Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
OECD Economics Department, Paris, France (May 2012 - present).
- Senior Economist and Head of Unit at the Country Studies Branch.
Central Bank of Chile, Chile (May 2010 – April 2012).
- Head of International Economic Analysis at the Financial Policy Division.
Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile (2011).
- Visiting Professor of Macroeconomics.
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA (Jun. 2009 – Mar. 2010).
- Research Intern, Research Department.
World Bank, Washington, DC, USA (Jun. 2008 – Jun. 2009).
- Consultant, East Asia and Pacific Division.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA (Aug. 2006 – May 2010).
- Instructor, Department of Economics.
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Mar. 2003 – Jun. 2005).
- Research Assistant, Department of Economics.
Ministry of Economy of Argentina, Argentina (Jan. 2001 – Mar. 2003).
- Economic Analyst, Secretariat of Finance.
EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Ph.D. in Economics, 2010.
- M.A. in Economics, 2008.
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- M.A. in Economics, 2005.
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- B.A. in Economics (Licenciado), 2001.
PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS
"Bringing all Chileans on board", OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1289, OECD Publishing.
"Chile: Better skills for inclusive growth", OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1290, OECD Publishing.
"Trade Patterns in the 2060 World Economy", (with Jean Château, Lionel Fontagné, Jean Fouré and Åsa Johansson), OECD Economic Journal, OECD Publishing.
"What Explains the Volume and Composition of Trade?: Industrial Evidence from a Panel of Countries", (with Åsa Johansson, Przemyslaw Kowalski and Dario Pellegrino), OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1128, OECD Publishing.
"Long-term Patterns of Trade and Specialisation", (with Åsa Johansson) OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1136, OECD Publishing.
"US Long-Term Interest Rates and Capital Flows to Emerging Economies". Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy Vol. 06, No. 02, 1550008 (2015).
"Sharing the Fruits of Growth With All Mexicans", (with Valery Dugain) OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1197, OECD Publishing.
"What makes Mexicans happy?" (with Valery Dugain), OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1196, OECD Publishing.
"Global Trade and Specialisation Patterns Over the Next 50 Years", (with Åsa Johansson) OECD Economic Policy Papers 10, OECD Publishing.
"New Evidence on the Determinants of Industrial Specialisation", (with Åsa Johansson) Forthcoming Journal of Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.
"Capital Flows and Booms in Asset Prices: Evidence from a Panel of Countries in Capital Flows and Monetary Policy", Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies Book Series, in: Miguel Fuentes D. & Claudio E. Raddatz & Carmen M. Reinhart (ed.), Capital Mobility and Monetary Policy, edition 1, volume 18, chapter 8, pages 255-290 Central Bank of Chile.
"What types of Capital Flows are Associated with Booms in Real Estate Prices?", (with Alejandro Jara) Working Paper Nº 696, Banco Central de Chile.
"El sistema financiero chileno y las políticas macroprudenciales", (with Rodrigo Cifuentes, Rodrigo Alfaro, and Rubén Poblete) Financial Stability Report, first half 2011 (Central Bank of Chile).
"On the Level of International Reserves in Chile: Analysis using Complementary Approaches", (with Gabriela Contreras, Alejandro Jara and Diego Saravia). Journal of Economía Chilena, Volume 15, Issue 3, December 2013, Pages 40-63.
"Optimal Inflation Tax in the Presence of Financial Intermediaries", invited to Revise and Resubmit in Economic Letters. Working Paper Nº 619, Banco Central de Chile.
"Natural Disasters and Economic Growth: Going Beyond the Averages", (with Norman Loayza, Jamele Rigolini and Luc Christiansen). World Development, Volume 40, Issue 7, July 2012, Pages 1317–1336.
"Managing East Asia’s Macroeconomic Volatility", (with Jamele Rigolini). World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 4989.
"The Macroeconomic Consequences of Rare Events", Ph.D. Thesis, mimeo University of Maryland.
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Cross-country evidence of the effect of input tariffs on exports of downstream industries", (with Åsa Johansson and Przemyslaw Kowalski).
"Capital controls and economic growth", (with Christian Daude).
OPINION COLUMNS AND PRESS COVERAGE
China Sends Bubbles to North America, Bloomberg, June 2016.
A la mayoría de los países del bloque le gustaría tener el nivel de deuda de Chile, Pulso Pasión por los Negocios, March 2016.
Reconstruyendo los motores del crecimiento con reformas estructurales, Revista Dinero, December 2014.
La OCDE entra en el debate de la reforma tributaria con dudas sobre la implementación, Diario Financiero, June 2014.
Asset-price booms and the composition of capital inflows, VoxEU, December 2013.
¿Cuán grande es el costo de las trabas a la importación?, FocoEconomico, December, 2013.
¿Un boom de ingresos puede hacer a un gobierno más corrupto?, La Nación, November 2013.
Mercados emergentes están más expuestos a burbujas con bonanzas de flujos de capital, Diario Estrategia, Chile, August 2012.
Flujos de capital impactan los precios de las acciones, DiarioFinanciero, Chile, June 2011.
The impact of natural disasters on growth, Livemint & The WallStreet Journal, March 2011.
The Economic Consequences of Japan’s Natural Disaster, NewYork Observer, March 2011.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
- Jacob Goldhaber Award, University of Maryland award, Fall 2009.
- National Science Foundation Award, III Meeting of the Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences, 2008.
- University of Maryland Scholarship, 2006-2010.
- Graduate Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2005 – 2006.
- Graduated Cum Laude, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2001.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago (Chile).
- Macroeconomics, Currency, Banking, and Debt Crises.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
- Graduate level: Mathematical Economics.
- Under-graduate level: Currency, Banking, and Debt Crises; Open-Economy macroeconomics.
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
- Graduate Level: Macroeconomics I; Public Finance.
- Under-graduate level: Introduction to Macroeconomics; Microeconomics.
REFERENCES
Alvaro Pereira, OECD, Alvaro.PEREIRA@oecd.org, (33-0) 1 45 24 87 28.
Carmen Reinhart, Harvard University, carmen_reinhart@harvard.edu, (202) 454-1325.
Carlos Végh, Johns Hopkins University, veghcarlos@gmail.com, (202) 238-3552.
Norman Loayza, World Bank, nloayza@worldbank.org, (240) 743-4518.
Kevin Cowan, Inter-American Development Bank, kevinco@iadb.org, (202) 623-1000.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: Argentina and Italian.