Paulo Cox
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca (since September 2019)
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Political Economy, Information Economics and Macroeconomics
EDUCATION
TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Master Research and Ph.D.in Economics (2007-2011)
Dissertation Committee
Roland Bénabou
Bruno Biais
Christian Hellwig
Andrea Vindigni
(Highest Honors, Fall 2011)
Dissertation Title Three Essays on the Political Economy of Mass Media
Thesis Advisor Gilles Saint-Paul
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Master of Science in Economics, 2006-2007
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE MA Applied Economics (Highest Honors), 2002-2005
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE BS Economics (Highest Honors), 1995-2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca (2017-2019)
Senior Economist, Financial Infrastructure and Regulation Group, Central Bank of Chile (2013-2017)
Senior Economist, Financial Research Group, Central Bank of Chile (2012-2013)
Economic Analyst, Central Bank of Chile (2004-2006)
Economic Analyst Ministry of Economy of Chile (2000-2001)
Executive Secretary for the “Foro de Políticas Públicas” (Cieplan, Chile, 2000-2002)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LECTURER
Universidad de Talca
Political Economy (2020-2023), Doctoral Program
Industrial Organization (2019-2023), Undergraduate
Game Theory and Contracts (Autumn 2018; 2023), Doctoral Program
Political Economy (Autumn 2018; 2021-2023), Graduate
History of Economic Thought (2018-2023), Undergraduate
Microeconomics II (Autumn 2018), Undergraduate
Political Economy (Spring 2017), Undergraduate
Microeconomics II (Spring 2017), Undergraduate
History of Economic Thought (Spring 2017), Undergraduate
Universidad de Chile
Microeconomics Leveling Course (Winter 2019), Graduate
Political Economy (Microeconomics IV) (Spring 2016), Undergraduate
Political Economy (Fall 2015), Undergraduate
Resource Allocation, Economic Welfare Theory and Political Economy (Spring 2013, Autumn 2014), Undergraduate
Microeconomic Theory (Fall 2013), Undergraduate
Econometrics I (Spring 2012), Undergraduate
Universidad Diego Portales
Introductory Course on Statistics and Math (Fall 2012), Graduate
THESIS SUPERVISION
Universidad de Chile
Bárbara Rivera, “Diferencias de género en la gestión presupuestaria municipal” (Spring 2023). Post-graduate of the Master of Economic Analysis.
Benjamín Díaz, “Indices de poder político y el efecto flypaper sobre el gasto municipal” (Spring 2023). Post-graduate of the Master of Economic Analysis.
Magdalena Rendic, “Ciclos Político-Presupuestarios en Chile desde la vuelta a la Democracia: Un Análisis del Gasto Público en el Periodo 1990-2014” (Autumn 2015)
Consuelo Hernández, “El Uso de Datos Individuales en la Estimación de los Determinantes de la Participación Electoral: El Problema del Sobrereporte del Voto en Chile” (Spring 2013)
PRIZES AND FELLOWSHIPS
“Most Promising Graduate of Economics” Award (Premio ICU), given by the Alumni of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Universidad de Chile, 2001.
Beca Banco Central de Chile (Central Bank of Chile Scholarship), 2006-2008.
Jean-Jacques Laffont – Toulouse School of Economics Scholarship, France, 2008-2011.
GRANT
Chilean Gov. Research Grant Fondecyt Initiation 11200297: "The Media and the Political Budget Cycle". PI (2021-2023)
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
"The Chilean turnout gender gap: evidence from administrative census data" (with Mauricio Morales), Acta Politica (2022). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-022-00245-8
"Gender Gaps in Electoral Turnout: Surveys Versus Administrative Censuses" (with Mauricio Morales), Political Studies Review , (August 2021). https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299211019562
“Indirect Political Budget Cycles: Evidence from Chilean Municipalities” (with Alejandro Corvalán and Rodrigo Osorio), Journal of Development Economics 133 (2018) pp. 1-14, 2018.
“The Impact of Procedural Information on Voting: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Chile”, with Alejandro Corvalán. Political Behavior, January 2017.
“The Chilean Peso Exchange Rate Carry Trade and Turbulence” (with José Gabriel Carreño), Cepal Review No. 120, 2016.
“Class-Biased Electoral Participation: The Youth Vote in Chile” (with Alejandro Corvalán), Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 55, Issue 2, pp. 47-68, Fall 2013.
“Evolution of Housing Prices in Chile” (with Eric Parrado and Marcelo Fuenzalida), Revista de Economía Chilena, Vol. 12, No. 1, April 2009.
Chapters in books
“Evaluando los determinantes de la Participación Electoral en Chile: sobre el uso de datos individuales y el sobre-reporte en encuestas”, with Alejandro Corvalán and Consuelo Hernández, in Condicionantes de la participación electoral en Chile, PNUD, 2015.
“Participación y Desigualdad Electoral en Chile “, with Alejandro Corvalán, Aprendizaje de la Ciudadanía: Contexto, experiencias y resultados, CEPPE, Pontificia Universidad Católica, 2015.
WORKING PAPERS
“The media and the scope and magnitude of equilibrium political budget cycles”, 2023.
“Gendered discount rates in politics” (with Alejandro Corvalán), 2022.
“Public information transmission, political accountability, and unique equilibrium political budget cycles”, 2022.
“Incentives for Performance and Price Competition in Compulsory Delegated Portfolio Management”, 2020.
“The Political Economy of Information Transmission: The Media and the Politician”, 2021.
“El canal del crédito y principales consecuencias macrofinancieras en Chile en las crisis asiática y sub-prime” (with Rubén Poblete), mimeo, 2017.
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Endogenous Cleavages and Information on Reforms to the Minimum Wage”.
“Simulation and Estimation of Production Functions”, (with Samuele Centorrino, SUNY Stony Brook).
WORKING PAPERS (Banco Central de Chile)
“Precios de vivienda y salarios” (with Víctor Pérez), Working Paper, Central Bank of Chile, N° 781, March 2016.
“Carry trade y turbulencias cambiarias con el peso chileno” (with José Gabriel Carreño), Working Paper, Central Bank of Chile, N° 733, July 2014.
“Distribution of Assets, Debt, and Income of Chilean Households” (with Eric Parrado and Jaime Ruiz- Tagle), Working Paper, Central Bank of Chile, N°388, December 2006.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Mapa - Guía Grupo Plomo, segunda edición” , Sociedad Geográfica de Documentación Andina - Andeshandbook, december 2019.
“Mapa - Guía Parque Nacional Cerro Castillo”, Sociedad Geográfica de Documentación Andina - Andeshandbook, 2018.
“Mapa - Guía Reserva Nacional Mocho - Choshuenco”, Sociedad Geográfica de Documentación Andina - Andeshandbook, 2017. See video here.
“Mapa - Guía Sierra Ramón” (with Marcelo Camus and Ismael Mena), Ediciones Andeshandbook Ltda., 2006.
“Mapa - Guía Grupo Plomo” (with Marcelo Camus and Ismael Mena), Ediciones Andeshandbook Ltda., 2005.
REFEREE EXPERIENCE
Journal of Development Economics, Electoral Studies, Latin American Politics and Society, Journal of Latin American Studies, Revista de Ciencia Política, Revista Estudios Públicos, Economic and Regional Studies, Cepal Review, Revista de Economía Chilena, Chilean Central Bank Working Papers Series.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS (P=Presenter; D=Discussant; C=Co-author presenter)
Escuela de Gobierno de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Santiago, 2023,P), Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile (Santiago, 2022, P), Departamento de Economía de la Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, 2022, P), Instituto de Economía de la PUC (Santiago, 2019, P), Cieplan (Santiago, 2019, P), 61th AIEFL Congress (Santiago, 2019, P), Facultad de Economía y Negocios Universidad de Talca (Talca, 2019, P), Public Choice Conference (New Orleans, 2017, C), IPP Universidad Diego Portales seminar (2016, C), Workshop in Political Economy & Political Science (2015, C), SECHI (2015, C), LAMES Sao Paulo (2014, C), Instituto de Políticas Públicas Universidad Diego Portales (2014, P), FEN Universidad de Chile (2014, C), NYU Abu Dhabi (2014, P, two works presented), Instituto de Economía PUC (2013, C), SECHI 2013 (P), Central Bank of Chile (2012, P), Universidad de Chile (2012, P), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2012, P), EEA-ESEM (Oslo, 2011, P), ENTER Conference (Tilburg, 2011, P), ASSET Conference (Alicante, 2010, P), ENTER Conference (London, 2009, D).
LANGUAGES
English, French, Spanish
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Co-Founder (in 2000), past Head (2012-2017; 2019-2021) of the Sociedad Geográfica de Documentación Andina - Andeshandbook (www.andeshandbook.org).
Winner of the Prize “Fondo CORFO para Bienes Públicos para la Competitividad”, Corporación de Fomento para la Producción de Chile (CORFO) 2014 (Code: 14BPC4-28514), while leading the Sociedad Geográfica de Documentación Andina (SGDA); leader and manager (with David Valdés) of the project. This Prize awarded approximately 200 thousand dollars in allowances for a 2 years project executed by the SGDA, under the sponsorship of the Corporación Nacional Forestal (Conaf), the Servicio Nacional de Turismo (SERNATUR) and the Subsecretaría de Turismo of the Ministry of Economy of Chile.
Winner of the Prize (Fondart) 2020, as author (with Sebastián Ilabaca) and head of the book "El libro largo de los Andes de Chile".
Opinion in Media in Chile (TVN, El Mercurio, La Tercera, El Mostrador, Ciper Chile, Revista Mensaje, Revista Chile 21, Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente, Revista Viernes - La Segunda, Diario Financiero, Blog La Tercera online).
REFERENCE
Professor Gilles Saint Paul
Paris School of Economics
Phone: +33(0)1 80 52 13 57
Email: gilles.saint-paul@psemail.eu