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Overview

Ralph Chami is affiliated with the International Monetary Fund in the United States. Their research spans across Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, Chami's work frequently addresses subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, and Information Systems.

The topics covered in their scholarly output include Economic and Environmental Valuation, Economic Growth and Development, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Taxation and Compliance Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Chami has contributed to the academic literature with notable papers including:

  • The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation, 2021, Frontiers in Climate
  • Financing conservation by valuing carbon services produced by wild animals, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • On Valuing Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change: A Framework with Application to Elephants and Whales, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bank capital and the cost of equity, 2021, Journal of Financial Stability
  • Do Remittances Enhance Financial Inclusion in LMICs and in Fragile States?, 2020, IMF Working Paper

Their publication record features frequent contributions to:

  • IMF Working Paper
  • Frontiers in Climate
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Financial Stability

Collaborations form an important part of Chami's research. They have worked repeatedly with a consistent set of co-authors, including:

  • Thomas F. Cosimano
  • Connel Fullenkamp
  • Fabio Berzaghi
  • Nathalie Hilmi
  • Elorm Darkey

Best Publications

  • Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source of Capital for Development

    Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp;Samir Jahjah

  • Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances

    Connel Fullenkamp;Thomas Cosimano;Michael T. Gapen;Ralph Chami

  • Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances

    Connel Fullenkamp;Thomas F. Cosimano;Michael T. Gapen;Ralph Chami

  • Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse?

    Yasser Abdih;Ralph Chami;Jihad Dagher;Peter Montiel

  • Do Workers' Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

    Adolfo Barajas;Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp;Michael Gapen

  • Do Workers' Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

    Adolfo Barajas;Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp;Michael Gapen

  • Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source of Capital for Development

    Samir Jahjah;Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp

  • Monetary Policy with a Touch of Basel

    Ralph Chami;Thomas F. Cosimano

  • The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined: Do All Countries Benefit Equally?

    Adolfo Barajas;Ralph Chami;Seyed Reza Yousefi

  • The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined: Do All Countries Benefit Equally?

    Adolfo Barajas;Ralph Chami;Seyed Reza Yousefi

  • Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source of Capital for Development

    Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp;Samir Jahjah

  • The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation

    Nathalie Hilmi;Ralph Chami;Michael D. Sutherland;Jason M. Hall-Spencer;Jason M. Hall-Spencer

  • Trust and efficiency

    Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp

  • Managing ethical risk: How investing in ethics adds value

    Ralph Chami;Thomas F Cosimano;Connel Fullenkamp

  • Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

    Michael T. Gapen;Ralph Chami;Peter Montiel;Adolfo Barajas

  • Monetary Policy with a Touch of Basel

    Ralph Chami;Thomas F. Cosimano;Thomas F. Cosimano

  • Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

    Michael T. Gapen;Ralph Chami;Peter J Montiel;Adolfo Barajas

  • Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source of Capital for Development

    Samir Jahjah;Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp

  • Beware of Emigrants Bearing Gifts: Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Presence of Remittances

    Ralph Chami;Thomas F. Cosimano;Thomas F. Cosimano;Michael Gapen

  • Remittances; An Automatic Output Stabilizer?

    Dalia Hakura;Ralph Chami;Peter Montiel

  • The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa: What's the Damage?

    Adolfo Barajas;Ralph Chami;Connel Fullenkamp;Anjali Garg

  • The Stock Market Channel of Monetary Policy

    Thomas F. Cosimano;Connel Fullenkamp;Ralph Chami

  • A framework for financial market development

    Ralph Chami;Sunil Sharma;Connel Fullenkamp

  • What's Different about Family Businesses?

    Ralph Chami

  • (Why) Do self-employed parents have more children?

    Nzinga H. Broussard;Ralph Chami;Gregory D. Hess

  • Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse?

    Yasser Abdih;Jihad C. Dagher;Ralph Chami;Peter J. Montiel

  • Remittances: An Automatic Output Stabilizer?

    Ralph Chami;Dalia Hakura;Peter Montiel

  • Workers’ Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate : Theory and Evidence

    Ralph Chami;Adolfo Barajas;Peter J Montiel;Dalia S Hakura

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Montiel
Peter J. Montiel Williams College
Gregory D. Hess
Gregory D. Hess Wabash College
Mohsin S. Khan
Mohsin S. Khan Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives
Charles T. Carlstrom
Charles T. Carlstrom Federal Reserve System
Timothy S. Fuerst
Timothy S. Fuerst University of Notre Dame
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Davide Furceri
Davide Furceri International Monetary Fund

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