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Prakash Loungani is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States and works primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Sociology and Political Science, Finance, and General Health Professions.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to Income, Poverty, and Inequality; Monetary Policy and Economic Impact; COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts; Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; Economic Theories and Models; Housing Market and Economics; and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy.

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Prakash Loungani include:

  • Will COVID-19 Have Long-Lasting Effects on Inequality? Evidence from Past Pandemics, 2021, IMF Working Paper
  • Will COVID-19 Have Long-Lasting Effects on Inequality? Evidence from Past Pandemics, 2022, The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Comparing cities in developed and developing countries: Population, land area, building height and crowding, 2020, Regional Science and Urban Economics
  • Rethinking development policy: What remains of structural transformation?, 2020, World Development
  • Will COVID-19 Have Long-Lasting Effects on Inequality? Evidence from Past Pandemics, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors working alongside Prakash Loungani include Davide Furceri, Pietro Pizzuto, Jonathan D. Ostry, Sriram Balasubramanian, and Karan Bhasin.

The primary publication venues where their work has appeared are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IMF Working Paper
  • Comparative Economic Studies
  • The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Regional Science and Urban Economics

Prakash Loungani has also contributed to book publications, including work published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks. This includes the upcoming title "Buffering Recessions: Labor Market Asymmetries and the Role of Self-Employment", slated for 2025.

Best Publications

  • The role of energy in real business cycle models

    In-Moo Kim;Prakash Loungani

  • Okun's Law: Fit at Fifty?

    Laurence Ball;Daniel Leigh;Prakash Loungani

  • The Differential Impact of Uncertainty on Investment in Small and Large Businesses

    Vivek Ghosal;Prakash Loungani

  • Central bank independence, inflation and growth in transition economies

    Prakash Loungani;Nathan Sheets

  • Oil Price Shocks and the Dispersion Hypothesis

    Prakash Loungani

  • Okun's Law: Fit at 50?

    Laurence M. Ball;Daniel Leigh;Prakash Loungani

  • Measuring energy security: Trends in the diversification of oil and natural gas supplies

    Gail Cohen;Frederick Joutz;Prakash Loungani

  • Oil prices and inflation dynamics: Evidence from advanced and developing economies

    Sangyup Choi;Davide Furceri;Davide Furceri;Prakash Loungani;Saurabh Mishra

  • Labor Market Policies and IMF Advice in Advanced Economies during the Great Recession

    Olivier J Blanchard;Florence Jaumotte;Prakash Loungani

  • Product market competition and the impact of price uncertainty on investment: some evidence from U.S. manufacturing industries

    Vivek Ghosal;Prakash Loungani

  • How accurate are private sector forecasts? Cross-country evidence from consensus forecasts of output growth

    Prakash Loungani

  • Product Market Competition and the Impact of Price Uncertainty on Investment: Some Evidence From U.S. Manufacturing Industries

    Vivek Ghosal;Prakash Loungani

  • The effects of monetary policy shocks on inequality

    Davide Furceri;Davide Furceri;Prakash Loungani;Aleksandra Zdzienicka

  • The Global Disconnect: The Role of Transactional Distance and Scale Economies in Gravity Equations

    Prakash Loungani;Ashoka Mody;Assaf Razin

  • How Beneficial Is Foreign Direct Investment for Developing Countries

    Prakash Loungani;Razin Assaf

  • Stock market dispersion and unemployment

    Prakash Loungani;Mark Rush;William Tave

  • Capital Flight from Russia

    Prakash Loungani;Paolo Mauro

  • Was China the first domino? Assessing links between China and other Asian economies

    John Fernald;Hali Edison;Prakash Loungani

  • China and emerging Asia: comrades or competitors?

    Alan G. Ahearne;John G. Fernald;Prakash Loungani;John W. Schindler

  • China and Emerging Asia: Comrades or Competitors?

    Alan G. Ahearne;John G. Fernald;Prakash Loungani;John W. Schindler

  • Sources of Inflation in Developing Countries

    Prakash Loungani;Phillip Swagel

  • Will COVID-19 Affect Inequality? Evidence from Past Pandemics

    Prakash Loungani;Jonathan Ostry;Davide Furceri;Pietro Pizzuto

  • Testing the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis since 1650: Evidence from panel techniques that allow for multiple breaks ☆

    Rabah Arezki;Kaddour Hadri;Prakash Loungani;Yao Rao

  • The distributional effects of capital account liberalization

    Davide Furceri;Davide Furceri;Prakash Loungani

  • Understanding international commodity price fluctuations

    Rabah Arezki;Prakash Loungani;Rick van der Ploeg;Anthony J. Venables

Frequent Co-Authors

Davide Furceri
Davide Furceri International Monetary Fund
Jonathan D. Ostry
Jonathan D. Ostry University of Toronto
Laurence Ball
Laurence Ball Johns Hopkins University
Rabah Arezki
Rabah Arezki Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
João Tovar Jalles
João Tovar Jalles University of Lisbon
Daniel Leigh
Daniel Leigh International Monetary Fund
Assaf Razin
Assaf Razin Tel Aviv University
Olivier J. Blanchard
Olivier J. Blanchard Peterson Institute for International Economics
M. Ayhan Kose
M. Ayhan Kose World Bank

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