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General Information

Full Name Samuel Evan Ross
Languages English (Native), French (Proficient)
Citizenship United States

Education

  • Aug 2021 – May 2025
    B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, Minor in Statistics
    Haverford College, Haverford, PA
    • GPA: 3.98
    • Major GPAs: 4.0
    • Selected Coursework:
      • Abstract Algebra
      • Advanced Econometrics
      • Complex Analysis
      • Functional Analysis
      • Graduate Microeconomics I (UPenn)
      • Machine Learning
      • Macroeconomics
      • Measure Theory
      • Real Analysis
    • Athletics: Varsity Cricket (Batsman)
    • Thesis: "Central Bank Credibility and Exchange Rate Determination with Financial Intermediaries" (Draft)
    • Service: Tenure-Track Economics Faculty Hiring Committee (2024–25)

Experience

  • Aug 2023 – Present
    Research Assistant for Professor Kenneth S. Rogoff
    Harvard University, Department of Economics (Remote)
    • Global Role of the Dollar Book: Gathered research for a forthcoming book about dollar dominance. Constructed analyses illustrating international macroeconomic trends using data from LSEG Refinitiv, IMF, World Bank, etc.
  • Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
    Summer Analyst, Macroeconomic and Monetary Studies, DSGE
    Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York, NY)
    • HANK Software: Wrote a Julia package that implements the Sequence-Space Jacobian method of Auclert et al. (2021) to efficiently solve Heterogeneous-Agent New Keynesian (HANK) DSGE models. Software facilitates analysis of the distributional consequences of monetary and fiscal policy for research and internal Bank reports.
  • Jun 2023 – Jan 2024
    Year-round Intern, Stress Testing Research
    Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Washington, DC)
    • Corporate Debt Paper: Co-authored a working paper (submitted to WFA) about the transmission of monetary policy through the corporate loan market. Merged, cleaned, and analyzed large regulatory datasets (SNC, Y-14Q, Y-9C) using SQL, Stata, and Python. Retained part-time during the academic year to continue this work.
  • Mar 2022 – Aug 2022
    Research Assistant for Professor Carola Binder
    Haverford College, Department of Economics (Haverford, PA)
    • Price Controls Book: Gathered primary sources and wrote passages for a book about historical price controls in the United States (Shock Values, University of Chicago Press, 2024).

Working Papers

  • "Leveraged Loans and the Transmission of Monetary Policy" (with Murillo Campello and Teng Wang)

Activities

  • Oct 2021 – Present
    Co-Founder & Co-Head
    Haverford Economics Club
    • Covid Reopening Extension: Led a team extending Chetty et al. (2020). Built a Python web scraper to crawl the New York Times for states' sector-level Covid reopenings, then used synthetic controls to evaluate their impact on employment and consumption. Presented at the INET YSI Webinar on Replication in November 2022.
  • Aug 2021 – Present
    Founder & Co-Head
    Haverford Problem Solving Group (Math Club)
    • Competition Math Events: Host weekly competitive mathematics training events. Led Haverford to top-20 national placement in the 2021 and 2022 Putnam exams.

Skills and Awards

  • Awards: The Michael M. Weinstein Prize in Economics (Haverford, 2024), Class of 1896 Prize in Mathematics (Haverford, 2023)
  • Programming Languages: Java, Julia, LaTeX, Mathematica, MATLAB, Python (TensorFlow, Keras, sklearn), R, Stata, SQL
  • Tools: Git, LSEG Refinitiv, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Tableau, Unix, Vim, Zotero