Mary Amiti is an Australian economist and a vice president of the Microeconomic Studies Function at the

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. During her career, she worked at the

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and various universities before joining the

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in 2006. She is a research associate at the CEPR.

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 The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

in 1997 as well as a Bachelor in Economics from

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora. The university was established in 1 ...

in Australia. Her doctoral thesis was titled ''International trade in the manufacturing sectors of industrialised countries: Theory and evidence''. She was then hired as an assistant professor at the Department of Economics in the

Pompeu Fabra University Pompeu Fabra University (, ; ) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. Established in 1990 by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia and named after Pompeu Fabra, it is known for its competitiveness in resea ...

in Spain. She then had various academic jobs at the

and the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

. In 2002, she was on sabbatical from

Melbourne University The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state of Victoria. Its ...

and spent a year at the World Bank as a consultant. In 2005 she joined the

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.

Research

She is mainly focusing on

International trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (See: World economy.) In most countries, such trade represents a significan ...

International economics International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns an ...

and

Financial economics Financial economics is the branch of economics characterized by a "concentration on monetary activities", in which "money of one type or another is likely to appear on ''both sides'' of a trade".William F. Sharpe"Financial Economics", in Its co ...

. Her works have been cited over 10000 times and she is ranked in the 1000 most cited economists according to

IDEAS In philosophy and in common usage, an idea (from the Greek word: ἰδέα (idea), meaning 'a form, or a pattern') is the results of thought. Also in philosophy, ideas can also be mental representational images of some object. Many philosophe ...

. Her research deal with questions of the impact of

outsourcing Outsourcing is a business practice in which companies use external providers to carry out business processes that would otherwise be handled internally. Outsourcing sometimes involves transferring employees and assets from one firm to another ...

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. Traders generally negotiate through a medium of cr ...

and

tariffs A tariff or import tax is a duty imposed by a national government, customs territory, or supranational union on imports of goods and is paid by the importer. Exceptionally, an export tax may be levied on exports of goods or raw materials and is ...

. Her research has been published in the

Quarterly Journal of Economics ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Oxford University Press for the Harvard University Department of Economics. Its current editors-in-chief are Robert J. Barro, Lawrence F. Katz, Nathan ...

The American Economic Review The ''American Economic Review'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal first published by the American Economic Association in 1911. The current editor-in-chief is Erzo FP Luttmer, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College. The journal i ...

The Review of Economic Studies ''The Review of Economic Studies'' (also known as ''REStud'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering economics. The journal is widely considered one of the top 5 journals in economics. It is managed by the editorial board currently ...

and the

Journal of Political Economy The ''Journal of Political Economy'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. Established by James Laurence Laughlin in 1892, it covers both theoretical and empirical economics. In the past, the ...

Selected bibliography

* Amiti, Mary; Konings, Jozef (2007). "Trade Liberalization, Intermediate Inputs, and Productivity: Evidence from Indonesia". American Economic Review. 97 (5): 1611–1638. * Amiti, Mary; Weinstein, David E. (2011-11-01). "Exports and Financial Shocks". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 126 (4): 1841–1877. * Amiti, Mary; Davis, Donald R. (2012-01-01). "Trade, Firms, and Wages: Theory and Evidence". The Review of Economic Studies. 79 (1): 1–36. * Amiti, Mary; Itskhoki, Oleg; Konings, Jozef (2014). "Importers, Exporters, and Exchange Rate Disconnect". American Economic Review. 104 (7): 1942–1978. * Amiti, Mary; Weinstein, David E. (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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amiti, Mary Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics La Trobe University alumni International Monetary Fund people World Bank people Academic staff of Pompeu Fabra University 21st-century Australian economists Year of birth missing (living people)