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Eva Van Leemput

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Notre Dame, 2015
  • M.A., Economics, University of Notre Dame, 2012
  • B.A., Economics, KU Leuven, 2010
Current Research Topics
  • Intranational and International Trade
  • Chinese Economy
  • Chief, Emerging Market Economies Section

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2022 - present
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2020 - 2022
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2018 - 2020
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - 2018
  • Vietnam's Export Boom to the U.S.: The Role of Chinese Firms
    Chris A. Avalos, Trang Hoang, and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.4117
  • Mexico in U.S. Supply Chains: Lessons from 2018-19 Tariffs
    Maria Aristizabal-Ramirez, Chris A. Avalos, Emma Rosenbaum, and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.4073
  • China shock 2.0: How China’s ongoing export surge differs from the early 2000s
    François de Soyres, Ece Fisgin, Ana Maria Santacreu, Eva Van Leemput, and Kevin Vega
    FEDS Notes (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.4071
  • China’s Trade Dominance and the Role of Industrial Policies
    François de Soyres, Ece Fisgin, Mike Liu, and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.4018
  • The Global Trade Effects of the AI Infrastructure Boom
    François de Soyres, Alex Haag, Mike Liu, and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3994
  • Trade-offs of Higher U.S. Tariffs: GDP, Revenues, and the Trade Deficit
    Sharon Jeon, Ricardo Reyes-Heroles, Abhi Uppal, Eva Van Leemput, and David Yu
    FEDS Notes (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3774
  • Is China Really Growing at 5 Percent?
    William L. Barcelona, Danilo Cascaldi-Garcia, Jasper J. Hoek, and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3784
  • What Happens in China Does Not Stay in China
    William L. Barcelona, Danilo Cascaldi-Garcia, Jasper J. Hoek, and Eva Van Leemput
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2022.1360
  • Economic Resilience in the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Emily Highkin and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3060
  • Effects of Supply Chain Bottlenecks on Prices using Textual Analysis
    Henry L. Young, Anderson Monken, Flora Haberkorn, and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3037
  • A Passage to India: Quantifying Internal and External Barriers to Trade
    Eva Van Leemput
    Journal of International Economics (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2021.103473
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2016)
  • The Effect of US-China Tariff Hikes: Differences in Demand Composition Matter
    Ricardo Reyes-Heroles, Charlotte T. Singer, and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2845
  • Emerging Markets and the New Geography of Trade: The Effects of Rising Trade Barriers
    Ricardo M. Reyes-Heroles, Sharon Traiberman, and Eva Van Leemput
    IMF Economic Review (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-020-00117-1
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2020)
  • Emerging Markets and the New Geography of Trade: The Effects of Rising Trade Barriers
    Ricardo M. Reyes-Heroles, Sharon Traiberman, and Eva Van Leemput
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2020.1278
  • Long-Run Effects on Chinese GDP from U.S.-China Tariff Hikes
    John K. Ferraro and Eva Van Leemput
    FEDS Notes (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2382
  • Can Self-Help Groups Really Be 'Self-Help'?
    Brian P. Greaney, Joseph P. Kaboski, and Eva Van Leemput
    Review of Economic Studies (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdw004
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2016)
  • Can Self-Help Groups Really Be 'Self-Help'?
    Brian Greaney, Joseph P. Kaboski, and Eva Van Leemput
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2015.1155r
  • Can Self-Help Groups Really Be 'Self-Help'?
    Brian Greaney, Joseph P. Kaboski, and Eva Van Leemput
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2015)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2015.1155
  • Essays on Macroeconomic Development and International Trade
    Eva Van Leemput
    University of Notre Dame (2015)
  • Financial Inclusion: Zooming in on Latin America
    Era Dabla-Norris, Yixi Deng, Anna Ivanova, Izabela Karpowicz, D. Filiz Unsal, Eva VanLeemput, and Joyce Wong
    IMF Working Papers (2015)
  • Can Self-Help Groups Really Be 'Self-Help'?
    Brian Greaney, Joseph P. Kaboski, and Eva Van Leemput
    NBER Working Paper Series (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w18970
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2016)
  • Can Self-Help Groups Really Be Self-Help?
    Brian Greaney, Joseph P. Kaboski, and Eva Van Leemput
    Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.20955/wp.2013.014
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2016)
  • conference

    2020

    NBER Summer Institute

    Emerging Markets and the New Geography of Trade: The Effects of Rising Trade Barriers

  • conference

    2020

    NYU-Columbia Trade day

    Does China drive the Manufacturing Cycle?

  • conference

    2019

    Empirical Investigations in International Trade

    Emerging Markets and the New Geography of Trade: The Effects of Rising Trade Barriers

  • conference

    2017

    Columbia University - Conference on the Indian Economy

    The Effect of GST on Indian Growth

  • discussion

    2016

    CEP-IMF Conference on Monetary Policy, Macroprudential Regulation and Inequality

    The Nexus of Financial Inclusion and Financial Stability: A Study of Tradeoffs and Synergies

  • conference

    2016

    European Trade Study Group (Helsinki)

    A Passage to India: Quantifying Internal and External Barriers to Trade

  • seminar

    2016

    US International Trade Commission

    A Passage to India: Quantifying Internal and External Barriers to Trade

  • seminar

    2015

    Federal Reserve Board, Toulouse School of Economics, Goethe, Williams College, UC Louvain, VU Amsterdam, FIU, Delaware, U Vienna, Georgetown SFS

    A Passage to India: Quantifying Internal and External Barriers to Trade

  • seminar

    2014

    Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, IMF

    A Passage to India: Quantifying Internal and External Barriers to Trade

  • conference

    2014

    Vigo Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, Midwest Development Day

    A Passage to India: Quantifying Internal and External Barriers to Trade

  • seminar

    2014

    IMF

    Financial Inclusion: Zooming in on Latin America

  • seminar

    2014

    IMF

    Identifying Constraints on Financial Deepening and the Impact on Growth and Inequality in India

  • conference

    2013

    NEUDC, European Research Conference on Microfinance (Norway)

    Can Self-Help Groups really be 'Self-Help'?

Awards
  • 2014

    Kellogg Institute for International Studies

    Dissertation Year Fellowship

  • 2014

    Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

    Distinguished Teaching Award

Referee
  • Econometrica
  • Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • American Economic Review
  • Journal of Monetary Economics
  • International Economic Review
  • Journal of Development Economics
  • Journal of International Money and Finance
  • Review of International Economics
  • Journal of Applied Econometrics
  • China Economic Review
  • Canadian Journal of Economics
  • Oxford Development Studies
  • Research on Transportation Economics
Professional Affiliation
  • Member, American Economic Association
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Last Update: September 21, 2026