Our Team
Arantxa Jarque
Arantxa Jarque is a senior policy economist in the Research Department and serves as associate director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Center for Advancing Women in Economics. She also manages the Research Assistant (RA) program and the summer undergraduate internship program.
Jarque's research interests include dynamic contract theory, banking and corporate governance. She has published in the Journal of Economic Theory and the Review of Economic Dynamics.
As part of her efforts to promote widespread access to economics, Jarque helped launch the Richmond Fed’s annual Diverse Economics conference (known as DivEc), which exposes undergraduate students to the diverse people and careers within economics. Her roles with the RA and intern programs, as well as her work with the Research Department’s doctoral student interns, have given her valuable insight into the perspectives of early career economists and the importance of providing information and mentoring.
Jarque joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in September 2009 after serving as an assistant professor of economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and at Universidad de Alicante in Spain. She earned her doctorate from the University of Rochester.
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Work in Progress
"Providing Incentives for Mortgage Originators" (with Edward S. Prescott).
"The Complexity of CEO Compensation: Incentives and Learning."
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Academic Publications
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 56, June 2020: 101077Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 145, November 2010: 2412-2423Previous Version: Working Paper, July 2008, No. 08-4Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 13, April 2010: 333-349Previous Version: Working Paper, December 2007, No. 07-7
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Working Papers
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Bank Publications
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Media Mentions
"Connecting Women Economists," Econ Focus, Third Quarter 2024.
"Women in Economics: Marina Azzimonti and Arantxa Jarque," St. Louis Fed Women in Economics Podcast, April 5, 2024.
"Advancing Women in Economics," Speaking of the Economy, September 13, 2023.
"First in MM: Fed looks to elevate female economists," Politico Morning Money, September 12, 2023.
"Women in Economics: Advancing Together," Speaking of the Economy, April 13, 2022.
"Diversity in Economics and Central Banking," Speaking of the Economy, March 25, 2021.