Tanya Sethi

I am a third-year PhD student at the University of Virginia. My research interests are in Macroeconomics and International Finance.

In my research, I study how governments optimize their balance sheets to manage risks, including of AI, and factors that drive global asset allocation.

See my CV here.

Ongoing Research

Risk Sharing in Commodity Exporting Small Open Economies

Abstract: I develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to determine optimal fiscal portfolio allocation for commodity-exporting economies facing price volatility and uncertain returns. Calibrated o Norway, the model provides quantitative guidance on balancing sovereign wealth fund assets and currency composition of government debt to stabilize the economy against commodity price and financial shocks.

CIP Deviations and International Asset Allocation with Chang He

AI Risk-Sharing through Sovereign Wealth Funds and Tax Policy

Pre PhD Research

Term Length and Legislative Behaviour: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India: under review

with Sarthak Agrawal, Saloni Bhogale and Madhav Malhotra

Cohort Profile: Real-Time Insights of COVID-19 in India: BMC Public Health

with Banerjee, Petrosyan, Rao, Jacob, Yogiraj, Khobragade, Weerman, Chien, Angrisani, Agarwal, Madan, Dey, Schaner, Bloom, Lee, Dey

Have Bilateral Investment Treaties increased FDI into South Asia? Business Analyst

with Sarthak Agrawal & Aasheerwad Dwivedi

Policy Work

Past policy work has included the following positions:

Economist at the Ministry of Finance, Guyana

Consultant at the World Bank Development Research Group

Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, in partnership with Bihar Energy Department

Teaching

Teaching Assistantships at the University of Virginia:

ECON 4610 Economic Development, Fall 2025

ECON 3020 Intermediate Macroeconomics; Spring 2025

ECON 2020 Introductory Macroeconomics; Fall 2024