Robin Koepke

Last Updated: August 11, 2022

Robin Koepke

Robin Koepke is an economist in the IMF’s Strategy, Policy and Review Department, where he focuses on external policy issues. He previously served in the Asia & Pacific Department, with country assignments on Indonesia and Fiji. Prior to that, he worked in the Monetary & Capital Markets Department, conducting market surveillance and financial stability analysis. Before joining the IMF in 2016, he spent six years at the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the global association of financial institutions, where he served in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis department. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wuerzburg in Germany.

Email: RKOEPKE@imf.org

Fluent In: French, German, Italian, Spanish.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wuerzburg, 2012-2016

M.A. in International Economic Relations, The American University, 2008-2010

B.A. in International Business, University of Passau, 2005-2008


Previous Experience:

Economist/Senior Economist in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis Department at the Institute of International Finance (2010-2016)


Field of Expertise:

Open Economy Macroeconomics

International Finance

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Diversion of Tourism Flows in the Asia & Pacific Region: Lessons for COVID-19 Recovery , Working Paper No. 2021/224 , August 20, 2021

Tracking Trade from Space: An Application to Pacific Island Countries , Working Paper No. 2021/225 , August 20, 2021

Benchmark-Driven Investments in Emerging Market Bond Markets: Taking Stock , Working Paper No. 20/192 , September 25, 2020

Capital Flow Data – A Guide for Empirical Analysis and Real-time Tracking , Working Paper No. 2020/171 , August 21, 2020

Capital Flows at Risk: Taming the Ebbs and Flows , Working Paper No. 19/279 , December 20, 2019

IMF Country Reports

Indonesia Article IV Staff Reports for 2021 and 2022

Fiji Article IV Staff Reports for 2020 and 2021

Brazil Article IV Staff Report, July 2019

Other Published Materials

External Sector Report, August 2022

Global Financial Stability Report (all issues from Apr 2017 to Oct 2019)

World Economic Outlook, October 2017

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Gelos, Gaston, Lucyna Gornicka, Robin Koepke, Ratna Sahay, and Silvia Sgherri. "Capital flows at risk: Taming the ebbs and flows." Journal of International Economics 134 (2022): 103555.

Koepke, Robin. “What Drives Capital Flows to Emerging Markets? A Survey of the Empirical Literature.” Journal of Economic Surveys Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 516–540, 2019.

Koepke, Robin. “Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 55, pp. 170-194, 2018.

Other Published Materials

“Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 55, pp. 170-194, 2018.

“What Drives Capital Flows to Emerging Markets? A Survey of the Empirical Literature.” Journal of Economic Surveys Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 516–540, 2019.

Determinants of Emerging Market Crises: The Role of U.S. Monetary Policy (2016)

Robin Koepke

Robin Koepke is an economist in the IMF’s Strategy, Policy and Review Department, where he focuses on external policy issues. He previously served in the Asia & Pacific Department, with country assignments on Indonesia and Fiji. Prior to that, he worked in the Monetary & Capital Markets Department, conducting market surveillance and financial stability analysis. Before joining the IMF in 2016, he spent six years at the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the global association of financial institutions, where he served in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis department. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wuerzburg in Germany.

Email: RKOEPKE@imf.org

Fluent In: French, German, Italian, Spanish.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wuerzburg, 2012-2016

M.A. in International Economic Relations, The American University, 2008-2010

B.A. in International Business, University of Passau, 2005-2008


Previous Experience:

Economist/Senior Economist in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis Department at the Institute of International Finance (2010-2016)


Field of Expertise:

Open Economy Macroeconomics

International Finance

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Diversion of Tourism Flows in the Asia & Pacific Region: Lessons for COVID-19 Recovery , Working Paper No. 2021/224 , August 20, 2021

Tracking Trade from Space: An Application to Pacific Island Countries , Working Paper No. 2021/225 , August 20, 2021

Benchmark-Driven Investments in Emerging Market Bond Markets: Taking Stock , Working Paper No. 20/192 , September 25, 2020

Capital Flow Data – A Guide for Empirical Analysis and Real-time Tracking , Working Paper No. 2020/171 , August 21, 2020

Capital Flows at Risk: Taming the Ebbs and Flows , Working Paper No. 19/279 , December 20, 2019

IMF Country Reports

Indonesia Article IV Staff Reports for 2021 and 2022

Fiji Article IV Staff Reports for 2020 and 2021

Brazil Article IV Staff Report, July 2019

Other Published Materials

External Sector Report, August 2022

Global Financial Stability Report (all issues from Apr 2017 to Oct 2019)

World Economic Outlook, October 2017

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Gelos, Gaston, Lucyna Gornicka, Robin Koepke, Ratna Sahay, and Silvia Sgherri. "Capital flows at risk: Taming the ebbs and flows." Journal of International Economics 134 (2022): 103555.

Koepke, Robin. “What Drives Capital Flows to Emerging Markets? A Survey of the Empirical Literature.” Journal of Economic Surveys Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 516–540, 2019.

Koepke, Robin. “Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 55, pp. 170-194, 2018.

Other Published Materials

“Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 55, pp. 170-194, 2018.

“What Drives Capital Flows to Emerging Markets? A Survey of the Empirical Literature.” Journal of Economic Surveys Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 516–540, 2019.

Determinants of Emerging Market Crises: The Role of U.S. Monetary Policy (2016)