Welcome! I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Bamberg in Germany (dissertation submitted), and hold an MA in International Economics from the HWR Berlin (Germany). My primary fields of research and professional interest are international macroeconomics and applied time series econometrics, with a focus on global macro-financial linkages, exchange rate dynamics, and fiscal policy issues in open economies. In addition, I have extensive work experience in the private sector, including 5 years in the C-Level Strategy & Market Intelligence team at Springer Nature.  

WORK IN PROGRESS

• The Exchange Rate Disconnect in a Macroeconomic Model with Bounded Rationality [In preparation] 

• The Global Financial Cycle and National Financial Conditions: Connecting the Dots [In preparation] 

• The Oil Market and the Global Financial Cycle (with Till Strohsal/HWR Berlin, C. R. Proaño/U of Bamberg) [In preparation] 

•  Government Spending and the Real Exchange Rate Under Bounded Rationality (with C. R. Proaño/U of Bamberg). [In preparation] 

• On the Nonlinear Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Economic Activity and Commodity Prices (with C. R. Proaño/U of Bamberg). [R&R at the International Review of Economics & Finance] 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Publications during and after doctoral studies

• Proaño, C. R.; Quero Virla, L.; Strohsal, T.  (2025). How strong is the link between the global financial cycle and national macro-financial dynamics? A wavelet analysis. Journal of International Money & Finance, 159, 103419. [Replication Material] 

• Proaño, C. R.; Quero Virla, L. (2024). Macro-Financial Dynamics: Theories, Empirical Methods, and Time Scales. In: Booss-Bavnbek et al. (eds.), Multiplicity of Time Scales in Complex Systems II. Challenges for Sciences and Communication, Springer. 

Publications prior to doctoral studies

• Quero Virla, L. (2023). An Empirical Characterization of Volatility in the German Stock Market. SN Business & Economics, 3(127). 

• Quero Virla, L. (2016). Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Price Fluctuations in Colombia. Ecos De Economía: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics, 20(43). 

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

• 2026: International Economics Research Seminar at HWR Berlin.

• 2025: Behavioral Macroeconomics Workshopat the University of Bamberg; Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM Conference)

• 2024: International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE) at the King’s College London; Behavioral Macroeconomics Workshopat the University of Heidelberg. 

• 2023: International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE) at the HTW Berlin; Behavioral Macroeconomics Workshopat the University of Bamberg; International Economics Research Seminar at HWR Berlin.

• 2022: German Network for New Economic Dynamics (GENED) at the University of Gießen.

• 2021: International Economics Research Seminar at HWR Berlin.