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Atish R. Ghosh
Born (1964-02-21) February 21, 1964 (age 60)
NationalityIndian
Academic career
FieldInternational economics
InstitutionInternational Monetary Fund
Alma materOxford University (MSc)
Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Atish Rex Ghosh (born February 21, 1964) is an international economist, who is currently the Historian of the International Monetary Fund.[1][2] His recent work has focused on issues related to the stability of the international monetary system, including exchange rate regimes, external balance dynamics, capital flows and capital controls, monetary and foreign exchange intervention policies, fiscal space and debt sustainability, and international policy coordination.[3] His work on the management of cross-border capital flows, notably the role of capital controls, has played an important role in influencing the IMF's institutional position on the use of capital controls.[4][5][6][7] Ghosh has also published numerous influential studies on international policy coordination and exchange rate regimes, including three books: Economic Cooperation in an Uncertain World (Wiley-Blackwell Press); Exchange Rate Regimes: Choices and Consequences (MIT Press); and Currency Boards in Retrospect and Prospect (MIT Press).[3][8] In addition, he is the author of Nineteenth Street, NW—a fictional novel about a global financial crash.[8][9][10]

Early career

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Ghosh received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He also holds an MSc. in Development Economics from Oxford University. Before joining the IMF, Ghosh was an Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University.[3][8][9]

At the IMF, Ghosh worked on the Ukrainian and Turkish economic stabilization programs in the 1990s, and has also served as Assistant Director of the Research Department where he supervised analytical work on issues related to the international monetary system.[3]

Research and publication

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Ghosh's research focuses on various aspects of domestic and international macroeconomic policy, including choices and consequences of exchange rate regimes, capital flows and capital controls, fiscal space, debt sustainability, external balance dynamics, and policy coordination.[3][8] He has written and edited several books on international economic issues such as Economic Cooperation in an Uncertain World (Wiley-Blackwell Press, 1994), Exchange Rate Regimes: Choices and Consequences (MIT Press, 2003), and Currency Boards in Retrospect and Prospect (MIT Press, 2008).[8] He has also published numerous articles in distinguished academic journals, such as the American Economic Review, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of International Economics.[11] His work has received widespread media coverage, including in The Economist,[4][12][13] the Financial Times,[5][14] The New York Times,[15] and The Wall Street Journal.[16][17][18]

Ghosh was appointed as the IMF Historian by the IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, on April 7, 2016.[1][2] In this capacity, he will write the IMF's official history over 2000-15—a period characterized by the rise in global imbalances and surge in international capital flows, the global financial crisis, the Eurozone crisis, and the growing role of emerging and developing countries in the world economy.[1]

Novel

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Ghosh is the author of Nineteenth Street, N.W.—a fictional novel about a global financial crash.[9][10] The thriller, now in its second edition, explores the threat of financial terrorism and revolves around a plan to sabotage the global currency markets.[19][20][21]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Lagarde Appoints Historians to Chronicle “Defining Moments” in Fund’s History
  2. ^ a b Princeton news: Faculty Honor
  3. ^ a b c d e iMFdirect Blog: Atish Rex Ghosh
  4. ^ a b The Economist (February 18, 2010), The IMF changes its mind on controls on capital inflows.
  5. ^ a b The Financial Times (February 22, 2010), IMF reconsiders capital controls opposition.
  6. ^ The Economist (April 07, 2011), The Reformation: A disjointed attempt by the IMF to refine its thinking on capital controls.
  7. ^ Capital Controls.
  8. ^ a b c d e VOXEU: Atish Rex Ghosh
  9. ^ a b c Nineteenth Street, NW: About the author
  10. ^ a b NY Times (Oct 28, 2010): A Novel Whose Plot Seems Oddly Familiar
  11. ^ IDEAS: Atish Ghosh
  12. ^ The Economist (October 06, 2012), Tide Barriers: Capital Controls Would Work Better If There Were Some International Norms.
  13. ^ The Economist (April 30, 2009), Economic Focus: New fund, old fundamentals.
  14. ^ Financial Times (April 15, 2016), How theory frames economic policymaking
  15. ^ The New York Times (February 22, 2010), I.M.F. Questions Freedom of Capital Flows.
  16. ^ The Wall Street Journal (September 02, 2010), IMF Warns Countries of Debt Risks, Dismisses Idea of Greek Default.
  17. ^ The Wall Street Journal (June 02, 2015), IMF Economists: Stop Obsessing Over Debt
  18. ^ The Wall Street Journal (June 02, 2015), IMF Economists’ Surprising Advice on Federal Debt: Don’t Worry About It.
  19. ^ Nineteenth Street, N.W.
  20. ^ Nineteenth Street, N.W.: Could financial crises be exploited by terrorists
  21. ^ The Mark News: Rex Ghosh on Nineteenth Street Northwest
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  • http://www.nineteenthstreetnw.com/aboutghosh.html
  • "Most widely held works by Atish R Ghosh". WorldCat.
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