Professional activities

Editorial

 Editor, Short Papers, Revista Economía Chilena, 2014 - 2019.

Refereeing

Acta Oeconomica, Applied Economics Letters, CEPAL Review, Economic Modelling, Economic Systems, Economics Bulletin, Estudios de Economía, German Economic Review, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, Journal of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Macroeconomics, Monetaria, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Revista Economía Chilena, Revista de Análisis Económico.  

Organization

3rd Santiago Macro Workshop, Banco Central de Chile and PUC-Chile, 2019. 

Workshop “Productivity Dynamics, Firm Growth and Factor Reallocation,” Banco Central de Chile, 2018.

Seminars (* presented by co-author)

Banco de México (2018, 2024), Banco Central del Uruguay (2023), Universidad de Santiago (2014, 2015, 2016*, 2023), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2021), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2021), Banco de la República (2017, 2021), Universidad de Chile (2013, 2020), CEMLA (2018), BIS (2015, 2018), Danmarks Nationalbank (2012, 2017), Eesti Pank (2017), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2013, 2016*), Universidad Diego Pótales (2013), Banco Central de Chile (many times).

Conferences / Workshops (* presented by co-author)

Monetary Policy: Heterogeneity, Communication and Subjective Inflation Expectations (Banco de la República-Red Investigadores de Economía, 2022), SECHI annual meeting (Sociedad de Economía de Chile, 2010-2017, 2022), International Conference on Economic Modeling and Data Science (Ecomod, 2010, 2021), IEA World Congress (International Economic Association, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2021), CEF International Conference (Society for Computational Economics, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021), Central Bank Researchers Network (CEMLA, 2007-2015, 2018, 2020), Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings (Midwest Macroeconomics Group, fall 2018, fall 2019), 11th International Research Conference (Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 2018), Annual Meeting of the MMF Conference (The Money Macro and Finance Research Group, 2015, 2017*, 2018), LACEA annual meeting (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2015, 2017), EEA-SESM (European Economic Association - Econometric Society, 2017*) IAAE Annual Conference (International Association for Applied Econometrics, 2017), SEEM EuroConference (Society for the Study of Emerging Markets, 2014*, 2016),  BIS CCA Research Conference (BIS, 2015, 2016), Macroeconometric Workshop (IWH-CIREQ-GW, 2016), 21st International Conference on Forecasting Financial Markets (Applied Econometrics Association, 2014*), EPCS Annual Meeting (European Public Choice Society, 2013), SERC (Singapore Economic Review, 2013), 10th Emerging Market Workshop (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, 2012), 6th Colloquium on Modern Tools for Business Cycle Analysis (Eurostat, 2010), Workshop on CPI Measures: Policy Issues and Concerns (BIS-CEMLA-Central Reserve Bank of Peru, 2010), 4th Joint European Commission and OECD Workshop on Business and Consumer Opinion Surveys (EC-OECD, 2009). 

Discussions

“Sentiments and Economic Activity: Evidence from U.S. States” by J. Benhabib and M.M. Spiegel, “Workshop on Beliefs, Sentiments, Confidence and the Macroeconomy”, Banco Central de Chile, 2017.

“World Food Prices and Monetary Policy” by L. Catão and R. Chang, “Workshop on Commodity Prices and Monetary Policy”, Banco Central de Chile, 2012.

“On the Use of Seasonal Models to Forecast Short-Term Inflation: Evidence from Mexico” by C. Capistrán, C. Constanse and M.R. Francia and “The Riksbank´s Forecasting Performance” by M. Anderson, G. Karlsson and J. Svensson, “Workshop on Inflation Forecasting”, Banco Central de Chile, 2008. 

“Electronic Transactions as High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity” by J.W. Galbraith and G. Tkacz, Workshop “Forecasting Short-Term Economic Developments and the Role of Econometric Models”, Bank of Canada, 2007.

Appearances in the Press

Column in El Mercurio Valparaiso  (in Spanish), 3 October 2023.

Column in El Mercurio Inversiones (in Spanish), 2 September 2022.

Interview D´Magazine Chile (in Spanish), August 2022 (page 21)

Others      

Invited speaker: Statistics Workshop on Economic Tendency Surveys (Banco Central de Chile, 2017), Ciclo de Jornadas Económicos (Banco de Guatemala, 2017). 

Visiting positions:  CEMLA (2018), Banco de España (2005), Bank of England (internship, 2001).