ALEKSANDRA PEEVA
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Kiel University and the Kiel Institute. Previously, I worked as a consultant for the World Bank.
I have been a visiting researcher at LSE, Bank of Finland and the IMF.
I earned my PhD in Economics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
I am interested in economic interdependencies that constrain politics.
E-mail: apeevapeeva@gmail.com
RESEARCH
Publications:
Economic Sanctions and Intermediated Trade, AEA Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 115, 2025
with Maxim Chupilkin, Beata Javorcik, and Alexander Plekhanov
Private Sanctions and Russia's Imports, Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 68, 2026
with Maxim Chupilkin, Beata Javorcik, and Alexander Plekhanov
Working papers:
Exorbitant Privilege and Economic Sanctions, CEPR Discussion Paper 20471 (50+ citations)
with Maxim Chupilkin, Beata Javorcik, and Alexander Plekhanov
Not wearing Prada: Do private sanctions reinforce official sanctions?, CEPR Discussion Paper 21774
with Maxim Chupilkin, Beata Javorcik, and Alexander Plekhanov
Red flags at the border: Detecting sanctions evasion using machine learning, working paper
with Maxim Chupilkin, Beata Javorcik, and Alexander Plekhanov
In progress:
Banks enforce sanctions
with Maxim Chupilkin, Beata Javorcik, and Alexander Plekhanov
How not to internationalize a currency
The market for sanctions evasion: Entry, rents, incidence, enforcement
Testing the technology frontier: What Russia's forced substitution reveals about what China can and cannot make
POLICY WORK
The Future of Work: Implications for Equity and Growth in Europe, World Bank Policy Report
with Nicolo Dalvit, Rafael de Hoyos, Leonardo Iacovone, Ioanna Pantelaio, and Ivan Torre
The Impact of Smart Specialization Strategies in Pomorskie, World Bank Policy Report
with Marco Di Cataldo, Łukasz Marć, Jonathan Stöterau, and Elena Renzullo
WORKSHOPS UNDER MY INITIATIVE
Instrumentalizing Economics for Political Goals, Instrumentalizing Politics for Economic Goals, Workshop Call, Workshop Program
Geoeconomics and Geopolitics, Workshop Program
THANK YOU
I wish to thank the following teachers and professors, who often went against the grain and got into trouble for that and dedicated a lot of their time to their students, far beyond what their formal duties required. In order of their appearance in my life: Maria Damyanova (133. School "A.S.Pushkin" Sofia), Feo Mustakova (Folies Bergère), Michail Slavov (National Music School Sofia), Bonka Nedkova (State Academy of Music Sofia), Blagovesta Tomova (91. German School Sofia), Peter Oberender (Bayreuth University), Mathias Trabandt (Free University Berlin), Georg Weizsäcker (Humboldt University Berlin), and Christopher Coker (LSE).