2018
Products and Provinces : A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of Canada’s Manufacturing Exports , Working Paper No. 16/193 , September 26, 2016
Products and Provinces : A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of Canada’s Manufacturing Exports , Working Paper No. 16/193 , September 26, 2016
Will Macroprudential Policy Counteract Monetary Policy’s Effects on Financial Stability? , Working Paper No. 15/283 , December 29, 2015
Bank Risk Within and Across Equilibria , Working Paper No. 14/116 , July 02, 2014
Leaning Against the Wind and the Timing of Monetary Policy , Working Paper No. 13/86 , April 03, 2013
Rules, Discretion, and Macro-Prudential Policy , Working Paper No. 13/65 , March 08, 2013
Wholesale Bank Funding, Capital Requirements and Credit Rationing , Working Paper No. 13/30 , January 31, 2013
IMF Country Reports
Canada 2016 Article IV Consultation, Staff Report.
Mongolia 2017 Article IV Consultation, Staff Report.
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
Elements of Effective Policies for Crypto Assets (2023). IMF Policy Paper 2023/004.
Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications (2020). IMF Policy Paper 2020/050.
iMFdirect Blog Posts
How Crypto and CBDCs Can Use Less Energy Than Existing Payment Systems
Should Monetary Finance Remain Taboo?
Selected Issue
Other Published Materials
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Measuring the Speed of Currency Substitution (2023) Applied Economics Letters 30(10), 1385–1389.
Populism and Central Bank Independence: Comment (2018) Open Economies Review 29(3), 687-693.
Bank Risk within and across Equilibria (2014). Journal of Banking and Finance 48, 322-333.
Multiple Bank Regulators and Risk Taking. (2013) Journal of Financial Stability 9(3), 259-268.
Publications in Books and Conference Volumes
Other Published Materials
For a list of other publications, please see my personal site.
Itai Agur is a Senior Economist at the Macro-Financial Division of the IMF's Research Department. His research interests include fintech, macroprudential regulation, and monetary policy.
Email: IAGUR@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://itaiagur.weebly.com
Fluent In: Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
European University Institute, PhD
University of Amsterdam, MSc & BSc
Previous Experience:
Dutch Central Bank (2008-2011)
European Central Bank (2003-2004)
Editorial Activities:
IMF Economic Review, Associate Editor.
Awards and Honors:
The European Economic Association's Young Economist Award, 2007.
The Arrow Award for Young Economists, 2008
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Mongolia (2016-17)
Canada (2015-16)
Teaching:
IMF courses taught in Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam (2011-2015)
IMF Career:
Research Department (2018 - )
Strategy, Policy and Review Department (2015-2017)
Singapore Regional Training Institute (2011-2015)
Others:
Fintech (additional field of expertise)
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Banking
Macro-Financial Issues
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Bank Competition and Household Privacy in a Digital Payment Monopoly , Working Paper No. 2023/121 , June 09, 2023
Digital Currencies and Energy Consumption , FinTech Notes No 2022/006 , June 07, 2022
Monetary Finance: Do Not Touch, or Handle with Care? , Departmental Paper No 2022/001 , January 13, 2022
Politically Robust Financial Regulation , Working Paper No. 2021/001 , January 08, 2021
Managing External Volatility: Policy Frameworks in Non-Reserve Issuing Economies , Working Paper No. 2020/288 , December 18, 2020
Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies , Working Paper No. 19/252 , November 18, 2019
Casting Light on Central Bank Digital Currencies , Staff Discussion Notes No. 18/08 , November 13, 2018
Monetary and Macroprudential Policy Coordination Among Multiple Equilibria , Working Paper No. 18/235 , November 02, 2018
On International Integration of Emerging Sovereign Bond Markets , Working Paper No. 18/18 , January 24, 2018
Products and Provinces : A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of Canada’s Manufacturing Exports , Working Paper No. 16/193 , September 26, 2016
Products and Provinces : A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of Canada’s Manufacturing Exports , Working Paper No. 16/193 , September 26, 2016
Will Macroprudential Policy Counteract Monetary Policy’s Effects on Financial Stability? , Working Paper No. 15/283 , December 29, 2015
Bank Risk Within and Across Equilibria , Working Paper No. 14/116 , July 02, 2014
Leaning Against the Wind and the Timing of Monetary Policy , Working Paper No. 13/86 , April 03, 2013
Rules, Discretion, and Macro-Prudential Policy , Working Paper No. 13/65 , March 08, 2013
Wholesale Bank Funding, Capital Requirements and Credit Rationing , Working Paper No. 13/30 , January 31, 2013
IMF Country Reports
Canada 2016 Article IV Consultation, Staff Report.
Mongolia 2017 Article IV Consultation, Staff Report.
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
Elements of Effective Policies for Crypto Assets (2023). IMF Policy Paper 2023/004.
Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications (2020). IMF Policy Paper 2020/050.
iMFdirect Blog Posts
How Crypto and CBDCs Can Use Less Energy Than Existing Payment Systems
Should Monetary Finance Remain Taboo?
Selected Issue
Other Published Materials
IMF-FSB Synthesis Paper: Policies for Crypto-Assets (2023)
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Measuring the Speed of Currency Substitution (2023) Applied Economics Letters 30(10), 1385–1389.
Populism and Central Bank Independence: Comment (2018) Open Economies Review 29(3), 687-693.
Bank Risk within and across Equilibria (2014). Journal of Banking and Finance 48, 322-333.
Multiple Bank Regulators and Risk Taking. (2013) Journal of Financial Stability 9(3), 259-268.
Publications in Books and Conference Volumes
Other Published Materials
For a list of other publications, please see my personal site.