Work in Progress

Persistent Episodes of Current Account Imbalances: An Empirical Analysis.- [pdf]

The Output Effect of Reversals from Persistent External Imbalances.Two Case Studies: Mexico and South Korea [pdf]

Inflation Dynamics in Malaysia (Joint with Guimaraes-Filho, Roberto F.) [pdf]

The Market Efficiency Hypothesis Revisited: The Role of News

Price Discrimination and Competition in the Local Spanish TV Sector (Joint with Ricard Gil)

My Research Experience

Research Assistant at Cabezon Capital Management, San Francisco. I provided the hedge fund managers with research analysis on key macro issues such as exchange rate forecasting and potential returns on equity and debt in emerging economies. Also helped test and implement new financial software tailored to hedge funds. 05/2007-09/2007

Economist (Intern) Asian Pacific Dept., International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC. Inflation Dynamics in Malaysia. Co-authored paper with Guimaraes-Filho, Roberto F. analyzing the behavior of inflation in Malaysia during 1991-2006, then, proposing two measures of Core Inflation: An error correction model and a measure based on the New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC). We econometrically uncover the dynamics of inflation and test the forecasting power of our measures. The findings were presented to the department and its publication is pending. 06/2006-09/2006

Graduate Research Assistant. University of California Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz,
Is it 1958 or 1968? Three notes on the Longevity of the Revived Bretton Woods System. by Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1:2005. Assisted Dr. Dooley & Garber in producing the empirical results of the paper. 01/2006-03/2006

Assisted Dr. Ricard Gil in formatting a micro dataset to conduct panel data econometric analysis on the behavior of Spanish Media industry. 09/2004-12/2004

Assisted Dr. K.C. Fung in gathering data and preparing a panel dataset on International Trade. Specifically, on the trade relations between countries in the Pacific Rim and different regions in China. 06/2002-09/2002

Fellow Economist Researcher Dept. of Economic Analysis, Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Responsible for the creation of a regional consumption index for the Province of Catalonia as part of collaboration between the Chamber and the University Pompeu Fabra. 09/1998-09/1999