Rudolfs Bems is Deputy Division Chief at the Research Department of the IMF. His research interests fall in the general field of international macroeconomics with a focus on applied work. He has published in leading academic journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to the IMF, he was an Economist at the Research Department of the ECB.
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Reducing fossil fuel extraction may imply persistent negative effects for fossil fuel-producing economies
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- Climate Change 
- Energy
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Income-induced expenditure switching: Supermarket scanner data evidence from the 2008-09 Crisis in Latvia
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- Europe's nations and regions 
- Macroeconomic policy
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Value-added exchange rates
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- Competition Policy 
- Global economy 
- International trade
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The collapse of global trade: Update on the role of vertical linkages
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- International trade