PhD Thesis

Title: Essays in International Macro-Finance and Monetary Policy

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PhD Supervisors: Cédric Tille and Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Expected completion date: 2024

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Nika is a PhD candidate in International Economics at the Geneva Graduate Institute and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Finance and Development. His research lies in Monetary Policy, International Macro-Finance, Macroprudential Policy and Fiscal Policy, exploring both, theoretical and empirical, aspects. During his PhD, Nika was a PhD Intern at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Stability Mechanism (ESM). He also was an Economist at the National Bank of Georgia and Research Assistant at Bilateral Assistance and Capacity Building for Central Banks (BCC Programme). Nika obtained his MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Economics from the International Black Sea University.

Research Interests

• Fiscal Policy

• Macroprudential Policy

• International Macro-Finance

• Monetary Policy

• Macro-Finance

• Monetary Economics

• International Macroeconomics

• Central Bank Digital Currency

• International Monetary and Financial Systems

Academic Work Experience

Research Experience

• Research Fellow at the Centre for Finance and Development.
• PhD Intern at the International Monetary Fund.
• PhD Intern at the European Stability Mechanism.
• Research Assistant at Bilateral Assistance and Capacity Building for Central Banks (BCC Programme)
• Research Economist and Research Assistant at the Macroeconomic and Financial Stability Departments of the National Bank of Georgia.

Fellowships, Grants and Awards

• Charles Wyplosz Excellence Scholarship

• The Graduate Institute PhD Studies Scholarship

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Doc.CH Grant

Links

• LinkedIn
• Research page

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