Era Dabla-Norris
Last Updated: March 29, 2017
Era Dabla-Norris is a Division Chief in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department. She is currently working on issues pertaining to structural reforms and productivity, income inequality, fiscal risks and spillovers, and demographics and fiscal dynamics. Since joining the IMF she has worked on a range of advanced, emerging market, and low-income countries and published widely on a variety of topics.
Email: edablanorris@imf.org
Education:
PhD Economics, University of Texas at Austin
Masters in Economics, Delhi School of Economics
Professional Activities:
Member Global Council (Future of Behavioral Sciences), World Economic Forum
Current Position:
Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department
Field of Expertise:
Poverty and Inequality
Public Finance
Macro-Financial Issues
Development Economics
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Economic Modeling
Public Finance
Poverty and Inequality
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
Development Economics
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IMF Books and Working Papers:
Household Financial Access and Risk Sharing in Nigeria, Working Paper No. 15/169, July 22, 2015
Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality : A Global Perspective, Staff Discussion Notes No. 15/13, June 15, 2015
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
“Assessing Reserve Adequacy in Low-Income Countries” (with V. Crispolti, K. Shirono, J. Kim, and G. Tsibouris) IMF Occasional Paper, March 2013.
iMFdirect Blog Posts
How Lowering Trade Barriers Can Revive Global Productivity and Growth
What Advanced Economies Can Do to Rise Above the “New Mediocre”
Other Published Materials
Labor and Product Market Reforms in Advanced Economies: Fiscal Costs, Gains, and Support
“Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization” (2016), IMF Working Paper, No. 16/77 (with J. Ahn, E. Dabla-Norris, B. Hu and L. Njie)
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Publications in Journals (Refereed)
“Spillovers to Low-Income Countries: Importance of Systemic Emerging Markets” (with R. Espinoza and S. Jahan) Applied Economics, July 2015.
“India: In Search of the Drivers of the Next Wave of Growth” (with K. Kochhar) India Review, March 2015.
Publications in Books and Conference Volumes
"How can Advanced Economies Overcome the New Mediocre" (with M. Kim and A. Zdzienicka), Intereconomics, October 2015.
“Financial Deepening in Frontier and Emerging Asia” (with Y. Ojima, and M. Arena) in A. Schipke (ed.) Frontier and Developing Asia: The Next Generation of Emerging Markets, (IMF, 2015).
Era Dabla-Norris is a Division Chief in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department. She is currently working on issues pertaining to structural reforms and productivity, income inequality, fiscal risks and spillovers, and demographics and fiscal dynamics. Since joining the IMF she has worked on a range of advanced, emerging market, and low-income countries and published widely on a variety of topics.
Email: edablanorris@imf.org
Education:
PhD Economics, University of Texas at Austin
Masters in Economics, Delhi School of Economics
Professional Activities:
Member Global Council (Future of Behavioral Sciences), World Economic Forum
Current Position:
Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department
Field of Expertise:
Poverty and Inequality
Public Finance
Macro-Financial Issues
Development Economics
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Economic Modeling
Public Finance
Poverty and Inequality
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
Development Economics
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Household Financial Access and Risk Sharing in Nigeria, Working Paper No. 15/169, July 22, 2015
Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality : A Global Perspective, Staff Discussion Notes No. 15/13, June 15, 2015
Identifying Constraints to Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP and Inequality: A Structural Framework for Policy, Working Paper No. 15/22, January 27, 2015
Financial Inclusion : Zooming in on Latin America, Working Paper No. 15/206, September 28, 2015
The New Normal: A Sector-level Perspective on Productivity Trends in Advanced Economies, Staff Discussion Notes No. 15/3, March 18, 2015
Financial Inclusion : Zooming in on Latin America, Working Paper No. 15/206, September 28, 2015
Structural Reforms and Productivity Growth in Emerging Market and Developing Economies, Working Paper No. 16/15, February 09, 2016
Household Financial Access and Risk Sharing in Nigeria, Working Paper No. 15/169, July 22, 2015
Anchoring Growth: The Importance of Productivity-Enhancing Reforms in Emerging Market and Developing Economies, Staff Discussion Notes No. 13/8, December 11, 2013
Identifying Constraints to Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP and Inequality: A Structural Framework for Policy, Working Paper No. 15/22, January 27, 2015
Credit Booms and Macroeconomic Dynamics: Stylized Facts and Lessons for Low-Income Countries, Working Paper No. 15/11, January 22, 2015
National Income and Its Distribution, Working Paper No. 14/101, June 11, 2014
Benchmarking Structural Transformation Across the World, Working Paper No. 13/176, July 31, 2013
Too Cold, Too Hot, or Just Right? Assessing Financial Sector Development Across the Globe, Working Paper No. 13/81, March 28, 2013
Assessing Reserve Adequacy in Low-Income Countries, March 08, 2013
Revisiting the Link Between Finance and Macroeconomic Volatility, Working Paper No. 13/29, January 30, 2013
Exogenous Shocks and Growth Crises in Low-Income Countries : A Vulnerability Index, Working Paper No. 12/264, November 02, 2012
Spillovers to Low-Income Countries : Importance of Systemic Emerging Markets, Working Paper No. 12/49, February 01, 2012
Optimal Precautionary Reserves for Low-Income Countries : A Cost-Benefit Analysis, Working Paper No. 11/249, October 01, 2011
Investing in Public Investment : An Index of Public Investment Efficiency, Working Paper No. 11/37, February 01, 2011
Business Cycle Fluctuations, Large Shocks, and Development Aid: New Evidence, Working Paper No. 10/240, October 01, 2010
FDI Flows to Low-Income Countries: Global Drivers and Growth Implications, Working Paper No. 10/132, June 01, 2010
Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Low-Income Countries, Working Paper No. 10/80, March 01, 2010
Firm Productivity, Innovation and Financial Development, Working Paper No. 10/49, February 01, 2010
The Quality of Public Investment, Working Paper No. 09/154, July 01, 2009
A New Keynesian Model of the Armenian Economy, Working Paper No. 09/66, March 01, 2009
Informality and Bank Credit: Evidence from Firm-Level Data, Working Paper No. 08/94, April 01, 2008
Modalities of Moving to Inflation Targeting in Armenia and Georgia, Working Paper No. 07/133, June 01, 2007
Bank Efficiency and Market Structure: What Determines Banking Spreads in Armenia?, Working Paper No. 07/134, June 01, 2007
Informality and Regulations: What Drives Firm Growth?, Working Paper No. 07/112, May 01, 2007
What Transparency Can Do When Incentives Fail: An Analysis of Rent Capture, Working Paper No. 06/146, June 01, 2006
What Causes Firms to Hide Output? The Determinants of Informality, Working Paper No. 05/160, August 01, 2005
Rent Seeking, Working Paper No. 05/43, March 01, 2005
Issues in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in China, Working Paper No. 05/30, February 01, 2005
The Distributional Bias of Public Education: Causes and Consequences, Working Paper No. 04/214, November 01, 2004
An Analysis of the Underground Economy and Its Macroeconomic Consequences, Working Paper No. 03/23, January 01, 2003
The Challenge of Fiscal Decentralization in Transition Countries, Working Paper No. 02/103, June 01, 2002
Composition of Government Expenditures and Demand for Education in Developing Countries, Working Paper No. 02/78, May 01, 2002
Regional Disparities and Transfer Policies in Russia: Theory and Evidence, Working Paper No. 01/199, December 01, 2001
Rent Seeking and Endogenous Income Inequality, Working Paper No. 01/15, February 01, 2001
A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Corruption in Bureaucracies, Working Paper No. 00/106, June 01, 2000
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
“Assessing Reserve Adequacy in Low-Income Countries” (with V. Crispolti, K. Shirono, J. Kim, and G. Tsibouris) IMF Occasional Paper, March 2013.
iMFdirect Blog Posts
How Lowering Trade Barriers Can Revive Global Productivity and Growth
What Advanced Economies Can Do to Rise Above the “New Mediocre”
A Big Step Forward for Bolstering Financial Inclusion
Why Education Policies Matter for Equality
The Time is Nigh: How Reforms Can Bring Back Productivity Growth in Emerging Markets
Other Published Materials
Labor and Product Market Reforms in Advanced Economies: Fiscal Costs, Gains, and Support
“Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization” (2016), IMF Working Paper, No. 16/77 (with J. Ahn, E. Dabla-Norris, B. Hu and L. Njie)
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
“Spillovers to Low-Income Countries: Importance of Systemic Emerging Markets” (with R. Espinoza and S. Jahan) Applied Economics, July 2015.
“India: In Search of the Drivers of the Next Wave of Growth” (with K. Kochhar) India Review, March 2015.
“Inequality and its Distribution,” (with M. Gradstein and M. Bruekner), Journal of Economic Growth, March 2015.
“Exogenous Shocks and Growth Crises: A Vulnerability Index” (with Y. Bal Gunduz) World Development, June 2014.
“Business Cycle Fluctuations, Large Shocks, and Development Aid: New Evidence” (with C. Minoiu, F. Zanna) World Development, June 2013.
“Firm Productivity, Innovation and Financial Development” (with E. Kersting and G. Verdier) Southern Economic Journal, October 2012.
“Investing in Public Investment: An Index of Public Investment Efficiency” Journal of Economic Growth, September 2012.
“The Quality of Public Investment” (with S. Chakraborty) The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, March 2011.
“Informality and Regulations: What Drives Firm Growth?” (with G. Inchauste) IMF Staff Papers, April 2008.
“What Causes Firms Hide Output? Determinants of Informality” (with M. Gradstein and G. Inchauste) Journal of Development Economics, February 2008.
“Rent Seeking” (with S. Chakraborty) IMF Staff Papers, April 2006.
“The Challenge of Fiscal Decentralization in Transition Countries” Comparative Economic Studies, March 2006.
“An Analysis of the Underground Economy and its Macroeconomic Consequences” (with A. Feltenstein) Journal of Policy Reform, August 2005.
“The Enforcement of Property Rights and Underdevelopment” (with S. Freeman) Journal of Development Economics, August 2004.
Publications in Books and Conference Volumes
"How can Advanced Economies Overcome the New Mediocre" (with M. Kim and A. Zdzienicka), Intereconomics, October 2015.
“Financial Deepening in Frontier and Emerging Asia” (with Y. Ojima, and M. Arena) in A. Schipke (ed.) Frontier and Developing Asia: The Next Generation of Emerging Markets, (IMF, 2015).
“Debt Relief, Demand for Education, and Poverty” (with J. Matovu and P. Wade) in T. Addison, H. Hansen, and F. Tarp (eds), Debt Relief for Poor Countries, (Palgrave McMillan, 2004)
“Regional Disparities and Transfer Policies in Russia: Theory and Evidence” (with S. Weber) in M. Cuddy and R. Gekker (ed.), Institutional Change in Transition Economies, (Ashgate, 2002),