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I am a macroeconomist specializing in financial markets, banking and political economy.

Here is a copy of my CV

Research

Publications:

Intermediated Corruption - International Economic Review (2015) - online appendix

Persistent Inequality, Corruption, and Factor Productivity - B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (2019)

Working Papers

Dealer Inventory Management.  --  with Lejvi Dalani

A Model of Banking without Fiat Money (submitted)  --  with Carlos Perez

Rationing under Concave Preferences (submitted) --   with Lejvi Dalani

Market Liquidity and Asset Quality (submitted) - with Luis Araujo 

On the cyclicality of liquidity in a consumption-based asset pricing model with search frictions  -- with A. Aguirre and A Janiak.

Reputational Concerns in Directed Search Models with Adverse Selection

Work in Progress

Consignment and Portfolio Choice  -- with Lejvi Dalani

Public Policy and Outreach (non-academic)

Determinantes del Costo de la Deuda Externa de Chile - with Sergio Salas

A VAR-based historical analysis of the  cost of servicing external Chilean debt with projections.

An application of the MR-SIR model of Covid-19 in Chile. Study was covered by El Mercurio.