Saroj Bhattarai
	Assistant Professor of Economics
Joined the faculty in 2010 Ph.D., July 2010 ,  Princeton University	615 Kern Graduate Building Phone: (814) 863-3794 Fax: 814) 863-4775 E-mail: sub31@psu.edu Personal Homepage:https://sites.google.com/site/bhattaraisaroj/ Office Hours for Summer 2013: by appointment

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest:

• International Macroeconomics and Finance
• Monetary Economics and Policy
• Empirical Methods in Macroeconomics

Recent Publications:

“Monetary Policy and Central Bank Balance Sheet Concerns” The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Vol. 9: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 1, 2009 (joint with Tiago C. Berriel)

Research in Progress:

• “Optimal Currency Denomination of Trade: Theory and Quantitative Exploration”
• “Multi-product Firms and Price-setting: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Producer Prices” (joint with Raphael Schoenle)
• “Hedging Against the Government: A Solution to the Home Asset Bias Puzzle” (joint with Tiago C. Berriel)