Curriculum vitae

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Current positions

2025–: Economic Research Advisor
International Studies, Research & Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2022–: Adjunct Professor of Economics
Columbia University

Previous positions

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Research & Statistics Group

2022–2024: Department Head, Climate Risk Studies
2019–2022: Assistant Vice President, International Studies

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Economics and CREI

2017–2021: ICREA Research Professor, Dept. of Economics & Business, UPF
2015–2017: Professor of Economics, UPF
2013–2015: Associate Professor of Economics, UPF
2015–2021: Research Professor, BSE
2016–2019: Deputy Director for Research, BSE
2013–2015: Affiliated Professor, BSE
2013–2021: Research Associate, CREI

University of Toronto

2011–2012: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

International Monetary Fund

2006–2013: Economist, Research Department (on leave 09/11–08/12)
2004–2006: Economist Program (EP), Research and Middle East Departments

Education

1998–2004: Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
“Essays on International Capital Flows, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy”
Advisors: Professors Maurice Obstfeld, Barry Eichengreen, Andrew K. Rose
1994–1998: B.A., Economics and Finance, McGill University, Canada
First class joint-honours, minor in Mathematics

Professional affiliations

2025–: Member, Institutional and Corporate Council, Barcelona School of Economics
2019–: Co-Director, International Trade and Macroeconomics program, CEBRA
2013–: Research Fellow, CEPR

Grants, fellowships and awards

2018–2020: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, “Heterogeneidad microeconomica, fluctuaciones agregadas y politicas macroeconomica,” Project ECO2017-82596-P (PI; 66,650€)
2017–2022: European Research Council Consolidator Grant, “Global Production Networks and Macroeconomic Interdependence,” ERC-2016-COG, Project 726168 (PI; 1,381,250€)
2017: Becas Leonardo a Investigadores y Creadores Culturales, Fundación BBVA, “Proyectos públicos, financiación empresarial y productividad agregada” (PI; 39,530€)
2014–2016: Marie Curie Actions–International Incoming Fellowships, “Firms, International Trade, and Aggregate Fluctuations,” FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, Project 622959 (PI; 223,002€)
2005–2007: Internal IMF Research Grants
2003: Summer Intern, IF Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2003: Academic Progress Award, U.C. Berkeley
2001: Clausen Center Research Grant, U.C. Berkeley
2001: Institute of Business and Economic Research Mini-Grant Award, U.C. Berkeley
2000–2002: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Fellowship, Canada
1998–2003: Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche Fellowship, QC, Canada
1998–1999: Block Grant Fellowship, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

Teaching

2022–: Columbia University
Macroeconomic Analysis I (Master's)
2014–2019: Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics
Topics in Macroeconomics (PhD) · Macroeconomics (Master's) · International Economics II (Undergraduate) · Topics in Macroeconomics (Undergraduate)
2011–2012: Department of Economics, University of Toronto
International Financial Markets (Master's) · International Monetary Economics (Undergraduate)

Summer schools

2014–2018: CREI-BSE Barcelona Macroeconomics Summer School
2014: Brixen Workshop & Summer School on International Trade and Finance

Mini-PhD classes

2018: University of Hong Kong, McGill University

Editorial and service

Editorial

2020–present: FRBNY Economic Policy Review, Editor
2016–2021: Journal of International Economics, Associate editor
2014–2016: Economic Policy, Panel member

Policy

2021–2024: FRBNY, Member of Priority Leadership Team on Climate Change
2020–2022: FRBNY, Member of Judgmental Forecasting Team (International Trade)

University

2014–2018: UPF, Junior Recruiting Chair
2015–2016: UPF, Tenure Sub-Committee Chair

Conference organisation

CEBRA ITM Program Annual Conference (2020–24), Scientific Program Committee
33rd Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (2018), Scientific Program Committee
12th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal (2018), Scientific Program Committee
42nd Spanish Economic Association Meeting (2017), Local Committee Chair
European Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society (2017), Local Committee Chair
“Rethinking Competitiveness, Structural Reforms, and Macro Policy” Conference, Bank of Italy-CEPR-CEBR (2017), Co-Organizer
“Firms in the Global Economy” Workshop, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum (2014–23), Co-Organizer
31st Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (2016), Scientific Program Committee
9th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal (2015), Scientific Program Committee
IMF Research Department (2010–11), Seminar Committee Chair
8th Jacques Polak IMF Annual Research Conference (2007), Committee Member

Grant review

National Science Foundation (USA), European Research Council, Fonds recherche Québec-société et culture (FRQSC, Canada), Methusalem Program (KULeuven, Belgium), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Spain)

Refereeing

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Review, American Economic Review: Insights, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Econometrica, Economic Journal, Economica, Economic Policy, IMF Economic Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Japan and the World Economy, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Pacific Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of International Economics, Review of World Economics/Weltwirtschafliches Archiv, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, World Economy

Published discussions

Discussion of Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Jozef Konings, and Christian Volpe Martincus, “Did export promotion help firms weather the crisis?” Economic Policy, 31:88 (October 2016), 691–693.
Discussion of Michael Brei and Leonardo Gambacorta, “Are bank capital ratios pro-cyclical? New evidence and perspectives” Economic Policy, 31:86 (April 2016), 398–399.
Discussion of Kyuil Chung, Jong-Eun Lee, Elena Loukoianova, Hail Park, and Hyun Song Shin, “Global liquidity through the lens of monetary aggregates” Economic Policy, 30:82 (April 2015), 278–281.

Short-term visits

2025: Bank of England · 2018: University of Hong Kong, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, McGill University · 2017: Bank of England · 2016: IMF Research Department · 2014: MITRE Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan; Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey · 2010: CREI · 2008: Banque de France

Other

Citizenship: Canada, Italy, United States
Languages: English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (beginner-intermediate)