Luca Antonio Ricci
Last Updated: September 28, 2017Advisor, Mission Chief for Chile and Ecuador, International Monetary Fund.
Email: lricci@imf.org
Fluent In: French, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
1996: Ph.D. in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
1993-1995: Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University.
1993: M.A in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
1990: B.A. in Economics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Previous Experience:
2010-2011 – Barclays Capital, Managing Director, Head of International Economic Research.
1996-2010: International Monetary Fund - Research Department (2004-2010), African Department (2001-2004), Research Department (1998-2001), Middle Eastern Department (1997-1998), Research Department (1996-97).
1995-1996: Researcher in international economics at the University of Konstanz, under the Human Capital Mobility Program of the European Union.
Referee Activities:
American Economic Review; E-conomics; Economic Change and Restructuring; Economic Journal; Economie et Prevision; European Journal of Political Economy; International Economic Review; International Review of Economics and Finance; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Urban Economics; Open Economies Review; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Review of International Economics; Rivista di Politica Economica; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics; Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv.
Editorial Activities:
Associate Editor of Economie Internationale
Teaching:
2016-17: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2014-15: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2012-13:Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "International Financial Flows to Developing Countries and Emerging Markets: Determinants, Impact and Policy Challenges (A Practitioners’ Perspective)" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2004, May: Visiting professor in International Finance at Luiss University (Rome) and University of Bari, Italy.
1991-1993: Teaching Assistant in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
Others:
Organized jointly with the Minister of Finance of Panama the roundtable discussion on "Panama long-term growth prospects and opportunities", Dec 4 2014, with the participation of country authorities, private sector representatives, World Bank, and Iadb (see http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/economia/economia-panamena-seguira-creciendo-si-el-estado-le-hace-frente-los-cabos-sueltos-955226).
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IMF Books and Working Papers:
Does Gross or Net Debt Matter More for Emerging Market Spreads?, Working Paper No. 16/246, December 22, 2016
Trilemma or Dilemma : Inspecting the Heterogeneous Response of Local Currency Interest Rates to Foreign Rates, Working Paper No. 16/75, March 23, 2016
IMF Country Reports
Ecuador : Purchase Under the Rapid Financing Instrument
Ecuador: Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation
Other Published Materials
Statement at the WTO Balance-of-Payments Committee on Ecuador Balance of Payments needs, 2015
2013 IMF External Sector Report (part of a team)
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Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Publications in Books and Conference Volumes
Advisor, Mission Chief for Chile and Ecuador, International Monetary Fund.
Email: lricci@imf.org
Fluent In: French, Italian, Spanish.
Education:
1996: Ph.D. in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
1993-1995: Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University.
1993: M.A in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
1990: B.A. in Economics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Previous Experience:
2010-2011 – Barclays Capital, Managing Director, Head of International Economic Research.
1996-2010: International Monetary Fund - Research Department (2004-2010), African Department (2001-2004), Research Department (1998-2001), Middle Eastern Department (1997-1998), Research Department (1996-97).
1995-1996: Researcher in international economics at the University of Konstanz, under the Human Capital Mobility Program of the European Union.
Referee Activities:
American Economic Review; E-conomics; Economic Change and Restructuring; Economic Journal; Economie et Prevision; European Journal of Political Economy; International Economic Review; International Review of Economics and Finance; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Urban Economics; Open Economies Review; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Review of International Economics; Rivista di Politica Economica; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics; Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv.
Editorial Activities:
Associate Editor of Economie Internationale
Teaching:
2016-17: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2014-15: Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "Economic Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries: A Practitioners’ View" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2012-13:Teaching "Assessing External Imbalances" in the course "International Financial Flows to Developing Countries and Emerging Markets: Determinants, Impact and Policy Challenges (A Practitioners’ Perspective)" at The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
2004, May: Visiting professor in International Finance at Luiss University (Rome) and University of Bari, Italy.
1991-1993: Teaching Assistant in International Economics, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
Others:
Organized jointly with the Minister of Finance of Panama the roundtable discussion on "Panama long-term growth prospects and opportunities", Dec 4 2014, with the participation of country authorities, private sector representatives, World Bank, and Iadb (see http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/economia/economia-panamena-seguira-creciendo-si-el-estado-le-hace-frente-los-cabos-sueltos-955226).
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Does Gross or Net Debt Matter More for Emerging Market Spreads?, Working Paper No. 16/246, December 22, 2016
Trilemma or Dilemma : Inspecting the Heterogeneous Response of Local Currency Interest Rates to Foreign Rates, Working Paper No. 16/75, March 23, 2016
The External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology, Working Paper No. 13/272, December 31, 2013
Country Insurance Using Financial Instruments, Working Paper No. 11/169, July 01, 2011
Evidenceon Productivity, Comparative Advantage, and Networks in the Export Performance of Firms, Working Paper No. 11/77, April 01, 2011
External Performance in Low-Income Countries, Occasional Paper No. 272, March 15, 2011
Unemployment and Productivity in the Long Run: the Role of Macroeconomic Volatility, Working Paper No. 10/259, November 01, 2010
International Capital Flows and Development: Financial Openness Matters, Working Paper No. 10/235, October 01, 2010
External Balance in Low Income Countries, Working Paper No. 09/221, October 01, 2009
The Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off at Low Inflation, Working Paper No. 09/34, March 01, 2009
Exchange Rate Assessments : CGER Methodologies, Occasional Paper No. 261, April 07, 2008
Is There a Novelty Premium on New Financial Instruments? The Argentine Experience with GDP-Indexed Warrants, Working Paper No. 08/109, April 01, 2008
A Bayesian-Estimated Model of InflationTargeting in South Africa, Working Paper No. 08/48, February 01, 2008
Real Exchange Rates and Fundamentals: A Cross-Country Perspective, Working Paper No. 08/13, January 01, 2008
Post-Apartheid South Africa : The First Ten Years, January 12, 2006
Debt Overhang or Debt Irrelevance? Revisiting the Debt Growth Link, Working Paper No. 05/223, December 01, 2005
Can Higher Reserves Help Reduce Exchange Rate Volatility?, Working Paper No. 04/189, October 01, 2004
Once Again, is Openness Good for Growth?, Working Paper No. 04/135, July 01, 2004
What Are the Channels Through Which External Debt Affects Growth?, Working Paper No. 04/15, January 01, 2004
Estimation of the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate for South Africa, Working Paper No. 03/44, March 01, 2003
International Financial Integration and Economic Growth, Working Paper No. 02/145, August 01, 2002
Capital Account Liberalization and Economic Performance: Survey and Synthesis, Working Paper No. 02/120, July 01, 2002
External Debt and Growth, Working Paper No. 02/69, April 01, 2002
Purchasing Power Parity and New Trade Theory, Working Paper No. 02/32, February 01, 2002
PPP and the Balassa Samuelson Effect: The Role of the Distribution Sector, Working Paper No. 01/38, March 01, 2001
Trade and Financial Contagion in Currency Crises, Working Paper No. 00/55, March 01, 2000
Uncertainty, Flexible Exchange Rates, and Agglomeration, Working Paper No. 98/9, February 01, 1998
EMU, Adjustment, and Exchange Rate Variability, Working Paper No. 98/50, January 01, 1998
IMF Country Reports
Ecuador : Purchase Under the Rapid Financing Instrument
Ecuador: Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation
Ecuador: 2015 Selected Issues Papers
Panama: Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation
Panama: 2015 Selected Issues Papers
Panama: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation
Other Published Materials
Statement at the WTO Balance-of-Payments Committee on Ecuador Balance of Payments needs, 2015
2013 IMF External Sector Report (part of a team)
2012 Pilot External Sector Report (part of a team)
"The Fund’s Mandate—Future Financing Role (main)", 2010, (part of a team)
An Analysis of Economic Growth in Swaziland", Swaziland Selected Issues, 2003 Chapter 4, pp. 42-49.
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
"A Model of an Optimum Currency Area", 2008 Economics, Vol. 2, No: 2008-8.
"Exchange Rate Regimes, Location, and Specialization", 2006 IMF Staff Papers, Vol.53:1, pp.50-62.
"Where to Patent? Theory and Evidence on International Patenting" 2000 (with J. Inkman and W. Polhmeier) in Hans-Juergen Vosgerau ed., Institutional Arrangements for Global Economic Integration, London, Mac Millan.
"Economic Geography and Comparative Advantage", European Economic Review, 1999 vol.43:2, pp.357-377.
"Un modèle simple de zone monétaire optimale", Economie et Prévision, 1997, vol. 127:2.