Monica Tran-Xuan

Last Updated: October 21, 2024

Monica Tran-Xuan is an Economist (Economist Program) at the Systemic Issues Division in the Research Department. She held a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from Carroll University. Her current work focuses on fiscal policies in open economies and in the presence of inequality.

Email: mtran-xuan@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://www.monicatranxuan.com

Fluent In: Vietnamese.

Education:

Ph.D. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2020

M.A. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2017

B.S. Mathematics and Economics (summa cum laude), Carroll University, 2014


Previous Experience:

Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2022 - 2024

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2020 - 2024

Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2016 - 2020

Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2019

Dissertation Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2017

Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic Theory (Ph.D.) and Numerical Methods, University of Minnesota, 2015 - 2016


Referee Activities:

Economics Letters, Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control


Awards and Honors:

Best Paper Nomination in Macroeconomics, Winter School by the Delhi School of Economics and the Econometric Society, 2020

Summer Economics Fellowship, American Economic Association, 2017

Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, 2016

Morton and Artice Silverman Fellowship , University of Minnesota, 2015

Bert and Susan Hill Gross Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2014


Field of Expertise:

Public Finance

Open Economy Macroeconomics

International Macroeconomics

International Finance

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Optimal Redistributive Policy in Debt Constrained Economies, Journal of International Economics (2023)

Will the U.S. Velocity of Money Step up Again? New Evidence from the Random Walk Hypothesis, Undergraduate Economic Review (2014)

Monica Tran-Xuan is an Economist (Economist Program) at the Systemic Issues Division in the Research Department. She held a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from Carroll University. Her current work focuses on fiscal policies in open economies and in the presence of inequality.

Email: mtran-xuan@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://www.monicatranxuan.com

Fluent In: Vietnamese.

Education:

Ph.D. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2020

M.A. Economics, University of Minnesota, 2017

B.S. Mathematics and Economics (summa cum laude), Carroll University, 2014


Previous Experience:

Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2022 - 2024

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2020 - 2024

Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2016 - 2020

Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2019

Dissertation Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2017

Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic Theory (Ph.D.) and Numerical Methods, University of Minnesota, 2015 - 2016


Referee Activities:

Economics Letters, Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control


Awards and Honors:

Best Paper Nomination in Macroeconomics, Winter School by the Delhi School of Economics and the Econometric Society, 2020

Summer Economics Fellowship, American Economic Association, 2017

Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, 2016

Morton and Artice Silverman Fellowship , University of Minnesota, 2015

Bert and Susan Hill Gross Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2014


Field of Expertise:

Public Finance

Open Economy Macroeconomics

International Macroeconomics

International Finance

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Optimal Redistributive Policy in Debt Constrained Economies, Journal of International Economics (2023)

Will the U.S. Velocity of Money Step up Again? New Evidence from the Random Walk Hypothesis, Undergraduate Economic Review (2014)