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

Salzburg Global Finance Forum (Salzburg), Reserve Bank of India (Mumbai), CAFRAL (Mumbai), IIM (Ahmedabad),  Bank of Japan (Tokyo).