Aaron Mehrotra

Aaron Mehrotra is economist in Economics for Asia & the Pacific in the Monetary and Economic Department. Previously he was adviser in the Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT). He has authored many papers on the Chinese economy and economic policy, and his other research areas of interest include monetary policy and economic policy in emerging economies. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Fields of interest

• Monetary policy
• Developing Asia

Selected Publications

• China's monetary policy and the exchange rate (with José R. Sánchez-Fung), Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 497-514, 2010.
• The Case for Price Level or Inflation Targeting - What Happened to Monetary Policy Effectiveness during the Japanese Disinflation?, Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 280-291, 2009.
• The Impact of Chinese Monetary Policy Shocks on East Asia (with Tomasz Kozluk), Economics of Transition, Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 121-145, 2009.
• Exchange and interest rate channels during a deflationary era - Evidence from Japan, Hong Kong, and China, Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 35, No 1, pp. 188-210, 2007.