Lucy Qian Liu

Last Updated: March 02, 2016

Lucy Liu

Lucy Qian Liu is an economist in the Macro Financial Division of the IMF Research Department. Previously she worked in the Strategy, Policy, and Review, Middle East and Central Asia, and Fiscal Affairs Departments at the IMF. Her research interests include monetary policy, Macro-financial linkage and international finance.

Email: QLIU3@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/lucyliuimf/

Fluent In: Chinese.

Education:

Ph.D. Economics, Queen’s University, Canada, 2010

M.A. Economics, University of Victoria, Canada, 2004


Referee Activities:

Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, International Economic Review, Macroeconomic Dynamics


IMF Career:

Economist, Research Department, Macro Financial Division, 2016 to present

Economist, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, Strategy Unit, 2012 - 2016

Economist, Middle East and Central Asia Department, Country Desk for Egypt, 2011 - 2012

Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, Fiscal Operation II Division, 2009 - 2011


Work in progress:

“The Effects of the U.S. Unconventional Monetary Policy on Employment in Disaggregated Data,” with Seung Lee and Viktors Stebunovs

“Finance and Employment in Developing Countries: the External Liquidity Channel,” with Mai Dao


Field of Expertise:

Monetary Policy

Macro-Financial Issues

Lucy Liu

Lucy Qian Liu is an economist in the Macro Financial Division of the IMF Research Department. Previously she worked in the Strategy, Policy, and Review, Middle East and Central Asia, and Fiscal Affairs Departments at the IMF. Her research interests include monetary policy, Macro-financial linkage and international finance.

Email: QLIU3@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/lucyliuimf/

Fluent In: Chinese.

Education:

Ph.D. Economics, Queen’s University, Canada, 2010

M.A. Economics, University of Victoria, Canada, 2004


Referee Activities:

Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, International Economic Review, Macroeconomic Dynamics


IMF Career:

Economist, Research Department, Macro Financial Division, 2016 to present

Economist, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, Strategy Unit, 2012 - 2016

Economist, Middle East and Central Asia Department, Country Desk for Egypt, 2011 - 2012

Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, Fiscal Operation II Division, 2009 - 2011


Work in progress:

“The Effects of the U.S. Unconventional Monetary Policy on Employment in Disaggregated Data,” with Seung Lee and Viktors Stebunovs

“Finance and Employment in Developing Countries: the External Liquidity Channel,” with Mai Dao


Field of Expertise:

Monetary Policy

Macro-Financial Issues

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Debt Maturity and the Use of Short-Term Debt : Evidence form Sovereigns and Firms , Departmental Paper No.19/03 , February 05, 2019

Regional Labor Mobility in Spain , Working Paper No. 18/282 , December 13, 2018

Finance and Employment in Developing Countries: The Working Capital Channel , Working Paper No. 17/189 , August 15, 2017

Selected Issue

"Romania: Export Performance and External Competitiveness," IMF Country Report No. 15/80, March 2015.

Other Published Materials

“International migration: recent trends, economic impacts, and policy implications” with B. Csonto, N. Suphaphiphat and N. Westelius, Staff background paper for G20 Surveillance Note, November 2015

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

“Sticky Prices: A New Monetarist Approach,” with A. Head, G. Menzio and R. Wright, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 10, Issue 5, October 2012

“On the ‘Hot Potato’ Effect of Inflation: Intensive versus Extensive Margins,” With L. Wang and R. Wright, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 15(S2), September 2011

“Pricing and quality decisions and financial incentives for sustainable product design with recycled material content under price leadership,” with C. Chen, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 147(PC), 2014

Publications in Books and Conference Volumes

“International Policy Coordination: Why, When, and How,” with S. Das and N. Raman, Chapter 2, in Managing Complexity: Economic Policy Cooperation After the Crisis, The Brookings Institution, 353–383, 2015

“Canada: A Success Story,” with C. Sancak and T. Nakata, Chapter 1 in Chipping Away at Public Debt: Sources of Failure and Keys to Success in Fiscal Adjustment, Wiley: 1 – 29, 2011