About me

I am a Researcher at the Centre de Recerca en Economia International (CREi). 

My research focuses on topics related to information asymmetries and their impact on financial markets and the real economy. I am interested in factors that lead to information and belief heterogeneity, on how these factors may impact incentives of market players to screen and monitor assets, and on the study of regulatory policies to increase liquidity and discipline in markets. 

Before joining CREi, I was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. I earned my PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley, and I have a Masters in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, in Argentina, where I am from. Before my PhD, I spent two years as a Junior Professional Associate at the World Bank.

I am also a Research Fellow at CEPR,  an Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, and some of my current professional activities include:

• Associate Editor at the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, 

• Editorial Board member at The Review of Economic Studies,

• Director of the European Finance Association (EFA),

• Council member of the European Economic Association (EEA),

• Vice-president of the Spanish Finance Association (AEFIN),

• Board member of the Finance Theory Group (FTG). 

I am also honored to be part of the #cientificaseinnovadoras2020 group.

Research Interests

Macrofinance, Corporate Finance, Security Design, Games with Asymmetric Information, Mechanism Design.

Education

• PhD, Economics, University of California Berkeley, 2014

• MS, Finance, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, 2005

• BA, Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, 2004

Awards and Honors

• Junior Prize in Monetary Economics and Finance, Banque de France and Toulouse School of Economics, 2018

• Award for Best Young Economist, Argentina National Academy of Economics (ANCE), 2017

• Top Finance Graduate Award, Copenhagen Business School, 2014

• Runner-up Prize Winner, Best Finance Theory Job Market Paper, Finance Theory Group, 2014

• Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2012

• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley, 2010

Grants

• ERC Starting Grant 2020, "INFOMAK: Information, Markets, and the Macroeconomy", GR 948432, 2021-2025 

• Ramon y Cajal Fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, 2020-2025 (TBC)

• Fundació La Caixa CG-2019-, 2020-2021

• Barcelona GSE Seed Grant SG2019-03

• Generalitat de Catalunya, AGAUR Grant (2017SGR1393), 2017-2019