Vatsala Shreeti

I am an Economist working with the Innovation and Digital Economy team in the research department of the Bank for International Settlements.  I am interested in empirical Industrial Organisation and Digital Economics. I am a research affiliate at CESifo.

I hold a PhD in Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), a Masters of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Bachelor of Arts (with Honors) in Economics from Miranda House, University of Delhi.

Email:  vatsala[dot]shreeti[at]bis[dot]org

Latest research and policy work

Imitation and the diffusion of innovation (BIS Working Paper, April 2026)

The geography of AI firms (BIS Working Paper, April 2026)
Media coverage: South Korea punches above its weight in AI (Financial Times), AI investment has a home bias (Financial Times)

Global giants in the AI supply chain (BIS bulletin, February 2026)
Media coverage: Hindustan Times, Sri Lanka Guardian, Central Banking, Bloomberg

Upcoming talks

CEPR European Economic Policy Annual Conference (Luxembourg), Reserve Bank of India (Mumbai), CAFRAL (Mumbai), IIM (Ahmedabad),  ICRIER (New Delhi), Korea University (Seoul), Korea Institute of Public Finance (Seoul), Bank of Japan (Tokyo).