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Research and policy work on Fintech
Bank Competition and Household Privacy in a Digital Payment Monopoly
(2023)
with Anil Ari and Giovanni Dell'Ariccia.
CEPR DP 18288. Also:
IMF WP 2023/121
.
Lessons from Crypto Assets for the Design of Energy Efficient Digital Currencies
(2023)
Ecological Economics
212, 107888.
Lead author. See publication for co-author list.
Key entry on
Wikipedia page on the environmental effects of Bitcoin
.
Partially based on:
IMF Fintech Note 2022/006
.
Related:
IMF Blog
and
World Economic Forum
.
IMF Approach to Central Bank Digital Currency Capacity Development
(2023)
Authoring team: see inside paper (p.3).
IMF Policy Paper 2023/016.
IMF-FSB Synthesis Paper: Policies for Crypto-Assets
(2023)
Authoring team: see inside paper (p.ii).
Joint IMF & FSB policy paper, September 2023.
Elements of Effective Policies for Crypto Assets
(2023)
Authoring team: see inside paper (p.3).
IMF Policy Paper 2023/004.
Also:
IMF blog
.
And shortened publication as
G20 Report
.
Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies
(2022)
with Anil Ari and Giovanni Dell'Ariccia.
Journal of Monetary Economics
125
,
62-79.
Over 300 citations
(
Google Scholar
).
2nd place
on the JME list of the "most cited articles since Jan. 2021"
WP:
IMF WP
;
CEPR DP
;
ADBI WP
.
Coverage:
CRN special issue
;
Wall Street Journal
;
Atlanta Fed Macroblog
;
Cleveland Fed commentary
;
Central Banking
;
VoxEU
;
SUERF PN
.
Digital Currencies and Energy Consumption
(2022)
Lead author. See publication for co-author list.
IMF Fintech Notes 2022/006.
Also:
IMF Blog
and
World Economic Forum
.
Coverage
in the media
.
Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications
(2020)
IMF Policy Paper 2020/050.
Co-authors: see p.3 in linked paper.
Launched in
blog by IMF Managing Director and IMF Financial Counsellor
. Covered in
various media
.
Digital Financial Services and the Pandemic:
Opportunities and Risks for Emerging and Developing Economies
(2020)
with Soledad Martinez Peria and Celine Rochon.
IMF Special Series on COVID-19
.
Over
100 citations
(
Google Scholar
).
Casting Light on Central Bank Digital Currencies
(2019)
in
Cryptoassets: Legal, Regulatory and Monetary Perspectives.
See link above for book editor and link below for chapter co-authors.
Over 40
0 citations
(
Google Scholar
)
.
Also:
IMF Staff Discussion Note 18/08
. Launched in
speech by the IMF Managing Director
.
Coverage: blog piece in
VoxEU
; article in
IMF Research Perspectives
; multiple
media outlets
.
Investigating the Impact of Global Stablecoins (2019)
Contributor. G-7 Working Group on Stablecoins.
Central Bank Digital Currencies: An Overview of Pros and Cons
(2018)
in
Do We Need Central Bank Digital Currencies? Economics, Technology and Institutions
edited by Ernest Gnan and Donato Masciandaro.