Mariarosaria Comunale
Last Updated: January 8, 2024
Mariarosaria Comunale is an Economist at the IMF in the Research Department, Development Macroeconomics division. Prior to joining the IMF, she worked as a Principal Research Economist at the Bank of Lithuania. She holds a Ph.D. in Money and Finance from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She published her works in the Journal of International Money and Finance, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Advances in Econometrics, among others.
Email: MComunale@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/mariarosariacomunale/
Fluent In: German, Italian.
Education:
Ph.D. in Money and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy - 2014
Master degree in European Studies and International Relations, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy - 2007
Master degree in International economics and currency markets, University of Trieste, Italy - 2006
Bachelor degree in International economics and currency markets, University of Trieste, Italy - 2004
Previous Experience:
Principal Economist, Applied Macroeconomic Research Division, Economics Department, Bank of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania - 2014-2021
Research Fellow/Junior Researcher, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University, Lithuania - 2020-2021
ESCB-IO Economist, European Central Bank, DG International & European Relations, External Developments (DG-I/EXT), Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2018-2019
Visiting Researcher, Schuman Programme, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Foreign Research Division, Vienna, Austria - 2017-2018
Ph.D. level trainee, European Central Bank, DG International & European Relations, International Relations and Cooperation (DG-I/IRC), Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2014
Visiting Ph.D. student, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics, Dublin, Ireland - 2013
Research intern, De Nederlandsche Bank, Monetary Policy and Research Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2012
Visiting Ph.D. student, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics, Cambridge, UK - 2012
Blue Book Trainee, EU Commission, DG Budget Unit B1, Bruxelles, Belgium - 2010
Junior research fellow in International Economics, Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero (Italian Trade Commission), Statistics and Research Division, Rome, Italy - 2008-2009
Trainee, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG European Integration, Rome, Italy - 2007
Referee Activities:
Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, International Journal of Central Banking, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Economic Modelling, Review of World Economics, Empirical Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, and Journal of Macroeconomics.
Current Position:
Economist, Research Department, Development Macroeconomics Division, International Monetary Fund, USA.
Field of Expertise:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Monetary Policy
Macro-Financial Issues
International Trade
International Macroeconomics
International Finance