Welcome!
Moya Chin
Economist
International Monetary Fund, Western Hemisphere Department
MChin2 [at] IMF [dot] org
Biography
I am an Economist in the Western Hemisphere Department at the IMF. I received my PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 2020. My research lies at the intersection of development economics and political economy. My research seeks to better understand how variation in political institutions affects governance, inclusiveness, and development policy. I have a broad range of other research interests including economic history, labor economics, and migration.
The views expressed here are personal and should not be attributed to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management.
Research
When Do Politicians Appeal Broadly? The Economic Consequences of Electoral Rules in Brazil [pdf] [appendix] [replication files] [IMF WP 21/227]
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15(3), 183-209
Coverage: World Bank; GlobalDev; VoxDev
Working Papers
The Pass-through of Wages to Consumer Prices in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Sectoral Data with Li Lin [IMF WP 23/233]
Judicialization of Politics: Evidence from Brazilian Local Elections with Guilherme Lambais and Henrik Sigstad
Policy Work
Papers and Reports
What are Global Public Goods? Finance and Development, Winter 2021
Country Experience
Bhutan, Guyana, Maldives, Peru, United States
Teaching
International Monetary Fund
Financial Programming and Policies (IMF-JVI)
Macroeconomic Diagnostics (IMF-CEF, IMF-JVI)
Fiscal Policy Analysis (IMF-JVI)
Inclusive Growth (IMF-ATI, IMF-JVI)
Harvard University
The Political Economy of Development (Melissa Dell)
The Behavioral Economics of Poverty and Development (Gautam Rao)
A Libertarian Perspective on Economic and Social Policy (Jeffrey Miron)
Development Economics (Michael Kremer)
The Historical Origins of Middle Eastern Development (Eric Chaney)
Introduction to Econometrics (James Stock)