St. Louis Fed Economic Research Fellows

Research fellows strengthen the connection between Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis staff economists and research at academic institutions—helping our Research division continue to expand the frontier of economic knowledge.

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Ana Babus

Ana Babus

Associate Professor of Economics,
Washington University in St. Louis

Joined the St. Louis Fed in January 2023

Research interests: microeconomic theory, finance, trade in over-the-counter markets, financial intermediation

anababus@wustl.edu
Babus's personal website
Babus: IDEAS

 

Aleksander Berentsen

Aleksander Berentsen

Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics,
University of Basel

Joined the St. Louis Fed in February 2008

Research interests: distributed ledger technology, blockchain, cryptoassets, nonconventional monetary policy instruments including negative interest rates and balance sheet extensions

aleksander.berentsen@unibas.ch
Berentsen’s personal website
Berentsen: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Francisco J. Buera

Francisco J. Buera

Sam B. Cook Professor of Economics,
Washington University in St. Louis

Joined the St. Louis Fed in January 2023

Research interests: macroeconomics, macroeconomic development, finance, economic growth

fjbuera@wustl.edu
Buera’s personal website
Buera: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Harris Dellas

Harris Dellas

Professor of Economics,
University of Bern

Joined the St. Louis Fed in September 2022

Research interests: international money and finance, monetary economics, macroeconomics

harris.dellas@vwi.unibe.ch
Dellas’s personal website
Dellas: IDEAS

 

George-Levi Gayle

George-Levi Gayle

John H. Biggs Distinguished Professor of Economics,
Washington University in St. Louis

Joined the St. Louis Fed in May 2015

Research interests: labor economics, including family and gender, information friction effects on earnings and compensation, estimation of semi-parametric models

ggayle@wustl.edu
Gayle’s personal website
Gayle: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Limor Golan

Limor Golan

Laurence H. Meyer Professor of Economics,
Washington University in St. Louis

Joined the St. Louis Fed in June 2015

Research interests: labor economics, applied microeconomics, applied econometrics

lgolan@wustl.edu
Golan’s personal website
Golan: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Aaron Hedlund

Aaron Hedlund

Associate Professor of Real Estate and Economics,
Purdue University

Joined the St. Louis Fed in January 2021

Research interests: real estate, household finance, macroeconomics

hedlunda@purdue.edu
Hedlund’s personal website
Hedlund: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Charles Kahn

Charles Kahn

Professor Emeritus, Department of Finance and Department of Economics, University of Illinois

Joined the St. Louis Fed in January 2017

Research interests: economics of information and uncertainty, applications of the theory of contracts and incentives to banking and financial intermediation

c-kahn@illinois.edu
Kahn’s personal website
Kahn: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


David K. Levine

David Levine

Leverhulme International Professor of Economics,
Royal Holloway, University of London

Joined the St. Louis Fed in January 2012

Research interests: theories of dynamic games and learning in games, social mechanisms and applications

david@dklevine.com 
Levine’s personal website
Levine: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Rodolfo E. Manuelli

Rodolfo Manuelli

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor,
Washington University in St. Louis

Joined the St. Louis Fed in January 2010

Research interests: macroeconomics, monetary economics, natural disasters, development economics, growth, endogenous debt maturity, Argentine monetary policy

manuelli@wustl.edu
Manuelli’s personal website
Manuelli: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Yongseok Shin

Yongseok Shin

Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics,
Washington University in St. Louis

Joined the St. Louis Fed in December 2012

Research interests: macroeconomics, micro-level data, effects of individual and firm decisionmaking on the aggregate economy

yshin@wustl.edu
Shin’s personal website
Shin: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications


Ping Wang

Ping Wang

Seigle Family Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences,
Washington University in St. Louis

Joined the St. Louis Fed in January 2012

Research interests: growth and development, money and macroeconomics, economic theory, spatial/health economics

pingwang@wustl.edu
Wang’s personal website
Wang: IDEAS

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications

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