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Alexandra M. Tabova

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Duke University, 2011
  • M.Sc., Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2004
Current Research Topics
  • International Capital Flows
  • Portfolio Choice
  • Chief

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2021 - present
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2018 - 2020
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - 2018
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2011 - 2015
  • Dissertation Intern

    International Monetary Fund

    2010
  • Preferred Habitats and Timing in the World’s Safe Asset
    Alexandra M. Tabova and Francis E. Warnock
    NBER Working Paper Series (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w30722
  • Foreign Investors and U.S. Treasuries
    Alexandra M. Tabova and Francis E. Warnock
    NBER Working Paper Series (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w29313
  • What Happened to Foreign Direct Investment in the United States?
    Alexandra M. Tabova
    FEDS Notes (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2499
  • U.S. Corporations' Repatriation of Offshore Profits: Evidence from 2018
    Michael Smolyansky, Gustavo Suarez, and Alexandra Tabova
    FEDS Notes (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2396
  • Home Country Interest Rates and International Investment in U.S. Bonds
    John Ammer, Stijn Claessens, Alexandra Tabova, and Caleb Wroblewski
    Journal of International Money and Finance (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2018.06.010
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2018)
  • U.S. Corporations' Repatriation of Offshore Profits
    Michael Smolyansky, Gustavo Suarez, and Alexandra Tabova
    FEDS Notes (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2239
  • Searching for Yield Abroad: Risk-Taking Through Foreign Investment in U.S. Bonds
    John Ammer, Stijn Claessens, Alexandra Tabova, and Caleb Wroblewski
    BIS Working Papers (2018)
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2018)
  • "Low-For-Long" Interest Rates and Portfolio Shifts in Advanced Foreign Economies
    John Ammer, Alexandra Tabova, and Caleb Wroblewski
    IFDP Notes (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.27
  • The Replacement of Safe Assets: Evidence from the U.S. Bond Portfolio
    Carol C. Bertaut, AlexandraTabova, and Vivian Wong
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2014)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2014.1123
  • Portfolio Diversification and the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Foreign Investment
    Alexandra Tabova
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2013.1091
  • Determinants of Non-oil Growth in the CFA Zone Oil-Producing Countries: How Do They Differ?
    Alexandra Tabova and Carol Baker
    Oil Wealth in Central Africa: Policies for Inclusive Growth (2012)
  • Determinants of Non-oil Growth in the CFA-Zone Oil Producing Countries: How do they Differ?
    Alexandra Tabova and Carol Baker
    IMF Working Papers (2011)
  • Risk, Volatility, and the Global Cross-Section of Growth Rates
    Craig Burnside and Alexandra Tabova
    NBER Working Paper Series (2009)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w15225
  • Realignment of Debt Service Obligations and Ability to Pay in Concessional Lending: Feasibility and Modalities
    Christopher L. Gilbert and Alexandra Tabova
    Long-Term Debt Sustainability in Low-Income Countries (2004)
  • conference

    May 2023

    Women in Federal Reserve System Economic Research Conference

  • conference

    March 2023

    NBER International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting

  • conference

    August 2022

    CEBRA Annual Meetings

  • conference

    June 2022

    Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meetings

  • conference

    June 2022

    International Roles of the U.S. Dollar

  • conference

    August 2019

    European Finance Association

  • conference

    November 2018

    19th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference

  • conference

    June 2018

    Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meetings

  • conference

    November 2017

    2017 Asia Economic Policy Conference

  • conference

    April 2017

    IMF-BOE-ECB Spillovers from Marcoeconomic Policies

  • conference

    January 2015

    AEA Annual Meetings 2015

  • conference

    May 2014

    Canadian Economics Association, Annual Meetings

  • conference

    July 2013

    NBER Summer Institute

  • conference

    May 2013

    Canadian Economics Association, Annual Meetings

  • seminar

    April 2013

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • conference

    November 2011

    Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings

  • conference

    April 2011

    Royal Economic Society Annual Meetings

  • conference

    March 2011

    4th Financial Risks International Forum, Paris

  • seminar

    August 2010

    International Monetary Fund

  • conference

    July 2010

    Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meetings

  • seminar

    February 2010

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • seminar

    February 2010

    Congressional Budget Office

  • conference

    October 2009

    NBER Conference on Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Awards
  • 2006

    Duke University

    Economics Department Fellowship

  • 2009

    Duke University

    Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship

Referee
  • Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Journal of Macroeconomics
Last Update: August 2, 2024