Serkan Arslanalp
Last Updated: October 22, 2014
Serkan Arslanalp is a Senior Economist in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. He has been contributing to the Global Financial Stability Report since September 2011. He was most recently assigned to Japan to participate in the 2013-14 Article IV consulatations and the 2012 Financial Sector Assessment (FSAP), where he was responsible for banking sector stress tests. He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D in Economics from Stanford University. His research interests are international finance, asset pricing, monetary policy, and public finance.
Email: sarslanalp@imf.org
Fluent In: Turkish.
Education:
Stanford University, Ph.D. in Economics, 2004
MIT, B.S. in Economics, 1998
MIT, B.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, 1998
Previous Experience:
IMF, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, 2010-
IMF, Fiscal Affairs Department, 2006-09
IMF, Economist Program, 2004-06
JP Morgan Chase Bank, Intern, Summer 1998
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Bangladesh, Belarus, Japan, Jordan, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay
Teaching:
Lecturer, IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute (STI), May 2012
Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 2002-04
Teaching Assistant, MIT, 1998-99
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Banking
Public Finance
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
International Trade
International Finance
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IMF Books and Working Papers:
Demographics and Interest Rates in Asia, Working Paper No. 18/172, July 27, 2018
Emerging Market Portfolio Flows : The Role of Benchmark-Driven Investors, Working Paper No. 15/263, December 17, 2015
IMF Country Reports
Japan: 2014 Article IV Staff Report, IMF Country Report No. 14/236, July 2014
Japan: 2013 Article IV Staff Report, IMF Country Report No. 13/253, August 2013
IMF Survey Articles
iMFdirect Blog Posts
Heat Wave: Rising Financial Risks in the United States, October 10, 2014
U.S. Interest Rates: The Potential Shock Heard Around the World, May 21, 2014
F&D articles
Other Published Materials
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Books
“Opportunities and Risks under Abenomics for the Financial Sector” (forthcoming) with Malhar Nabar in Can Abenomics Succeed? Overcoming the Legacy of the Lost Decades, (edited by Dennis Botman, Stephan Danninger, and Jerald Schiff), International Monetary Fund
“Helping the Poor to Help Themselves: Debt Relief or Aid?” (2006) with Peter B. Henry, in Sovereign Debt at the Crossroads: Challenges and Proposals for Resolving the Third World Debt Crisis, (edited by Chris Jochnick and Fraser Preston), pages: 174-193, Oxford University Press
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
“Tracking Global Demand for Advanced Economy Sovereign Debt” (forthcoming) with Takahiro Tsuda, IMF Economic Review, volume 62, issue 3, 2014
“Debt Relief” (2006) with Peter B. Henry, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(1), 207-220
Serkan Arslanalp is a Senior Economist in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. He has been contributing to the Global Financial Stability Report since September 2011. He was most recently assigned to Japan to participate in the 2013-14 Article IV consulatations and the 2012 Financial Sector Assessment (FSAP), where he was responsible for banking sector stress tests. He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D in Economics from Stanford University. His research interests are international finance, asset pricing, monetary policy, and public finance.
Email: sarslanalp@imf.org
Fluent In: Turkish.
Education:
Stanford University, Ph.D. in Economics, 2004
MIT, B.S. in Economics, 1998
MIT, B.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, 1998
Previous Experience:
IMF, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, 2010-
IMF, Fiscal Affairs Department, 2006-09
IMF, Economist Program, 2004-06
JP Morgan Chase Bank, Intern, Summer 1998
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Bangladesh, Belarus, Japan, Jordan, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay
Teaching:
Lecturer, IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute (STI), May 2012
Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 2002-04
Teaching Assistant, MIT, 1998-99
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Banking
Public Finance
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
International Trade
International Finance
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Demographics and Interest Rates in Asia, Working Paper No. 18/172, July 27, 2018
Emerging Market Portfolio Flows : The Role of Benchmark-Driven Investors, Working Paper No. 15/263, December 17, 2015
Contingent Liabilities from Banks : How to Track Them?, Working Paper No. 15/255, December 09, 2015
Portfolio Rebalancing in Japan : Constraints and Implications for Quantitative Easing, Working Paper No. 15/186, August 03, 2015
Tracking Global Demand for Emerging Market Sovereign Debt, Working Paper No. 14/39, March 05, 2014
Foreign Investor Flows and Sovereign Bond Yields in Advanced Economies, Working Paper No. 14/27, February 11, 2014
Outlook for Interest Rates and Japanese Banks’ Risk Exposures under Abenomics, Working Paper No. 13/213, October 18, 2013
Tracking Global Demand for Advanced Economy Sovereign Debt, Working Paper No. 12/284, December 03, 2012
Public Capital and Growth, Working Paper No. 10/175, July 01, 2010
IMF Country Reports
Japan: 2014 Article IV Staff Report, IMF Country Report No. 14/236, July 2014
Japan: 2013 Article IV Staff Report, IMF Country Report No. 13/253, August 2013
Belgium: 2013 Financial Stability Assessment, IMF Country Report No. 13/124, May 2013
Japan: 2012 Financial Stability Assessment, IMF Country Report No. 12/210, August 2012
Spain: 2012 Financial Stability Assessment, IMF Country Report No. 12/137, June 2012
Jordan: 2010 Article IV Staff Report, IMF Country Report No. 10/297, September 2010
Ukraine: Second Review under the Stand-By Arrangement, Country Report No. 09/270, September 2009
Ukraine: First Review under the Stand-By Arrangement, Country Report No. 09/173, June 2009
Ukraine: Request for Stand-by Arrangement, IMF Country Report No. 08/384, December 2008
Bangladesh: 2008 Article IV Staff Report, IMF Country Report No. 08/334, October 2008
Bangladesh: Request for Emergency Assistance—Staff Report, IMF Country Report No. 08/138, April 2008
IMF Survey Articles
iMFdirect Blog Posts
Heat Wave: Rising Financial Risks in the United States, October 10, 2014
U.S. Interest Rates: The Potential Shock Heard Around the World, May 21, 2014
The Trillion Dollar Question: Who Owns Emerging Market Government Debt, March 5, 2014
F&D articles
Other Published Materials
Books
“Opportunities and Risks under Abenomics for the Financial Sector” (forthcoming) with Malhar Nabar in Can Abenomics Succeed? Overcoming the Legacy of the Lost Decades, (edited by Dennis Botman, Stephan Danninger, and Jerald Schiff), International Monetary Fund
“Helping the Poor to Help Themselves: Debt Relief or Aid?” (2006) with Peter B. Henry, in Sovereign Debt at the Crossroads: Challenges and Proposals for Resolving the Third World Debt Crisis, (edited by Chris Jochnick and Fraser Preston), pages: 174-193, Oxford University Press
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
“Tracking Global Demand for Advanced Economy Sovereign Debt” (forthcoming) with Takahiro Tsuda, IMF Economic Review, volume 62, issue 3, 2014
“Debt Relief” (2006) with Peter B. Henry, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(1), 207-220
“Is Debt Relief Efficient?” (2005) with Peter B. Henry, Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 60(2), pages 1017-1051, April 2005