About Me

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I am an economist in the macro-financial division of the research department at the International Monetary Fund.

My research interests are blockchains and crypto assets, digital money, and their economic implications.

You can find the latest version of my CV here.

Disclaimer: The views in this website do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.

Papers

Decrypting Crypto: How to Estimate International Stablecoin Flows.
Mentions: Bloomberg, IMF Global Financial Stability Report, IMF External Sector Report, The Economist
Payment Frictions, Capital Flows, and Exchange Rates with Itai Agur, Alexander Copestake, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria, and Ken Teoh.
Optimal Membership Design with Piotr Dworczak, Scott Duke Kominers, and Changhwa Lee.
Platform Precommitment Via Decentralization.
Additional material: a16z blog, a16z video
Revenue Maximization with Partially Verifiable Information.
Mechanism Design for Unequal Societies with Carl-Christian Groh.

Policy

IMF External Sector Report. International Monetary System: Currencies in a Changing World.
G20 Note on Financial Platforms: What are They and What are Their Macro-Financial Implications?