Gita Gopinath

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Gita Gopinath at the Indian World Economic Forum 2012.
Gita Gopinath at the Indian World Economic Forum 2012.

Gita Gopinath (born December 8, 1971 in Mysore in the state of Karnataka in India ) is an Indian-American economist and since the beginning of 2019 chief economist of the International Monetary Fund . She is the first woman in this position.

Life

Gita Gopinath holds a bachelor's degree from Lady Srhi Ram College and masters degrees from the Delhi School of Economics and the University of Washington . She received her PhD in Economics from Princeton University in 2001 . Her supervisors included Kenneth S. Rogoff and Ben Bernanke . From 2001 to 2005 she taught as an assistant professor in economics at the University of Chicago .

In 2005, Gopinath moved to Harvard University , where she became a professor in 2010 and has held the "John Zwaanstra" chair for international studies and economics since 2015. Between 2016 and 2018 she was the official economic advisor to the communist-led government in the Indian state of Kerala. On October 1, 2018, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that she would succeed Maurice Obstfeld as chief economist of the IMF at the beginning of 2019 .

Gopinath's father is a farmer and manager. She is married to Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal, who is a researcher at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in the Economics Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

She is a citizen of both the United States and India .

research

Gita Gopinath primarily researches international trade relations and the role of customs duties and currencies. She has also dealt with currency crises in emerging countries.

Together with Jeremy Stein, she dealt with the hegemony of the dollar in the international monetary system. The two believe that the hegemony is vulnerable in the long run if the United States loses shares in the world export market.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Handbook of International Economics, edited together with Kenneth S. Rogoff and Elhanan Helpman, Volume 4, Elsevier 2014, ISSN 1573-4404
  • Workbook for the Foundation of International Economics, together with Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth S. Rogoff , MIT Press 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Markus Diem Meier: An expert for future crises . In: Tages-Anzeiger . March 10, 2018, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on March 9, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b c International Monetary Fund: Gita Gopinath - Biographical Information. January 3, 2019, accessed March 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ Gita Gopinath joins IMF as its first female chief economist. In: The Economic Times . January 8, 2019, accessed June 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Gita Gopinath: Curriculum Vitae. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Nidheesh MK: Gita Gopinath to resign as Kerala CM's economic adviser. October 3, 2018, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ International Monetary Fund: Christine Lagarde Appoints Gita Gopinath as IMF Chief Economist. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mysore elated as Gita Gopinath is the IMF's chief economist. October 2, 2018, accessed March 9, 2019 .
  8. ^ Harvard economist Gita Gopinath appointed chief economist at IMF . In: The Economic Times . October 1, 2018 ( indiatimes.com [accessed March 9, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Gerald Braunberger: Comment: The uncomfortable dollar . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 9, 2019]).
  10. ↑ a b c Harvard University: Gita Gopinath. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  11. ^ Financial Times: 25 Indians to watch. Retrieved March 9, 2019 (UK English).
  12. ↑ Generation Next - Finance & Development, September 2014. Accessed March 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gopinath, Gita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian-American economist and chief economist of the International Monetary Fund
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Mysore , Karnataka State , India