{
  "title": "Monica Tran-Xuan — CV",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/research/researcher-cv/author/tran-xuan-monica",
  "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/research/researcher-cv/author/tran-xuan-monica",
  "overlayPath": "/en/research/researcher-cv/author/tran-xuan-monica/index.md",
  "summary": "Monica Tran-Xuan is an Economist (Economist Program) at the Systemic Issues Division in the Research Department. She held a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from Carroll University. Her current work focuses on fiscal policies in open economies and in the presence of inequality.",
  "authors": [
    "Monica Tran-Xuan"
  ],
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Biography",
      "content": "Monica Tran-Xuan is an Economist (Economist Program) at the Systemic Issues Division in the Research Department. She held a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from Carroll University. Her current work focuses on fiscal policies in open economies and in the presence of inequality."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- Ph.D. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2020\n\n- M.A. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2017\n\n- B.S. Mathematics and Economics (summa cum laude), Carroll University, 2014"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Previous Experience",
      "content": "- Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2022 - 2024\n\n- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2020 - 2024\n\n- Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2016 - 2020\n\n- Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2019\n\n- Dissertation Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2017\n\n- Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic Theory (Ph.D.) and Numerical Methods, University of Minnesota, 2015 - 2016"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Referee Activities",
      "content": "- Economics Letters, Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Awards and Honors",
      "content": "- Best Paper Nomination in Macroeconomics, Winter School by the Delhi School of Economics and the Econometric Society, 2020\n\n- Summer Economics Fellowship, American Economic Association, 2017\n\n- Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, 2016\n\n- Morton and Artice Silverman Fellowship , University of Minnesota, 2015\n\n- Bert and Susan Hill Gross Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2014"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Field of Expertise",
      "content": "- International Macroeconomics\n\n- Public Finance\n\n- Open Economy Macroeconomics\n\n- International Finance"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Publications in Journals (Referred)",
      "content": "- Optimal Redistributive Policy in Debt Constrained Economies, Journal of International Economics (2023)\n\n- Will the U.S. Velocity of Money Step up Again? New Evidence from the Random Walk Hypothesis, Undergraduate Economic Review (2014)"
    }
  ],
  "bullets": [
    "Ph.D. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2020",
    "M.A. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2017",
    "B.S. Mathematics and Economics (summa cum laude), Carroll University, 2014",
    "Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2022 - 2024",
    "Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2020 - 2024",
    "Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2016 - 2020",
    "Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2019",
    "Dissertation Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2017",
    "Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic Theory (Ph.D.) and Numerical Methods, University of Minnesota, 2015 - 2016",
    "Economics Letters, Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control",
    "Best Paper Nomination in Macroeconomics, Winter School by the Delhi School of Economics and the Econometric Society, 2020",
    "Summer Economics Fellowship, American Economic Association, 2017",
    "Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, 2016",
    "Morton and Artice Silverman Fellowship , University of Minnesota, 2015",
    "Bert and Susan Hill Gross Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2014",
    "International Macroeconomics",
    "Public Finance",
    "Open Economy Macroeconomics",
    "International Finance",
    "Optimal Redistributive Policy in Debt Constrained Economies, Journal of International Economics (2023)",
    "Will the U.S. Velocity of Money Step up Again? New Evidence from the Random Walk Hypothesis, Undergraduate Economic Review (2014)",
    "**Monica Tran-Xuan**"
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "title": "Monica Tran-Xuan",
      "role": "document",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/cv/pdfs/monica-tranxuan.pdf",
      "summary": {
        "path": "/-/media/files/cv/pdfs/monica-tranxuan.pdf.md",
        "mime": "text/markdown"
      },
      "binary": {
        "path": "/-/media/files/cv/pdfs/monica-tranxuan.pdf",
        "mime": "application/pdf"
      }
    }
  ],
  "alternates": {
    "markdown": "/en/research/researcher-cv/author/tran-xuan-monica/index.md",
    "json": "/en/research/researcher-cv/author/tran-xuan-monica/index.json",
    "bundleManifest": "/en/research/researcher-cv/author/tran-xuan-monica/bundle-manifest.json"
  },
  "generatedAtUtc": "2026-10-01T01:33:52.477Z"
}