Anastasiia Morozova graduated with Honors from Grinnell College with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. After graduation, she worked as a Research Analyst at the International Monetary Fund at the department of Monetary and Capital Markets where she co-authored publications on regulation of cyber security in financial institutions, burgeoning financial technologies, and state-owned banks. Her current research interests include environmental and behavioral economics.


Education

University of California, Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA) - Aug. 2022 - Present

Ph.D. Student in Economics


Grinnell College

(Grinnell, IA) - Aug. 2014 - May 2018

B.A. in Economics and Political Science with Honors

Technical Skills

Languages/Frameworks : R, Stata, SQL, LATEX, Gephi

Experience

International Monetary Fund

(Washington, D.C.) - June 2018 – June 2021

Research Analyst – Monetary and Capital Markets Department


  • Co-authored papers on selected issues in central banking, supervision, and regulation:


  • Cyber Risk and Financial Stability: It’s a Small World After All

  • Cybersecurity Risk Supervision

  • Regulation of Crypto Assets

  • Institutional Arrangements for Fintech Regulation and Supervision

  • Regulating, Supervising, and Handling Distress in Public Banks


  • Engineered a custom dataset with 7,000+ observations on bank ownership and carried out an analysis of banks’ efficiency depending on the mode of ownership (public/state-owned) using Stata/R

  • Completed an empirical analysis and compiled regular updates on cross-country banking transfers using SWIFT big data in R and SQL

  • Utilized 10+ different databases to analyze and visually present the macroeconomic conditions of Austria

  • Researched and analyzed the setup of regulatory sandboxes in various countries (results published in Appendix III of Singapore – FSAP-Fintech: Implications for the Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector)



Publications

Adelmann, Frank, et al. Cyber Risk and Financial Stability: It’s a Small World After All. International Monetary Fund, 7 Dec. 2020, https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Staff-Discussion-Notes/Issues/2020/12/04/Cyber-Risk-and-Financial-Stability-Its-a-Small-World-After-All-48622.


Wilson, Christopher, et al. Cybersecurity Risk Supervision. International Monetary Fund, 24 Sept. 2019, https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Departmental-Papers-Policy-Papers/Issues/2019/09/23/Cybersecurity-Risk-Supervision-46238.


Cuervo, Cristina, et al. Regulation of Crypto Assets. International Monetary Fund, 10 Jan. 2020, https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fintech-notes/Issues/2020/01/09/Regulation-of-Crypto-Assets-48810.


Taylor , Charles R, et al. Institutional Arrangements for Fintech Regulation and Supervision. International Monetary Fund, 10 Jan. 2020, https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fintech-notes/Issues/2020/01/09/Institutional-Arrangements-for-Fintech-Regulation-and-Supervision-48809.


Adams, Mark, et al. Regulating, Supervising, and Handling Distress in Public Banks. International Monetary Fund, 2 May 2022, https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Departmental-Papers-Policy-Papers/Issues/2022/04/28/Regulating-Supervising-and-Handling-Distress-in-Public-Banks-511609.



Teaching Experience

University of California, Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA) - Sept 2022 - Present

Teaching Assistant for ECON 10A - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory


Grinnell College - Alternative Language Study Option

(Grinnell, IA) - Jan. 2017 -May 2018

Italian Language Instructor


    • Developed a bespoke study guide and learning materials for 15+ students

    • Taught weekly 2-credit classes (Italian I and II)


Languages

Russian (Native), French (Fluent), Italian (Fluent)