Researcher Profiles Rochelle Guttmann

Payments Policy Department

Current research interests: payment behaviour, applied econometrics, household sector, labour markets

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Rochelle leads the Digital Currencies team in the Payments Policy Department. She most recently was head of the Analysis and Policy section in the Note Issue Department and has held various positions in the Economic Analysis, Economic Research and Financial Stability Departments. Rochelle holds a Master in Public Affairs (Economics and Public Policy) from Princeton University and Bachelors of Science and Commerce (First Class Honours and the University Medal) from the University of New South Wales.

Academic publications

Ballantyne A, T Cusbert, R Evans, R Guttmann, J Hambur, A Hamilton, E Kendall, R McCririck, G Nodari, DM Rees (2020) ‘MARTIN Has Its Place: A Macroeconometric Model of the Australian Economy’ Economic Record, 96(314), pp 225–251.
Also released as RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2019-07.
Foster J and R Guttmann (2018) ‘Job Security Perceptions and its Effect on Wage Growth’ Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 21(3), pp 229–251.
Guttmann R and D Rodgers (2015) ‘International Banking and Liquidity Risk Transmission: Evidence from Australia’ IMF Economic Review, 63(3), pp 411–425.
Doiron D and R Guttmann (2009) ‘Wealth Distributions of Migrant and Australian‐born Households’ Economic Record, 85(268), pp 32–45.
Belkar R and DG Fiebig (2008) ‘A Monte Carlo Comparison of Estimators for a Bivariate Probit Model with Selection’ Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 78(2), pp 250–256.
Belkar R, DG Fiebig, M Haas and R Viney (2006) ‘Why Worry about Awareness in Choice Problems? Econometric Analysis of Screening for Cervical Cancer’ Health Economics, 15(1), pp 33–47.

Other Research Papers

Guttmann R (2022) ‘Cash cycle in Germany and Other G20 Countries: Contribution by the Reserve Bank of Australia’ In J Beermann (ed), The Euro at 20: The Future of our Money, London, Penguin, pp 224–239.
Belkar R, L Cockerell and R Edwards (2007) ‘Labour Force Participation and Household Debt’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2007-05.
Belkar R, L Cockerell and C Kent (2007) ‘Current Account Deficits: The Australian Debate’ RBA Research Discussion Paper No 2007-02.

Policy Publications

Guttmann R, T Livermore and Z Zhang (2023) ‘The Cash-use Cycle in Australia’ RBA Bulletin, March.
Guttmann R, C Pavlik, B Ung and G Wang (2021) ‘Cash Demand during COVID-19’ RBA Bulletin, March.
Guttmann R, D Lawson and P Rickards (2020) ‘The Economic Effects of Low Interest Rates and Unconventional Monetary Policy’ RBA Bulletin, September.
Guttmann R, K Hickie, P Rickards and I Roberts (2019) ‘Spillovers to Australia from the Chinese Economy’ RBA Bulletin, June.
Bishop J and R Guttmann (2018) ‘Does it Pay to Study Economics?’ RBA Bulletin, September.
Foster J and R Guttmann (2018) ‘Perceptions of Job Security in Australia’ RBA Bulletin, March.
Brown A and R Guttmann (2017) ‘Ageing and Labour Supply in Advanced Economies’ RBA Bulletin, December, pp 37–46.
Black S, A Fitzpatrick, R Guttmann and S Nicholls (2012) ‘The Financial Characteristics of Small Businesses’ 755KB Proceedings of Small Business Finance Roundtable, RBA, Sydney.