Areas of research interest
Political economics, public economics, applied game theory.
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2007.
M.A. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2002.
M.A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 1997.
B.Sc. in Economics, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, 1995.
Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de Los Andes, September 2013-Present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de Los Andes, July 2007-August 2013.
Instructor, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, August 1997-January 1999, August 1999-August 2001.
Research Assistant, CEDE – Universidad de los Andes, August 1995-July 1997.
Research Assistant, Universidad Javeriana, February-August, 1995.
Other Positions
Visiting professor, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile, September-October, 2016.
Research adviser, The World Bank, May-June, 2005.
Research adviser, International Labor Office (ILO), June-August, 1998.
Research adviser, Corporación Centro de Estudios Ciudadanos (Colombia), September-December, 1996.
Research adviser, IICA –Ministry of Agriculture of Colombia, June-July, 1996.
Teaching
Game Theory. Universidad de los Andes.
Microeconomics III. Universidad de los Andes.
Undergraduate Research Seminar. Universidad de los Andes.
Master Research Seminar. Universidad de los Andes.
Political Economics. Universidad de los Andes (2010-2013)
Econometrics II. Universidad de los Andes (2005, 2007).
Econometrics I. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2005-2006).
Econometrics I. Universidad de los Andes (1998-2001, 2006).
Microeconomics I. Universidad de los Andes (2000-2001).
Services
Review Committee: 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2007, Bogotá, Colombia; FONDECYT (Chile), 2017 and 2015; COLCIENCIAS 2008.
Co-organizer: Jolate Meeting, 2012, Bogotá, Colombia; Colombian Economics Conference, 2019, Bogotá, Colombia.
Referee: Canadian Journal of Economics; Desarrollo & Sociedad; Economics & Politics; Ensayos Sobre Política Económica; Ensayos de Economía; Journal of Public Economic Theory; Plos One; Public Finance Review.
Honors and Awards
Professor with most publication points, Department of Economics, University of los Andes, 2013.
Department of Economics Fellowship, Pompeu Fabra University, 2003- 2007
IDB-UNIANDES-CAF Fellowship, University of los Andes, 1996-1997
International seminars
Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile, September, 2016; Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago de Chile, September, 2016; Universidad de Chile. Santiago de Chile, October, 2016; Universidad de San Andrés. Buenos Aires, October, 2016; Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Buenos Aires, October, 2016; The International College of Economics and Finance, Moscow, Russia, June, 2009.
Workshops
Conferences
20th Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet, Marseille, France (2021). Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association Annual Meeting, Puebla, Mexico (2019); Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Strasburg, France (2019). Annual Colombian Economics Conference (2018), Bogotá, Colombia; Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2016). Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, San Antonio, USA (2015). European Public Choice Society, Cambridge, England (2014). Economia Panel, LACEA, Santiago de Chile (2011); Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Bloomington Indiana, USA (2011); Simposio de Análisis Económico, Madrid, Spain (2010); Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Istanbul, Turkey (2010); Latin America Meeting of the Econometric Society, Rio do Janeiro, Brazil (2008); Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association Annual Meeting, Bogota, Colombia (2007); Simposio de Análisis Económico, Oviedo, Spain (2006); Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association Annual Meeting, Paris, France (2005); Annual Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, USA (2001); Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association Annual Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998); Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Lima, Peru (1998).