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  "title": "Robin Koepke — CV",
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  "summary": "Robin Koepke is a senior economist in the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, where he works in the Regional Studies Division and covers fiscal issues on the Chile country team. His expertise spans macroeconomic surveillance and forecasting, international capital flows, external-sector and lending policy, financial market surveillance, and global financial stability. Before joining the IMF in 2016, he spent six years in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis Department at the Institute of International Finance. His country and regional assignments have included the United States, the euro area, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Fiji. He has developed widely used coincident indicators for tracking capital, trade, and tourism flows in real time. His research has appeared in leading journals, including the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Economic Surveys. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Würzburg.",
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  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Biography",
      "content": "Robin Koepke is a senior economist in the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, where he works in the Regional Studies Division and covers fiscal issues on the Chile country team. His expertise spans macroeconomic surveillance and forecasting, international capital flows, external-sector and lending policy, financial market surveillance, and global financial stability. Before joining the IMF in 2016, he spent six years in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis Department at the Institute of International Finance. His country and regional assignments have included the United States, the euro area, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Fiji. He has developed widely used coincident indicators for tracking capital, trade, and tourism flows in real time. His research has appeared in leading journals, including the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Economic Surveys. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Würzburg."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wuerzburg, 2012-2016\n\n- M.A. in International Economic Relations, The American University, 2008-2010\n\n- B.A. in International Business, University of Passau, 2005-2008"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Previous Experience",
      "content": "- Economist/Senior Economist in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis Department at the Institute of International Finance (2010-2016)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Field of Expertise",
      "content": "- International Finance\n\n- Open Economy Macroeconomics"
    },
    {
      "heading": "IMF Books and Working Papers",
      "content": "- Nowcasting Global Trade from Space, Working Paper No. 2025/093 , May 16, 2025\n\n- Crypto as a Marketplace for Capital Flight, Working Paper No. 2024/133 , June 28, 2024\n\n- Diversion of Tourism Flows in the Asia & Pacific Region: Lessons for COVID-19 Recovery, Working Paper No. 2021/224 , August 20, 2021\n\n- Tracking Trade from Space: An Application to Pacific Island Countries, Working Paper No. 2021/225 , August 20, 2021\n\n- Benchmark-Driven Investments in Emerging Market Bond Markets: Taking Stock, Working Paper No. 2020/192 , September 25, 2020\n\n- Capital Flow Data – A Guide for Empirical Analysis and Real-time Tracking, Working Paper No. 2020/171 , August 21, 2020\n\n- Capital Flows at Risk: Taming the Ebbs and Flows, Working Paper No. 2019/279 , December 20, 2019"
    },
    {
      "heading": "IMF Country Reports",
      "content": "- Indonesia Article IV Staff Reports for 2021 and 2022\n\n- Fiji Article IV Staff Reports for 2020 and 2021\n\n- Brazil Article IV Staff Report, July 2019"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Other Published Materials",
      "content": "- External Sector Report, August 2022\n\n- Global Financial Stability Report (all issues from Apr 2017 to Oct 2019)\n\n- World Economic Outlook, October 2017"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Publications in Journals (Referred)",
      "content": "- 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.\n\n- 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.\n\n- Koepke, Robin. “Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 55, pp. 170-194, 2018."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Other Published Materials",
      "content": "- “Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 55, pp. 170-194, 2018.\n\n- “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.\n\n- Determinants of Emerging Market Crises: The Role of U.S. Monetary Policy (2016)"
    }
  ],
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    "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",
    "Economist/Senior Economist in the Global Macroeconomic Analysis Department at the Institute of International Finance (2010-2016)",
    "International Finance",
    "Open Economy Macroeconomics",
    "[Nowcasting Global Trade from Space](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/05/16/nowcasting-global-trade-from-space-566957), Working Paper No. 2025/093 , May 16, 2025",
    "[Crypto as a Marketplace for Capital Flight](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/06/28/crypto-as-a-marketplace-for-capital-flight-550966), Working Paper No. 2024/133 , June 28, 2024",
    "[Diversion of Tourism Flows in the Asia & Pacific Region: Lessons for COVID-19 Recovery](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2021/08/20/diversion-of-tourism-flows-in-the-asia-pacific-region-lessons-for-covid-19-recovery-464342), Working Paper No. 2021/224 , August 20, 2021",
    "[Tracking Trade from Space: An Application to Pacific Island Countries](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2021/08/20/tracking-trade-from-space-an-application-to-pacific-island-countries-464345), Working Paper No. 2021/225 , August 20, 2021",
    "[Benchmark-Driven Investments in Emerging Market Bond Markets: Taking Stock](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/09/25/benchmark-driven-investments-in-emerging-market-bond-markets-taking-stock-49740), Working Paper No. 2020/192 , September 25, 2020",
    "[Capital Flow Data – A Guide for Empirical Analysis and Real-time Tracking](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/08/21/capital-flow-data-a-guide-for-empirical-analysis-and-real-time-tracking-49646), Working Paper No. 2020/171 , August 21, 2020",
    "[Capital Flows at Risk: Taming the Ebbs and Flows](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2019/12/20/capital-flows-at-risk-taming-the-ebbs-and-flows-48878), Working Paper No. 2019/279 , December 20, 2019",
    "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",
    "External Sector Report, August 2022",
    "Global Financial Stability Report (all issues from Apr 2017 to Oct 2019)",
    "World Economic Outlook, October 2017",
    "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.",
    "[“Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 55, pp. 170-194, 2018.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1042443116301317)",
    "[“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.](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joes.12273)",
    "[Determinants of Emerging Market Crises: The Role of U.S. Monetary Policy (2016)](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2814544)"
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