Oleg Itskhoki

Oleg Itskhoki
Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
Venu and Ana Kotamraju Endowed Chair in Economics

After 11 years of being a part of the Princeton community, I am resigning as of June 30, 2020, and moving to the University of California, where I hold a Venu and Ana Kotamraju Endowed Chair in Economics starting July 1, 2020.

My website is soon moving to www.itskhoki.com.
This website was last updated in December 2020.

American Economic Review, Board of Editors
NBER, Research Associate [EFG IFM ITI ME]
CEPR, Research Affiliate

Harvard University, PhD 2009
New Economic School, MA 2004
Moscow State University, BA 2003

Research interests:
Macroeconomics and International Economics

Curriculum vitae
Research statement

Contact Information
oitskhoki@gmail.com
www.itskhoki.com
https://twitter.com/itskhoki

Links
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NBER profile
CEPR profile
IDEAS RePEc profile
VoxEU profile

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"Mussa Puzzle Redux" wins MFA Best Paper Award in Asset Pricing
"Exchange Rate Disconnect in General Equilibrium" forthcoming in JPE
"Granular Comparative Advantage" came out in JPE
"Government Policies in a Granular Global Economy" forthcoming in JME
"The Story of the Real Exchange Rate" for Annual Review of Economics
New draft "Dominant Currencies: How firms choose currency and why it matters"
VoxEU column "Superstar Firms and Comparative Advantage of Countries"
IMF Lecture on "The Macroeconomics Effects of Tariffs"
"International Shocks, Variable Markups and Domestic Prices" came out in RESTUD
"The Macroeconomics of Border Taxes" came out in NBER Macroannual 2018
New preliminary draft of "Mussa Puzzle Redux"
"Optimal Development Policies with Financial Frictions" came out in Econometrica
VoxEU column "Subsidizing Growth: Pro-business Policies in Emerging Markets"
Preliminary draft of "Consumption-led Growth"
"Globalization, Inequality and Welfare" came out in JIE
Chapter on the BAT in VoxEU eBook Economics and policy in the Age of Trump
Liberty Street Economics: "Why BAT is Unlikely to Promote US Exports"
Microeconomicinsights.org: "Why currency devaluations losing economic punch"
Project-Syndicate: "Trump's Tax Plan and the Dollar"
"Trade and Inequality..." came out in RESTUD

IMF’s Finance & Development's 25 Economists under 45
Sloan Research Fellowship 2015
New draft "Trade and Labor Market Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms"
"Importers, Exporters and Exchange Rate Disconnect" came out in the AER
"Fiscal Devaluations" came out in RESTUD
Addendum "Fiscal Devaluations in a Model with Capital"