Mitali Das
Last Updated: March 30, 2023
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Ms. Das serves as an advisor in the Office of the Chief Economist of the IMF, providing intellectual input on issues of global economic significance and acting as the point of contact between the Office and government, international organizations, private sector and think tanks. Ms. Das is also Head of the IMF's Global Tail Risks work, tasked with identifying financial stability, geopolitical and social upheaval risks that may seep into risks to political and financial stability, and articulating mitigating actions to the Managing Director of the IMF. Her corporate service has extended to senior roles on the Diversity Reference Group and Gender Mainstreaming Strategy, both at the IMF, and on the selection committee of the American Association of University Women.
Prior to joining the IMF, Ms. Das held academic positions at Columbia University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College and the University of California Davis (2007-09). She has published widely on international finance, labor economics, open-economy macroeconomics, and inequality.
Ms. Das received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T).
Email: MDAS@imf.org
Education:
Ph.D in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T), Cambridge Massachusetts
A.B. in Economics and International Relations, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, Summa cum laude
Other Professional Positions:
Assistant Professor of Economics (1998-2001), Associate Professor of Economics (2003-05), Columbia University, New York NY, 10027.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Institute of Quantitative Social Sciences, Cambridge MA, 2001 - 2002
Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755 (2005 - 06)
Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis CA 95616 (2007 - 09)
Work in progress:
"Central Banks as Dollar Lenders of Last Resort" , with Gita Gopinath, Taehoon Kim and Jeremy Stein, Working Paper, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. [pdf]
"Risk-off shocks and Preemptive Policies in Emerging Markets" with Gita Gopinath and Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge MA. Working paper No. 29615 [html]
"A New Index of External Debt Sustainability" with Olivier Blanchard, NBER working paper No. 24068 [html]
"Macroeconomic Stability or Financial Stability: How are Capital Controls Used?", with Hailey Ordal, Journal of Financial Stability forthcoming.