Graciela Kaminsky, Director
Graciela L. Kaminsky is professor of Economics and
International Affairs at The George Washington University and
Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic
Research. She previously held positions as assistant
professor at the University of California, San Diego and
staff economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System. She has been a Visiting Scholar at
numerous government organizations, including the Bank of
Japan, the Bank of Spain, the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, the Hong Kong Monetary, and the Monetary Authority of
Singapore. She has also been a consultant to
international institutions, including the Inter-American
Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the
World Bank. She holds a PhD in Economics from
MIT. Professor Kaminsky has published widely in
leading academic journals, including the American
Economic Review, the Journal of Development
Economics, the Journal of International
Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics,
and the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Her
research has been featured in the financial press,
including The Economist, The Financial
Times, and Business Week. Professor
Kaminsky’s research covers a variety of topics in
macroeconomics and international finance, including
financial globalization, mutual fund’s investment
strategy, currency and banking crises, contagion,
credibility, and inflation stabilization policies.
Title: Professor
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interests: International finance, open-economy macroeconomics
Phone: (202) 994-6686
Fax: (202) 994-6147
Email: graciela@gwu.edu
Web site: http://home.gwu.edu/~graciela
Office: 362 Monore Hall
Curriculum Vitae
Marco Cipriani
Marco Cipriani earned a BS in Economics from Bocconi
University in Milan, an MSc in Econometrics and
Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics
and a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University. Before
starting graduate school, he worked in the currency research
department of JP Morgan in London.
His research interests focus on the microstructure of financial markets,
with emphasis on the role of private information in
explaining herd behavior, financial crises and contagion. He
teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in International
Financial Markets and Open Economy Macroeconomics.
Title: Assistant Professor
PhD, New York University
Interests: International finance, financial economics, and experimental economics
Phone: (202) 994-2218
Email: marco.cipriani@gwu.edu
Web site: http://home.gwu.edu/~mciprian
Office: 363 Monroe Hall
Curriculum Vitae
Robert Dunn
Professor Dunn was an undergraduate at Williams College and
received a MA and PhD in economics at Stanford
University. Before coming to GW he was an economist at the
Federal Reserve Board and a faculty member at Dartmouth
College. Professor Dunn teaches international trade and
finance, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. He
is the co-author of a textbook, International
Economics, which is now in its sixth edition from
Routledge Publishing (UK). His publications include
articles in the Journal of Political Economy,
KYKLOS, Southern Economic Journal,
Princeton Essays in International Finance,
Foreign Affairs, and other academic journals. He
has also written 39 columns which were published in The
Washington Post, and nine op-ed columns in The New
York Times.
Title: Professor
PhD, Stanford University
Interests: International trade and international finance
Phone: (202) 994-7379
Email: rmdunn@gwu.edu
Office number: 303 Monroe Hall
Ana Fostel
Ana Fostel earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.
Her research interests are on economic theory and
international finance. In particular, her research has
focused on the application of general equilibrium models
with incomplete markets to study the access of emerging
countries to international financial markets, sovereign
debt and default. She teaches undergraduate and graduate
courses in International Financial Markets and Open Economy
Macroeconomics.
Title: Assistant Professor
PhD, Yale Univeristy
Interests: International finance, economic theory
Email: afostel@gwu.edu
Web site: http://home.gwu.edu/~afostel
Curriculum Vitae
Chao-Yang Kao
kao_chao_yang5212@yahoo.com.tw
From 09/07 until 12/07
Curriculum Vitae
Demet Çanakçı
dcanakci@bddk.org.tr
From 09/07 until 07/08
Curriculum Vitae
Julia Bersch
Julia.Bersch@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
From 09/06 until 07/07
Curriculum Vitae
Mario Di Filippo
mario.difilippo@unicatt.it
From 09/06 until 07/07
Curriculum Vitae
Juan Angel Jimenez
juanangel@ccee.ucm.es
From 09/05 until 07/06
Curriculum Vitae
Erika Yokomizo
eyokomi@ic.daito.ac.jp
From 09/05 until 07/06
Curriculum Vitae
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)