Welcome to my webpage! I am

Senior Economist, Department of Economic Research, Central Bank of Chile.

Research Associate, Toulouse School of Economics.

My research interests focus on Macroeconomics, broad sense.

You can find my CV here. 

Email: pasten.ernesto@gmail.com

Latest news: 

Oct 2026: From Feb to Jun 2027 I will be Tinker Visiting Professor at Stanford University 

Oct 2026: "Pricing under Distres" (with Boragan Aruoba, Andres Fernandez, Daniel Guzman Giron and Felipe Saffie) is conditionally accepted at the AER.

Ago 2026: "Strike while the Iron is Hot: Optimal Monetary Policy under State-Dependent Pricing" (with Peter Karadi, Anton Nakov, Galo Nuno and Dominik Thaler) is conditionally accepted at the AER.