Mary Amiti Explained

Mary Amiti is an Australian economist and a Vice President of the Microeconomic Studies Function at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.[1]

During her career, she worked at the World Bank, IMF and various universities before joining the Federal Reserve in 2006. She is a research associate at the CEPR.[2]

Education and career

Before obtaining her PhD, she worked as an Economic Analyst at the Australian Commonwealth Treasury from 1990 to 1991. She obtained her MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics in 1997 as well as a Bachelor in Economics from La Trobe University in Australia.[1] Her doctoral thesis was titled International trade in the manufacturing sectors of industrialised countries: Theory and evidence.[3]

She was then hired as an assistant professor at the Department of Economics in the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. She then had various academic jobs at the La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne.[1] In 2002, she was on sabbatical from Melbourne University and spent a year at the World Bank as a consultant.[4] In 2005 she joined the IMF as a Senior Economist in the Trade and Investment Division. In 2006, she joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a Senior Economist where she was promoted several times until obtaining her current post.[1]

Research

She is mainly focusing on International trade, International economics and Financial economics. Her works have been cited over 10000 times[5] and she is ranked in the 1000 most cited economists according to IDEAS.[6] Her research deal with questions of the impact of outsourcing, trade and tariffs.

Her research has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics,[7] The American Economic Review,[8] [9] The Review of Economic Studies[10] and the Journal of Political Economy.[11]

Amiti's research has been featured in the Washington Post,[12] The Wall Street Journal,[13] The Financial Times,[14] Business Insider,[15] Bloomberg,[16] Handelsblatt,[17] El Confidencial,[18] The New York Times,[19] [20] Los Angeles Times,[21] Vox,[22] Forbes,[23] Quartz,[24] and The Economist.[25] [26]

Selected bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mary Amiti - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK. www.newyorkfed.org. 2020-03-29.
  2. Web site: Researcher Contact Details. cepr.org. 2020-03-29.
  3. Amiti. Mynyre. 1996. International trade in the manufacturing sectors of industrialised countries: Theory and evidence. PhD. London School of Economics and Political Science. 3 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Mary Amiti VOX, CEPR Policy Portal. voxeu.org. 2020-03-29.
  5. Web site: Mary Amiti - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.com. 2020-03-29.
  6. Web site: Economist Rankings, Number of Citations IDEAS/RePEc. ideas.repec.org. 2020-03-29.
  7. Amiti. Mary. Weinstein. David E.. David E. Weinstein. 2011-11-01. Exports and Financial Shocks. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. en. 126. 4. 1841–1877. 10.1093/qje/qjr033. 0033-5533.
  8. Amiti. Mary. Konings. Jozef. Jozef Konings. 2007. Trade Liberalization, Intermediate Inputs, and Productivity: Evidence from Indonesia. American Economic Review. en. 97. 5. 1611–1638. 10.1257/aer.97.5.1611. 53378643 . 0002-8282.
  9. Amiti. Mary. Itskhoki. Oleg. Konings. Jozef. 2014. Importers, Exporters, and Exchange Rate Disconnect. American Economic Review. en. 104. 7. 1942–1978. 10.1257/aer.104.7.1942. 0002-8282. 10419/144450. free.
  10. Amiti. Mary. Davis. Donald R.. 2012-01-01. Trade, Firms, and Wages: Theory and Evidence. The Review of Economic Studies. en. 79. 1. 1–36. 10.1093/restud/rdr016. 0034-6527.
  11. Amiti. Mary. Weinstein. David E.. David E. Weinstein. 2018-04-01. How Much Do Idiosyncratic Bank Shocks Affect Investment? Evidence from Matched Bank-Firm Loan Data. Journal of Political Economy. 126. 2. 525–587. 10.1086/696272. 157493138 . 0022-3808.
  12. News: As trade deficit explodes, Trump finds he can't escape the laws of economics. Lynch. David J.. Washington Post. en. 2020-03-29.
  13. News: Ip. Greg. Who Pays the Trump Tariffs? We Do, These Americans Say. 2019-05-15. Wall Street Journal. 2020-03-29. en-US. 0099-9660.
  14. News: Hodgson . Camilla . 13 August 2018 . Trump tariffs could reduce US exports, says Fed . . subscription . 2020-03-29.
  15. Web site: Garber. Jonathan. March 5, 2019. 10 things you need to know before the opening bell. Business Insider. en-US. 2020-03-29.
  16. Web site: Fickling. David. Trump's Trade Threats Hurt the U.S. More Than China. Bloomberg. May 5, 2019. 2020-03-29.
  17. Web site: Protektionismus: Studien: Wirtschaftlicher Schaden von Trumps Handelskrieg gering. www.handelsblatt.com. de. 2020-03-29.
  18. Web site: Los aranceles de Trump los paga EEUU, no China. 2019-05-08. El Confidencial. es. 2020-03-29.
  19. News: Smialek. Jeanna. American Consumers, Not China, Are Paying for Trump's Tariffs. 2020-01-06. The New York Times. 2020-03-29. Swanson. Ana. en-US. 0362-4331.
  20. News: Japan Takes Aim at Carlos Ghosn's Wife. 2020-01-07. The New York Times. 2020-03-29. en-US. 0362-4331.
  21. Web site: Column: Trump's China trade deal doesn't even get us back to square one, despite immense cost. 2020-01-15. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2020-03-29.
  22. Web site: Trump's puzzling trade war with China, sort of explained. Yglesias. Matthew. 2019-05-15. Vox. en. 2020-03-29.
  23. Web site: Tariffs Are Having A Bigger Effect On U.S. Manufacturing Than Initially Thought. Holmes. Frank. Forbes. en. 2020-03-29.
  24. Web site: Trump's trade war has cost the US at least $19 billion. Campoy. Ana. Quartz. 5 March 2019 . en. 2020-03-29.
  25. News: Multinational companies are adjusting to shorter supply chains. The Economist. 2020-03-29. 0013-0613.
  26. News: Trade talks will probably end with tariffs still in place. The Economist. 2020-03-29. 0013-0613.

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