CV
Updated August 2020
Education
PhD in Economics, University of Chicago 2013
MA in Economics, University of Chicago 2009
MSc/BSc in Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2006/7
Work Experience AT the International Monetary Fund
Economist/Senior Economist, Strategy, Policy and Review Department 2018-...
· Comprehensive Surveillance Review, Integrated Policy Framework, Covid-related presentations to Mgmt/Board, Fiscal Space, Trade spillovers, Board briefing on MP and inequality, SPR economist (JAM SBA, DRC SMP/RCF), Reviewer (USA, MYS, NOR, ROM, SVK, GUY, BGR)
Economist, China/Hong Kong SAR/Mongolia (one-off), Asia Pacific Department 2016-2018
· China: Projections, scenarios, high-frequency data, background analytical work
· Department award 2017 “Exceptional service”
Economist Program, Korea/Philippines, Asia Pacific Department 2015-16
Economist Program, Open Economy Division, Research Department 2013-15
· Department award 2015 “Exceptional service”; 2014 Research Conference Committee
Summer Intern, Open Economy Division, Research Department 2012
Other Work Experience
Lecturer at the College, University of Chicago, Intro. Finance 2012
Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago 2010-13
· PhD (Empirical Asset Pricing and Monetary Econ.), The College (Intro. Macro), Financial Math Masters (Adv. Option Pricing, Numerical Methods, Regression Analysis/Quant Trading Strategies, Foundations of Option Pricing and FX/Fixed Income), MBA (Macro and Futures, Forwards, Options, Swaps)
· Outstanding TA 2011, 2012 (voted best TA of European EMBA); Exceptional Service 2011, 2012
Research Assistant, for Fernando Alvarez and Tarek Hassan 2009-11
Associate Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group 2006-07
Publications
The Cost of FX Intervention: Concepts and Measurement (w/ G. Adler), forthcoming, Journal of Macroeconomics
Real Exchange Rate and External Balance: How Important Are Price Deflators? (w/ JB Ahn, J. Zhou), forthcoming, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
Forward and Spot Exchange Rates in a Multi-Currency World (w/T. Hassan), 2019, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 134(1), pp. 397-450.
Unveiling the Effect of Foreign Exchange Intervention: A Panel Approach (w/ G. Adler and N. Lisack), 2019, Emerging Markets Review, Vol 40
Default Premium (w/ L. Catao), 2017, Journal of International Economics, Vol 107, pp. 91–110.
Working Papers
One Shock, Many Policy Responses (w/ S. Sgherri) IMF WP 20/10
The Level REER model in the External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology (w/ C. Osorio-Buitron, L. A. Ricci and M. Vargas) IMF WP 19/192
Trade Wars and Trade Deals: Estimated Effects using a Multi-Sector Model (w/ C. Caceres and D. Cerdeiro) IMF WP 19/143
China’s High Savings: Drivers, Prospects, and Policies (w/ Longmei Zhang, Ray Brooks, Ding Ding, Haiyan Ding, and Jing Lu) IMF WP 18/277
China’s Rebalancing: Recent Progress, Prospects and Policies (w/ Jiayi Zhang) IMF WP 18/243
China's Capacity Reduction Reform and Its Impact on Producer Prices (w/ Linxi Chen and Ding Ding) IMF WP 18/216
Inequality in China – Trends, Drivers and Policy Remedies (w/ S. Jain-Chandra, N. Khor, J. Schauer, P. Wingender and J. Zhuang) IMF WP 18/127
Reassessing the Perimeter of Government Accounts in China (w/ P. Stokoe) IMF WP 17/272.
Real Exchange Rate and External balance: How Important Are Price Deflators? (w/J. Ahn and J. Zhou) IMF WP 17/81
Quantifying the Spillovers from China Rebalancing Using a Multi-sector Ricardian Trade Model IMF WP 16/219
Spillovers from China's Growth Slowdown and Rebalancing to the ASEAN Economies (w/ A. Dizioli, J. Guajardo, V. Klyuev and M. Raissi) IMF WP 16/170
The Level of Productivity in Traded and Non-Traded Sectors for a Large Panel of Countries (w/M. Castillo) IMF WP 15/48
Other Skills
Language: Fluent Portuguese and English, advanced Spanish, Basic German
Software: Stata, Matlab, LaTeX.