Nighttime Light Index & Nowcasting Indonesia's GDP Growth
April 16, 2026·
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Krisna Gupta
Abstract
Brown Bag Seminar #5 at Dewan Ekonomi Nasional. Speakers: I Made Krisna Yudhana Wisnu Gupta (Tenaga Ahli Madya, DEN) and Alfian Mansur (Tenaga Ahli Madya, DEN). Discussant: Arief Ramayandi (Senior Research Economist, Asian Development Bank).
Location
RR.17, Kantor Dewan Ekonomi Nasional
Authors
Lecturer
My name is Krisna, some call me Imed. I am an advisor at the Indonesian National Economic Council. My research is about trade and investment policy and how it affects Indonesian firms. I use some structured equation such as GTAP model, but also do some empirics like gravity models.
I lecture at Universitas Indonesia. Additionally, I assume a senior fellow position at Center for Indonesian Policy Studies.
I contributed to several projects with Bank Indonesia, Bappenas, ADB, Prospera, and ERIA, among others. Occasional oped writer, typically at Kompas, Jakarta Post and East Asia Forum. Please see CV or contact me for more information.