I am a post-doctoral researcher at ESG-UQAM and CREEi. I am also asociated with the The GC Wealth Project at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality (CUNY).

My research is at the intersection of macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy, and wealth inequality.

For more details, check my CV or contact me at rella.gia(at)gmail.com.

News

Jan-Feb 2024: Visiting the London School of Economics and Political Science
LSE-Miguel Dols Fellow at Canada Blanch Centre

From March 2024: Joining the Department of Economics at UQAM, Montréal
Post-doctoral researcher

Publications

What are firms borrowing for? The role of financial assets
with Leila Davis, Joao de Souza, YK Kim.
Economic Modelling, 2023
pdf

Working papers

Monetary policy and the wealth distribution
with Alessandro Franconi.
Under review
pdf| Stone Center Working Paper (older version)

A Balancing Act? Local Fiscal Resilience After Mine Closures
with Clara Dallaire-Fortier.
Under review

Time-varying interactions between housing credit and monetary policy
Submitted (e-mail me for a draft)

The GC Wealth Project Data Warehouse v.1 – Documentation
with Morelli, Asher, Di Biase, Disslbacher, Flores, Johnson, Schechtl, Subioli, Targa.
Stone Center Working Paper

Work-in-progress

Macroeconomic effects of household debt: a survey of the empirical literature
pdf

Projects

The GC Wealth Project
The GC Wealth Project aims at expanding and consolidating access to the most up-to-date research and information on wealth, wealth inequalities, and wealth transfers and related tax policies, across countries and over time. I oversaw the development of the Wealth Topography database which included the conceptualization, designing the current data architecture, the national accounting mapping, and the automation of data gathering.

Other writings

Est-ce que le Québec est plus inégalitaire que le Canada?
with Clara Dallaire-Fortier.
Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques, February 2024, link

L'evasione fiscale globale
with Giacomo Gabbuti.
Jacobin Italia, 2023, link

Les inégalités entre locataires et propriétaires vont-elles se creuser au Canada?
with Clara Dallaire-Fortier.
Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques, November 2023, link