Professional Experience

• • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 2010 - present

• • Economist

    International Monetary Fund

  • 2000 - 2010

Publications

• Ramcharan, Rodney, and Christopher Crowe (Forthcoming). "The Impact of House Prices on Consumer Credit: Evidence from an Internet Bank," Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.
• Ramcharan, Rodney, Skander J. Van den Heuvel, and Stephane Verani (2013). "From Wall Street to Main Street: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Consumer Credit Supply," Finance and Economics Discussion Papers 2013-10. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Raghuram, Rajan G., and Rodney Ramcharan (2012). "Constituencies and Legislation: The Fight Over the McFadden Act of 1927," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2012-61. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Raghuram, Rajan G., and Rodney Ramcharan (2012). "The Anatomy of a Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2012-62. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Rajan, Raghuram, and Rodney Ramcharan (2012). "The Anatomy of a Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s," Finance and Economics Discussion Series Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Rajan, Raghuram, and Rodney Ramcharan (2012). "The Anatomy of a Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s," NBER Working Papers 18027. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Ramcharan, Rodney, and Christopher Crowe (2012). "The Impact of House Prices on Consumer Credit: Evidence from an Internet Bank," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2012-60. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Rajan, Raghuram, and Rodney Ramcharan (2011). "Land for Sale," Finance and Development, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 30-33.
• Rajan, Raghuram G., and Rodney Ramcharan (2011). "Land and Credit: A Study of the Political Economy of Banking in the United States in the Early 20th Century," Journal of Finance, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 1895-1931.
• Ramcharan, Rodney (2010). "Inequality and Redistribution: Evidence from U.S Counties and States, 1890-1930," Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 729-744.
• Ramcharan, Rodney (2010). "The Link between the Economic Structure and Financial Development," B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Topics in Macroeconomics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-35.
• Ramcharan, Rodney, and Shekhar Aiyar (2010). "What can International Cricket Teach Us about the Role of Luck in Labor Markets?" IMF Working Papers 10/225. International Monetary Fund.
• Rajan, Raghuram G., and Rodney Ramcharan (2009). "Land and Credit: A Study of the Political Economy of Banking in the United States in the Early 20th Century," NBER Working Papers 15083. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Ramcharan, Rodney (2009). "Why an Economic Core: Domestic Transport Costs," Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 559-581.
• Rajan, Raghuram G., and Rodney Ramcharan (2008). "Landed Interests and Financial Underdevelopment in the United States," NBER Working Papers 14347. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Ramcharan, Rodney (2007). "Does the Exchange Rate Regime Matter for Real Shocks? Evidence from Windstorms and Earthquakes," Journal of International Economics, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 31-47.
• Baqir, Reza, Rodney Ramcharan, and Ratna Sahay (2006). "IMF Programs and Growth: Is Optimism Defensible?" in Mody, Ashoka, Alessandro Rebucci eds., IMF-Supported Programs: Recent Staff Research. Washington, D.C: International Monetary Fund, pp. 17-34.
• Ramcharan, Rodney (2006). "Regressions: Why are Economists Obsessed with them?" Finance and Development, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 36-37.
• Baqir, Reza, Rodney Ramcharan, and Ratna Sahay (2005). "IMF Programs and Growth: Is Optimism Defensible?" IMF Staff Papers, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 260-286.
• Ramcharan, Rodney (2004). "Higher Or Basic Education? the Composition of Human Capital and Economic Development," IMF Staff Papers, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 309-326.

Presentations

• conference

  November 2012

  NBER Monetary Meetings

  Wall Street to Main Street: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Consumer Credit Supply

• seminar

  August 2012

  National Credit Union Association

  Wall Street to Main Street: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Consumer Credit Supply

• conference

  July 2012

  NBER Corporate Finance

  he Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• conference

  July 2012

  NBER Risks of Financial Institutions

  Wall Street to Main Street: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Consumer Credit Supply

• seminar

  June 2012

  International Monetary Fund

  Wall Street to Main Street: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Consumer Credit Supply

• conference

  March 2012

  Harvard University

  History of Federal Credit

• seminar

  Feburary 2012

  Inter-American Development Bank

  House Prices and Credit Access: Evidence From Prosper.com

• conference

  December 2011

  Harvard University

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• seminar

  November 2011

  Cornell University

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• conference

  December 2011

  Basel Research Task Force

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• seminar

  October 2011

  INSEAD

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• seminar

  October 2011

  Paris School of Economics

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• conference

  September 2011

  NBER Macro Fluctuations Workshop

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• seminar

  November 2011

  FDIC

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• seminar

  May 2011

  International Monetary Fund

  The Anatomy of Credit Crisis: The Boom and Bust in Farm Land Prices in the United States in the 1920s

• conference

  July 2010

  NBER Macro Fluctuations Workshop

  Constituencies and Legislation: The Fight over the McFadden Act of 1927

• conference

  July 2010

  NBER Development of the American Economy Workshop

  Constituencies and Legislation: The Fight over the McFadden Act of 1927

• conference

  July 2009

  NBER Macro Fluctuations Workshop

  Land and Credit: A Study of the Political Economy of Banking in the United States in the Early 20th Century

• conference

  May 2009

  NBER Political Economy Group

  Land and Credit: A Study of the Political Economy of Banking in the United States in the Early 20th Century

• conference

  July 2008

  NBER Macro Fluctuations Workshop

  Inequality and Redistribution

• conference

  May 2008

  NBER Political Economy Group

  Inequality and Redistribution

• conference

  July 2006

  NBER International Finance

  "The Link between the Economic Structure and Financial Development,"

Other Activities