Welcome to my personal research website. I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Bamberg in Germany (dissertation submitted), and hold an MA in International Economics from the HWR Berlin (Germany). My primary fields of research and professional interest are international macroeconomics, time series econometrics, exchange rates, and critical commodities. I accumulate a over a decade of professional experience in the private sector. 

WORK IN PROGRESS

• The Global Financial Cycle and National Financial Conditions: Connecting the Dots [In preparation] 

• The Oil Market and the Global Financial Cycle (with Till Strohsal/HWR Berlin, C. R. Proaño/U of Bamberg) [In preparation] 

• The Exchange Rate Disconnect under Bounded Rationality [In preparation] 

•  Government Spending and the Real Exchange Rate Under Bounded Rationality (with C. R. Proaño/U of Bamberg). [In preparation] 

• Geopolitical Risk, Commodity Prices and Economic Activity: Is Their Dynamic Interaction Nonlinear? (with C. R. Proaño/U of Bamberg). [R&R at the International Review of Economics & Finance] 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Publications during and after doctoral studies

• Proaño, C. R.; Quero Virla, L.; Strohsal, T.  (2025). How strong is the link between the global financial cycle and national macro-financial dynamics? A wavelet analysis. Journal of International Money & Finance, 159, 103419. [Replication Material] 

• Proaño, C. R.; Quero Virla, L. (2024). Macro-Financial Dynamics: Theories, Empirical Methods, and Time Scales. In: Booss-Bavnbek et al. (eds.), Multiplicity of Time Scales in Complex Systems II. Challenges for Sciences and Communication, Springer. 

Publications prior to doctoral studies

• Quero Virla, L. (2023). An Empirical Characterization of Volatility in the German Stock Market. SN Business & Economics, 3(127). 

• Quero Virla, L. (2016). Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Price Fluctuations in Colombia. Ecos De Economía: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics, 20(43). 

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

• Behavioral Macroeconomics Workshop:  2025 & 2023 at the Univesity of Bamberg, 2024 at the University of Heidelberg.

• International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE): 2024 at the King’s College London, 2023 at the HTW Berlin.

• German Network for New Economic Dynamics (GENED): 2022 at the University of Gießen.

• Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM Conference): 2025.

• International Economics Research Seminar at HWR Berlin: 2026, 2023, 2021.