Professional Experience

• • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 2009 - present

• • Visiting Faculty

    Darden Graduate School of Business

  • 2009

• • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 2004 - 2009

• • Adjunct Faculty

    Department of Economics, Georgetown University

  • 2006

• • Research Associate

    Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

  • 2000 - 2004

• • Graduate Student Instructor

    Economics Department, University of Michigan

  • 2000

• • Consultant

    Applied Decision Analysis - PWC

  • 1997 - 1999

• • Consultant

    KPMG Peat Marwick

  • 1996

Publications

• Coulibaly, Brahima, Horacio Sapriza, and Andrei Zlate (2013). "Financial Frictions, Trade Credit, and the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis," International Review of Economics & Finance, vol. 26, pp. 25-38.
• Coulibaly, Brahima (2012). "Monetary Policy in Emerging Market Economies: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?" International Finance Discussion Papers 1042. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Jonathan Millar (2011). "Investment Dynamics in the Aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis: A Firm-Level Analysis," International Finance, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 331-359.
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Jonathan N. Millar (2011). "The 'Elusive' Capital-User Cost Elasticity Revisited," B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions to Macroeconomics, Vol. 11, no. 1, Article 30.
• Coulibaly, Brahima, Horacio Sapriza, and Andrei Zlate (2011). "Trade Credit and International Trade during the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis," International Finance Discussion Papers 1020. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Coulibaly, Brahima, Jorge Canales-Kriljenko, and Herman Kamil (2010). "A Tale of Two Regions: Foreign-Bank Lending to Emerging Markets during the Global Crisis," Finance and Development, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 35-36.
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Trevon D. Logan (2009). "South Africa's Post-Apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands Versus Macro Stability," American Economic Review, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 275-281.
• Coulibaly, Brahima (2009). "Currency Unions and Currency Crises: An Empirical Assessment," International Journal of Finance and Economics, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 199-221.
• Coulibaly, Brahima (2009). "Effects of Financial Autarky and Integration: The Case of the South Africa Embargo," Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 454-478.
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Geng Li (2009). "Choice of Mortgage Contracts: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," Real Estate Economics, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 659-673.
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Trevon D. Logan (2009). "South Africa's Post-Apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands Versus Macro Stability," International Finance Discussion Papers 974. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Haltmaier, Jane, Shaghil Ahmed, Brahima Coulibaly, Ross Knippenberg, Sylvain Leduc, Mario Marazzi, and Beth Anne Wilson (2009). "The Role of China in Asia: Engine, Conduit, Or Steamroller?" in Yueh, Linda ed., The Future of Asian Trade and Growth: Economic Development with the Emergence of China. London: Routledge.
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Geng Li (2006). "Do Homeowners Increase Consumption After the Last Mortgage Payment? an Alternative Test of the Permanent Income Hypothesis," Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 10-19.
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Jonathan N. Millar (2008). "The Asian Financial Crisis, Uphill Flow of Capital, and Global Imbalances: Evidence from a Micro Study," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 942. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Geng Li (2007). "Choice of Mortgage Contracts: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," Finance and Economic Discussion Series 2007-50. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Coulibaly, Brahima, and Jonathan Millar (2007). "The 'Elusive' Capital-User Cost Elasticity Revisited," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-25. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Haltmaier, Jane, Shaghil Ahmed, Brahima Coulibaly, Ross Knippenberg, Sylvain Leduc, Mario Marazzi, and Beth Anne Wilson (2007). "The Role of China in Asia: Engine, Conduit, Or Steamroller?" International Finance Discussion Papers 904. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Coulibaly, Brahima (2006). "Changes in Job Quality and Trends in Labor Hours," International Finance Discussion Papers 882. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Coulibaly, Brahima (2005). "Effects of Financial Autarky and Integration: The Case of the South Africa Embargo," International Finance Discussion Papers 839. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Coulibaly, Brahima (2005). "Essays in Macroeconomics and International Economics," Ph.D dissertation, University of Michigan.

Presentations

• conference

  May 2011

  2nd BIS Consultative Conference for the Americas

  Monetary Policy in Emerging Market Economies: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?

• discussion

  November 2010

  State of the World Economy: Whither or Wither

  China and the Global Recovery

• seminar

  December 2009

  Darden Financial Economics Workshop

  Investment Dynamics in the Aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis: A Firm-Level Analysis

• conference

  January 2009

  American Economic Association Annual Meetings

  South Africa's Post-Apartheid Two Step: Social Demands versus Macro Stability

• conference

  November 2008

  Center for Latin American Monetary Studies

  Global Imbalances: What a Decade Old Asian Financial Crisis has to do with it?

• discussion

  November 2008

  Center for Latin American Monetary Studies

  Price-setting Behaviour in the Foreign Exchange Market: The Case of the U.S. Dollar Cash Flows in Jamaica

• seminar

  May 2008

  Department of Economics, Ohio State University

  Estimating the User Cost Elasticity: Insights from a 'Natural' Experiment

• discussion

  January 2008

  American Economics Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana

  A New Lease on Life: Institutions, External Financing, and Business Growth

• conference

  March 2007

  Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting

  Estimating the Long-Run User Cost Elasticity for a Small Open Economy: Evidence Using Data from South Africa

• discussion

  March 2007

  Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting

  Sovereign Risk and Procyclical Fiscal Policy in Emerging Market Economies

• seminar

  January 2005

  University of Notre Dame, Indiana

  Job Quality and Trends in Labor Hours

• seminar

  January 2005

  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

  Job Quality and Trends in Labor Hours

• seminar

  January 2005

  Drexel University LeBow School of Business

  Job Quality and Trends in Labor Hours

• seminar

  January 2005

  Clemson University Department of Economics

  Job Quality and Trends in Labor Hours

• seminar

  January 2005

  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

  Job Quality and Trends in Labor Hours

• seminar

  September 2004

  University of Michigan Deparment of Economics

  Job Quality and Trends in Labor Hours

• seminar

  July 2003

  University of Michigan Department of Eocnomics

  Can Currency Unions Prevent Currency Crises: An Empirical Assessment.

Other Activities