Romain Rancière Research

Contact Information:

Office Address: 700 19th Street, NW Washington , DC 20431 , USA
Telephone:              +1(202)6238675       
E-mail: rranciere at imf.org & ranciere at ens.fr

Skype: romainranciere

 

Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund

 

Visiting Professor, Paris School of Economics, PSE

                                    

Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, CEPR,

                          

Research Interests: International Finance, Economic Growth, Banking.

 

Education: NYU: Ph.D., Economics, 2003; Ecole Normale Superieure: M.A. Economics, 1994

 

Previous Employement: C.R.E.I. and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003-2005); French Treasury (1996-1997); Natixis, New York (1994-1995)  CV   

Working Papers

 Crash Risk in Currency Market, joint with Emmanuel Farhi, Samuel Fraiberger, Xavier Gabaix, and Adrien Verdelhan, PDF

 Financial Liberalization, Boom-Bust Cycles and Production Efficiency, joint with Aaron Tornell, PDF

 

The Optimal Level of Reserves for Emerging Market Countries: Formulas and Applications, joint with Olivier Jeanne  PDF 

 

The Overhang Hangover, joint with Jean Imbs PDF

Banks, Liquidity Crises and Economic Growth, joint with Alejandro Gaytan, Latest Version, Supplemental Appendix

Academic Publications

 

Exchange Rate Volatility and Productivity Growth: The Role of Financial Development, joint with Philippe Aghion, Philippe Bacchetta and Kenneth Rogoff,

Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 56, Issue 4, May 2009, Pages 494-513, PDF


Growth and Risk at the Industry Level: The Real Effects of Financial Liberalization, joint with Andrei Levchenko and Mathias Thoenig, 
Journal of Development Economics, Volume 89, Issue 2, July 2009, Pages 210-222, PDF

 

Systemic Crises and Growth, joint with Aaron Tornell and Frank Westermann
Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2008, PDF, Appendix

 

Financial Liberalization, with Aaron Tornell and Frank Westermann,

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008, PDF

 

Macroeconomic Volatility and Welfare in Developing Countries: an Introduction , joint with Norman Loayza, Luis Sirven and Jaume Ventura

World Bank Economic Review,  21(3)343-357, 2007, PDF

 

Financial Development, Financial Fragility, and Growth, joint with Norman Loayza,

Journal of Money Credit and Banking,Volume 38(4):1051-1076 (2006), PDF

 

 Decomposing the Effects of Financial Liberalization: Growth vs. Crises, joint with Aaron Tornell and Frank Westermann,

Journal of Banking & Finance, Volume 30, Issue 12, December 2006, Pages 3331-3348, PDF

 

Policy Publications

Analytical Basis for Fund Lending and Reform Options, in coll. PDF

Country Insurance, with Torbjorn Becker, Olivier Jeanne, Paolo Mauro, Jonathan Ostry,  International Monetary Fund, 2006, PDF 

Columns

New Financial Regulation Should Prevent AIG-like Follies without Hampering Economic Growth, joint with Aaron Tornell,  April 2009,  VOX-EU

An international perspective on the US bailout, joint with Aaron Tornell and Frank Westerman, joint with Aaron Tornell and Frank Westermann, October 2008,  VOX-EU