Russell (Tsz-Nga) Wong is a senior economist in the Research Department. Wong joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in July 2016 after working as a senior analyst at the Bank of Canada.
Wong's research interests include monetary and growth theories. His recent policy analysis focuses on payment and settlement, including electronic money, Large Value Payment System, and central counterparty clearing.
"An Heterogeneous-Agent New-Monetarist Model with an Application to Unemployment" (with Guillaume Rocheteau, Pierre-Olivier Weill). NBER Working Paper No. 25220, November 2018.
"Institutional Barriers and World Income Disparities" (with Ping Wang and Chong K. Yip). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 100, no. 3 (Third Quarter 2018): 259-280.
"Mismatch and Assimilation" (with Ping Wang and Chong K. Yip). NBER Working Paper No. 24960, August 2018.
"Working through the Distribution: Money in the Short and Long Run" (with Guillaume Rocheteau and Pierre-Olivier Weill). NBER Working Paper No. 21779, December 2015.
"A Tractable Model of Monetary Exchange with Ex-post Heterogeneity" (with Guillaume Rocheteau and Pierre-Olivier Weill). NBER Working Paper No. 21179, May 2015.
