Hi, welcome to my personal website.
I am Assistant Professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA, Argentina), researcher at UBA's International Trade and Competitiveness Center, and visiting researcher at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata Center for Distributive, Labor, and Social Studies (CEDLAS).
My work focuses on industrial development, international trade and the digital economy. I combine applied research with work with government and international organizations on design, implementation and evaluation of public policies.
You can reach me at bernardo.diazastarloa [at] economicas [dot] uba [dot] ar.
NEWS!
November 2023
eTrade Readiness Assessment of Peru
The eTrade Readiness Assessment of Peru, the first in the UNCTAD series to be carried out in a Latin American country, was officially launched in Lima on November 15th. You can find more about the report here.
December 2022
Cluster initiatives and economic resilience in Argentina
Our working paper "Cluster Initiatives and Economic Resilience: Evidence from a Technology Cluster in Argentina" is available at the Inter-American Development Bank here. A dedicated website with cluster initiatives in the LAC region is coming soon, stay tuned.
LAC B2C Marketplace Explorer
UN-ECLAC and the International Trade Centre just launched the Latin America and the Caribbean Marketplace Explorer, where you can find recent trends and characteristics of the online B2C marketplace landscape in the region. Check the tool here. A companion paper in which we worked analyzing the data and revealing interesting patterns will be coming out soon.
November 2022
Quantitative Economics Special Issue on Global Income Dynamics
Our paper "The Evolution of the Earnings Distribution in a Volatile Economy: Evidence from Argentina" just came out in Quantitative Economics as part of the Special Issue on Global Income Dynamics. Check the paper, together with other super relevant contributions, here.
December 2021
E-commerce and international trade in MERCOSUR
I was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil to write a brief note about trade facilitation and the potential of e-commerce to fuel international trade in MERCOSUR. You can find it as Chapter V here, in a collection of notes on digital transformation and trade in MERCOSUR.
September 2021
Economic contribution of IPR-intensive industries in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) just released three studies I produced with some colleagues about the economic contribution of IP rights in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, under the IP Key LA project. You can download the full reports here.
July 2021
Earnings dynamics for Argentina at the SED 2021 Annual Meeting
I presented "The Evolution of the Earnings Distribution in a Volatile Economy: Evidence from Argentina", which we wrote with Andrés Drenik, Andrés Blanco, Chris Moser, and Danilo Trupkin, at the Society for Economic Dynamics 2021 Annual Meeting on July 1-3. You can watch the whole Global Income Dynamics session, which also included papers for the U.K. and Canada, here.