Avinash Sattiraju

Bio

I am a PhD student in Finance at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. My primary research interests are in asset pricing, macro-finance, and labor economics. I am also interested in entrepreneurial finance and financial intermediation. Before joining the doctoral program, I worked as a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

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Education

• Washington University in St. Louis
  Olin Business School
  Degree: PhD in Finance
  (2023 - current)
• The University of Texas at Austin
  Degree: MA in Economics
  Graduated: 2020
• Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
  Degree: Bachelor's in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Avionics)
  Graduated: 2019

Working Papers

• The Missing Tail Risk in Option Prices by Jason P. Brown, Nida Çakır Melek, Johannes Matschke, and Sai A. Sattiraju (Kansas City Fed Research Working Paper, 2023)

Policy Papers

• Capital Flows and Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets around Fed Tightening Cycles with Alice von Ende-Becker and Johannes Matschke, October 2023.
• Will High Underlying Inflation Persist? with Amaze Lusompa, May 2023.
• To Reach the Fed's Inflation Target, Interest Rates May Have to Remain Restrictive for Some Time with Johannes Matschke, June 2023.
• Price Pressures for U.S. Exporters and a Strong Dollar Have Increased Inflation in Foreign Countries with Johannes Matschke, August 2022.
• Recent Appreciation in the U.S. Dollar Unlikely to Have Large Effect on Domestic Inflation with Johannes Matschke, August 2022.
• Cutting-Edge Methods Did Not Improve Inflation Forecasting during the COVID-19 Pandemic with Amaze Lusompa, June 2022.
• Labor Markets Are Tight, but Conditions Vary across States with Johannes Matschke, December 2021.