Udara Peiris about his recent publications in The HSE Look

The HSE Look congratulated Udara Peiris on the acceptance of his articles and wished him further success in his academic endeavors.

Two papers by Udara Peiris, an ICEF Assistant Professor have been accepted for publication. They are “Collateral and the Efficiency of Monetary Policy” co authored with A.P. Vardoulakis, which will be published in Economic Theory and “International Monetary Equilibrium with Default” written together with D.P. Tsomocos will appear in the Journal of Mathematical Economics later this year.

It took Peiris quite a while to get these works published. “Most of my papers have some relevance to the recent global financial crisis and government-central bank policy, so that helps keep me motivated and focused on the papers after many years of working on them,” said Peiris. Both papers were written in collaboration with researchers based outside Russia, but according to Peiris, it did not cause any difficulties. “There really is not much difference if we are in the same country or not,” he continued. “Of course, if we were in the same department, then we would see each other every day and progress would be faster. The time-zone differences place more restrictions on when I can communicate by Skype, but it is not a big deal. It is important to be able to meet every few months and I am grateful that the University supports this.”

Discussing research with colleagues is a common practice at ICEF and for this purpose regular “brown-bag” seminars are held where on-going research is presented and discussed over lunch. “It is informal but most faculty members attend and are generous in the amount and quality of feedback,” said Peiris. “Other than this, we have quite a collaborative atmosphere in the department and I have regular conversations about research with colleagues, regardless of whether we are in the same field”.

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