CV - Gina C. Pieters, Ph.D. Economist

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Mailing Address:
University of Chicago: Department of Economics
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL
60637

Contact Information
Email: pieters.econ@gmail
Twitter: @prof_pieters
Office: 428 Saieh Hall
Last Updated: June 18, 2019

Research Interests: Cryptoeconomics,Blockchain, International Macroeconomics
Citizenship: USA (Citizen), South Africa (Citizen), New Zealand (Permanent Resident)
Languages: English (Fluent), Afrikaans (Native)

Current Academic/Scholarly Positions

2018-Present: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2018-Present: Non-visiting Research Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge Judge School of Business
2017-Present: Research Associate, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute, FRB Dallas
2018-Present: Board of Directors (2 yr), International Trade and Finance Association

Select Past Positions

2012-May, 2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
2017-June, 2018: Research Fellow, Centre for Blockchain Technology, University College London (UCL CBT)
2016: June-December: Visitor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2007-2012: Teaching positions (see below), Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
2009-2012: Visitor, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Education

Ph.D. Economics. University of Minnesota
M.A. Economics. University of Minnesota
B.A. Economics, Highest Honors. University of California, Santa Cruz
B.S. Physics. University of California, Santa Cruz

Research (descriptions)

In Progress

N Countries, N+1 Currencies: A model of global cryptocurrency trade
“How does Income Inequality Affect Import Prices?”
“Crypto Curiosity and Crypto Demand: How strongly are they related?”, joint with Mia Yammine and Calvin Usiri
“Are Cryptocurrency Markets Price Efficient? Depends on the data source”
“Cross-Country Distribution of Power and Exposure in the Crypto-Market”
"Central Banks and Digital Currencies", chapter for Palgrave Handbook of Alternative Finance
Bitcoin Reveals Exchange Rate Manipulation and Detects Capital Controls,

Media Coverage: The Telegraph, Finance Magnates, Bitcoin News

Published
Journal Articles

Financial Regulations and Price Inconsistencies across Bitcoin Markets, with Sofia Vivanco (Trinity Undergraduate Student), Information Economics and Policy, June 2017, v.39, pp. 1-14

Other Papers

2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study (2019), with M. Rauchs, A. Blandin, K. Klein, M. Recanatini, and BZ. Zhang. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.
Distributed Ledger Technology Systems: A Conceptual Framework (2018), with Rauchs, M., Glidden, A., Gordon, B., Recanatini, M., Rostand, F., Vagneur, K., and Zhang, B. Z. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. Media Coverage: The Telegraph, Finance Magnates, Bitcoin News
“Blockchain Technology Disrupting Traditional Records Systems”, with Christoffer Koch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Financial Insight, July 2017, v.6(2), pp. 1-3
The Potential Impact of Decentralized Virtual Currency on Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2016 Annual Research Report, April 2017, pp. 20-25

Academic Conference and Seminar Presentations

2019: American Economic Association (Atlanta) ▪ Texas State University ▪ Lafayette College, Scheduled: Pitzer College
2018: American Economic Association (Philadelphia) ▪ De Nederlandsche Bank ▪ FRB Atlanta: Workshop on Financial Stability Implications of New Technology ▪ FinTech DC (IMF, Washington DC) ▪ International Trade and Finance Association (Beijing, China) ▪ Royal Economic Society Conference (University of Sussex, UK) ▪ Western Economic Association (Vancouver, Canada)
2017: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ▪ International Trade and Finance Association (Poznan University, Poland) ▪ Liberal Arts Macroeconomics Workshop (Davidson College) ▪ Midwest Macroeconomic Meeting (Spring, Louisiana State University) ▪ Midwest Macroeconomic Meeting (Fall, University of Pittsburgh) ▪ Money, Macro, and Finance Conference (King's College, UK) ▪ Society for Economic Measurement (MIT) ▪ Western Economic Association (San Diego).
2016: Eastern Economic Association (Washington D.C.) ▪ International Trade and Finance Association (Occidental College) ▪ Western Economic Association (Portland).
2015: Eastern Economic Association (x2 papers) (New York City) ▪ Liberal Arts Macroeconomic Workshop (Union College, discussant only) ▪ Southern Economic Association (New Orleans).
2014: Association for Public Economic Theory (University of Washington) ▪ Midwest International Economics Group (Indiana Purdue University at Indianapolis) ▪ Southern Economic Association (x2 papers) (Atlanta).
2011: 11th Annual Missouri Economics Association and Washington University's Conference (Washington University in St. Louis).
2010: Society for Economic Dynamics (Cyprus)

Organized Conference and Seminar Sessions

2018: ▪ International Banking Economics and Finance Association Cryptocurrency sessions (x2) at Western Economic Association meeting (Vancouver, Canada)

Research Honors, Grants, and Awards

2018, August: Ranked #2,430 out of 325,991 authors by 12-month downloads on https://www.SSRN.com (top 2%)
2018, August: Ranked #173 out of 27,361 economics authors by 12-month downloads on SSRN (top 2%)
2018, March: Top 10% of authors by all-time downloads on SSRN.
2016, Fall: Awarded Junior Faculty Sabbatical Leave
2016-Current: Posted paper is top 10 by download within subject category on SSRN (24 times across 4 papers).
2014: Invited and funded attendee to Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute “Developing the Next Generation of Economic Models of Climate Change”
2012-2015: R.R. Witt Faculty Fellowship, Trinity University
2010, 2011: Travel Grant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
2009: Second Place, Hardy Third Year Paper Competition for "Learning about Growth", joint with Andy Glover. Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2009: Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship, University of Minnesota
2006: Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Professional Development and Colloquia
2017: Liberty and the War on Cash, sponsored by Liberty Fund, San Antonio.
2015: CeMENT Mentoring for Junior Faculty at Liberal Arts, sponsored by CSWEP (Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession), New Orleans.

Teaching (evaluations)

Teaching And Advising Experience

Course List Summary:
- Core courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Topic Courses: International Trade, International Monetary Systems

Positions
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (5 courses/year, 40-60 students, 1 TA+grader), 2018-Present
  - Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics (Calculus-based)
  - Advising: Terminal Economics Masters students (6 students, Masters-level thesis required)
  - Advising: Honors Undergraduate students
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas (6 courses/year, 8-30 students, no TA's or graders), 2012-2018
  - Principles of Microeconomics; Principles of Macroeconomics (No calculus)
  - International Trade; International Monetary Systems (No calculus, research paper required)
  - Advising Economics Majors, International Economics or General concentration (4-8 students/semester)
  - Advising First Year Students (7-10 students/semester)
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (3 courses/year), 2007-2012
  - Courses: Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics
    - 2010-2012: Lead Instructor (Create and maintain uniform material across 8 instructors)
    - 2009-2012: Large Lecture Instructor (150-400 students, 2-9 TA’s)
    - 2008-2012: Instructor (15-40 students, 0-1 TA’s)
    - 2007-2008: Teaching Assistant (35 students, 3 sections/semester)

Teaching Honors and Awards*
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2011: Walter W. Heller Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts
2010: Walter W. Heller Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts
2008-2012: Distinguished Instructor, awarded 8 times
2008: Distinguished Teaching Assistant

*Not eligible fo rteaching awards at Trinity University of University of Chicago

Supervised Undergraduate Students Research Outcomes

Conference Presentations & Acceptances
- 2014: 3 x Economics Scholar Program (Presentation and Poster sessions), 1 x Southwest Social Science Association

Service

Referee for
▪ British Journal of Management ▪ Czech NSF ▪ Eastern Economic Journal ▪ Economic Theory ▪ Frontiers in Blockchain Research ▪ Journal of Economic Insight ▪ Journal of International Economics ▪ Journal of International Money and Finance ▪ Swiss National Science Foundation ▪ Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance ▪

Media Interviews

2019: ▪ Breaker Mag, “Economists Are Missing a Trick With Crypto” (April 15) ▪
2018: Texas Public Radio (TPR) The Source: "Cash, Credit, Cryptocurrency: How Do You Choose To Pay?" (January 2) ▪ Scholars' Circle Radio Show: "Cryptocurrency, Insights from Scholars" (April 15) ▪ WBEZ Chicago - Worldview: "What is Blockchain Technology and Why Should We Care?" (July 30)
2017: National Public Radio (NPR) Marketplace: "Why pay a ransom in bitcoin?" (May 15) ▪ NPR Marketplace Tech: "The rise of cryptocurrencies" (June 22) ▪ The Street: "How Fidelity Is Normalizing Bitcoin" (August 10) ▪ Experian: "What is Bitcoin and should you buy it?" (September 12)
2014: Trinity Alumni Magazine: "Bitcoin: Should You or Shouldn't You?"

Presentations to a general audience

2018: National Association for Business Economics (NABE)-Dallas Chapter ▪ Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Education Sessions at Geekdom ▪ CCAF Launch of Global Cryptoasset Reports (CCAF, hosted by CME Group) ▪ San Antonio A&M Club ▪ Research Experience for Undergraduates (U Chicago Economics)
2017: San Antonio Business and Economics Society Luncheon Speaker
2015: Faculty Research Presentation for Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity (Trinity University)

University of Chicago Service (2018-Present)

2019: ▪ Reviewer: MAPSS-Econ (terminal Economics Masters degree) applications ▪ Organizer: Summer Teaching ▪ Faculty Advisor: Undergraduate Women in Economics RSO ▪ (3x) Special Topic Undergraduate Class Guest Lecture: Econ 13000: Money and Banking; Econ 23040: Cryptocurrencies; MPSC 56600: Intro to Blockchain ▪ Judge: Oeconomica Metrics Game ▪
2018: ▪ Lecturer Recruitment (Economics Dept.)

Trinity University Service (2012-2018)

2015-2017: Founder and Organizer of Trinity University Junior Faculty Research Group
2015: Junior Faculty Recruitment (Economics Dept.)
2013-2018: Member, Trinity University Lecturers & Visiting Scholars Committee
2012-2018: Department Representative for various events

Other Service
2019: Mentor: CSWEP Breakfast for Early Career Economists

Textbook Reviewer

Sachs, Jeffery and Gordon McCord. 2009 Principles of Economics and Global Sustainable Development. Addison-Wesley: Boston (Prospectus Review)
Cowen, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok, 2009. Modern Principles of Economics. Worth Publishers: New York
Williamson, Stephen, 2009. Macroeconomics, 3rd Edition. Addison-Wesley: Boston (Pre-revision review)

Professional Organization Memberships
American Economic Association ▪ Central Bank Research Association ▪ International Banking, Economics, and Finance Association ▪ International Trade and Finance Association.