Ragna Alstadheim is a Special Advisor in the Financial Stability Department. She obtained her PhD at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Journals

• 2021 (With Hilde Bjørnland and Junior Maih): Do central banks respond to exchange rate movements ? A markov-switching structural investigation of commodity exporters and importers. Energy Economics, Vol. 96, April 2021 (forthcoming)  
• 2017 (With Øistein Røisland): When preferences for a stable interest rate become self defeating. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol 49, March-April 2017. Working Paper version is here.
• 2016: The zero lower bound on the interest rate and a Neo Classical Phillips Curve, Journal of Macroeconomics.
• 2006 (With Dale W. Henderson:) Price-Level Determinacy, Lower Bounds on the Nominal Interest Rate, and Liquidity Traps, in The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Contributions) nr 6 - 1, art. 12. Working paper version

Working papers

• With Hilde Bjørnland and Junior Maih : Do central banks respond to exchange rate movements ? A markov-switching structural investigation of commodity exporters and importers. CAMP Working Papres No. 12/2020.
• With Christine Blandhol (2018): The global financial cycle, bank capital flows and monetary policy. Evidence from Norway. Working Paper 2018/2.
• With Nikka Husom Vonen and Ørjan Robstad (2017): Financial imbalances, crisis probability and monetary policy in Norway. Working Paper 2017/21.
• With Hilde C. Bjørnland and Junior Maih: (2013) Do Central Banks Respond to Exchange Rate Movements? A Markov-Switching Structural Investigation Working Paper 2013/24 .
• How New Keynesian is the US Phillips Curve? Working Paper 2013/25.
• Is the price level in Norway determined by fiscal polic? Working Paper 2005/5.

Other material

• Bond market fire sales and turbulence in the Norwegian FX Market in March 2020. With Kjell Bjørn Nordal, Olav Syrstad, Saskia Ter Ellen and May-Iren Walstad Wassås. Staff memo 2/2021
• Banks’ wholesale funding share as an indicator of financial vulnerablity. Staff Memo 7/2020.
• Financial stability considerations in monetary policy: Chapter 5 in Report from Norges Bank's  "Review of flexible inflation targeting". 2017.
• Exchange rate regimes in Norway, 1816-2016. Staff memo 15/2016.
• Discussion of Coenen and Warne (2014): Risks to price stability, the Zero Lower Bound, and Forward Guidance. International Journal of Central Banking.
• Monetary Policy Analysis in Practice. Staff memo 11/2010. With Ida Wolden Bache, Amund Holmsen and Junior Maih: (2010)
• A study of the interest rate structure of private sector assets and liabilities. Economic Bulletin No. 4 1994. With Robert Madsen.

Work in Norwegian

• Om nye virkemidler i pengepolitikken. Avgrensning mellom penge- og finanspolitikken. Aktuell kommentar 1/2011
• Valutapolitisk samarbeid i ØMUs tredje fase. Med Anders Svor. Penger og Kreditt 1996/2.
• Valutamarked og Valutapolitikk. Kapittel 2 i Norges Banks Skriftserie Nr. 23: "Norske Finansmarkeder, Norsk Penge- og Valutapolitikk. 1995.
• Dereguleringen av valutamarkedet: Virkning på kapitalbevegelsene, og betydning for valutastatistikk og -kontroll. Med Yngvar Holm. Penger og Kreditt 1993/2.
• Kapitalbeskatning i åpen økonomi. Hovedoppgave til HAE, NHH 1991.