Ragna Alstadheim

Curriculum Vitae

Georgetown University, Washington, DC:
Ph.D in economics (2002).
Thesis committee: Matthew B. Canzoneri, Behzad Diba and Dale W. Henderson.
Thesis title: Price Level Determination, the Zero Lower Bound on the Interest Rate and Optimal Monetary Policy.
Norges Handelshøyskole, Bergen, Norway:
Siviløkonom HAE (1990).

Senior advisor, Monetary Policy Department, Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway), from September 2007.
Lecturer, University of Oslo, parts of the graduate level course ”Monetary Policy and Business Fluctuations” (spring of 2009 and 2010).
Part time Research position in Norges Bank, August 2004 – September 2007.
Assistant Professor, Howard University, Washington DC. August 2002-May 2004.
Graduate level courses taught:
Monetary Economics I, Monetary Economics II, Mathematics for Economics II.
Undergraduate level courses taught:
Principles of Economics I (macro), Introduction to Econometrics, Statistics for Business and Economics.
‘Dissertation internship’, International Finance Division, Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC, March- June 2002.
Thesis Research position, the University of Oslo. Financed by the Center for Monetary and Financial Research, 1999-2001.
Georgetown University Fellowship and Tuition Scholarship, 1997-1998. Teaching Assistant for Matthew B. Canzoneri and Behzad Diba.
Economist, Norges Bank, 1992-1996.
Economist, The Norwegian Bankers’ Association, 1990-1992.
Research Assistant, Center for Applied Research (SAF/SNF), Bergen, 1988-1990.

Optimal Monetary Policy, Inflation Targeting and the Zero Bound on the Interest Rate
Under revision. Presented at the Dynare Conference in Helsinki, June 2010 and the CREI/Bank of Canada Conference: "New Perspectives on Monetary Policy Design" in Barcelona 11/10 2008.
Is the price level in Norway determined by Fiscal Policy? Working Paper 2005/5, Norges Bank

With Dale W. Henderson: (2006) 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.