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CURRENT AFFILIATION

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, Chile, 2020- ...

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Economics, European University Institute, Italy, 2012.

  • M.Sc. in Economics, European University Institute, Italy, 2008.

  • M.Sc. in Economics, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina, 2005.

  • B.A. in Economics, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 2004.

RESEARCH

Fields of Interest: International finance, macroeconomics, financial economics

Publications

  • "Capital controls and the cost of debt" (with M. Schindler and P. Valenzuela), 2019, IMF Economic Review, vol. 67 (2), 288-314.

  • "The political economy of sovereign defaults" (with G. Sandleris and A. Van der Ghote), 2019, Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 104.

  • "Financial openness, domestic financial development and credit ratings" (with Patricio Valenzuela), 2016, Finance Research Letters, vol. 16, 11-18.

  • "Sovereign default, enforcement and the private cost of capital", 2015, International Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 39, 411-427.

Working Papers

  • "Capital controls and firm performance" (with S. Bauducco and E. Dardati), CAF Development Bank of Latin America Working Paper 1153.

  • "Investment opportunities and corporate bond spreads" (with P. Valenzuela), submitted.

  • "Microdatos para el estudio de la productividad en America Latina" (with Eslava, M.; Hurtado, B.; Albis,; Carbajal, F.; Dardati, E.; Guiñazu, S.; Giuliodori, D.; López-Martín, B.; Martínez, J.; Rodriguez, A.; Rosich, L.; Rovira, F.; Sánchez, E.; Urrutia, C.) CAF Development Bank of Latin America Working Paper 2018/11.

Work in Progress

  • "Trade, productivity and sovereign default" (with D. Kohn and G. Sandleris).

  • "Capital Controls and Foreign Currency Exposure in EME" (with V. Nuguer).

  • "Sovereign debt, currency composition and fiscal policy credibility" (with A. Van der Ghote).

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2013-2020.

  • Director, MSc Economics, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2015-2020.

  • Consultant, World Bank, USA, Summer 2010.

  • Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, USA, Summer 2009.

  • Research fellow/consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, USA, 2005-2007.

  • Consultant, Ministry of Economics, Argentina, 2003-2004.

  • Consultant, Ministry of Health of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002-2003.

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS

  • FONDECYT Regular Proyect #1200101, CONICYT, Chile, 2020-2024.

  • FONDECYT Initiation Project #11160494, CONICYT, Chile, 2016-2018.

  • CAF Development Bank of Latin-America Research Grant "Regulatory Framework and Productivity in Latin America", 2017.

  • DICYT Regular Project #031462A, VRIDEI, University of Santiago of Chile, 2016-2017.

  • DICYT Initiation Project # 031662A, VRIDEI, University of Santiago of Chile, 2014-2015.

  • IADB Award to the best student paper presented at the LACEA 2010 Annual Meeting.

  • MAEC-AECID Doctoral Scholarship, European University Institute, 2007-2011.

TEACHING

  • Financial Economics, University of Santiago of Chile, 2015-…

  • Macroeconomics I, University of Santiago of Chile, 2014-...

  • Principles of Macroeconomics, University of Santiago of Chile 2012-2014.

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Conferences:

International Finance and Business Society Conference (France, 2019), International Risk Management Conference (Italy, 2019), Georgetown Center for Economic Research Biennial Conference (USA, 2019), International Atlantic Economic Conference (USA, 2018), European Economic Association Annual Meeting (Germany, 2018), International Risk Management Conference (France, 2018), International Economics and Finance Workshop (Mexico, 2018), RIDGE December Forum (Uruguay, 2017), LACEA XXII (Argentina, 2017), Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association (USA, 2017), Money, Banking and Finance Conference (Italy, 2016), RIDGE December Forum (Uruguay, 2015), LACEA XX (Bolivia, 2015), Market imperfections and the macroeconomy (Chile, 2014), XVII Workshop in International Economics and Finance (Costa Rica, 2014), XXXVIII SAEe (España, 2013), Latin American Financial Network Meeting (Mexico, 2013), LACEA XVIII (Mexico, 2013), UDESA Alumni Conference (Argentina, 2012), SECHI (Chile, 2012), XXXVI SAEe (España, 2011), Berlin Conference on Sovereign Debt and Default, (Germany, 2010), LACEA XV (Colombia, 2010), LACEA XI (Mexico, 2006).

Seminars:

Universidad de los Andes (Chile), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina), Banco Central de Chile (Chile), Oxford University (U.K.), De Nederlandsche Bank (Holland), European University Institute (Italy), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Chile), The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Switzerland), Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (Chile), Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile), Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile), Universidad Diego Portales (Chile), Universidad de Chile (Chile), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Referee: American Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Estudios de Economía.

  • Scientific Committee: LACEA Annual Meeting XXIII, LACEA Annual Meeting XXII.