Kai Arvai

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I am a research economist at the Banque de France. I hold a PhD from the University of Bonn and do research in monetary economics and international economics. Furthermore, I am also interested in digital transformation and its effect on inequality in the economy.  

In my policy work, I advise the Banque de France on subjects surrounding exchange rates, capital flows and international spillovers of economic shocks. I also do regular scenarios with the ECB-Global model and have contributed to the International Economic Outlook of the ECB.

CV

The Political Economy of Currency Unions, slides Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of International Economics

[Featured in: SUERF,  Banque de France WP]

Consumption Inequality in the Digital Age, slides (with Katja Mann) 

[Featured in: voxeu, SUERF, SSRN, Banque de France blog, Banque de France WP]

Gains from Commitment: The Case for Pegging the Exchange Rate, slides (with Ricardo Duque Gabriel) Submitted

[Featured in: SSRN]

Privilege Lost? The Rise and Fall of a Dominant Global Currency slides  (with Nuno Coimbra), 

[Featured in: SSRN]

Upcoming talks and presentation: 

Bundesbank spring conference, CEPR ESSIM in International Macroeconomics.

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