I am a PhD economist currently serving as a Financial Economist in the Division of Economic Risk Analysis at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where I lead economic analyses supporting SEC rulemaking, from developing regulatory baselines and evaluating policy alternatives to presenting findings to SEC leadership and commissioners. I also occasionally contribute economic analysis to enforcement matters. My work focuses on asset management and capital markets, including mutual funds, fixed-income markets, and fund trading practices.

Alongside my regulatory work, I do independent research in empirical finance. My interests include mutual fund fees and performance, how stress spreads through corporate and sovereign bond markets, and financial stability in Latin America.

I also teach as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University and Boston College, with courses including Behavioral Economics and Applied Microeconomic Theory.

Before joining the SEC, I spent over three years as a Senior Economist in the Transfer Pricing Practice at the IRS, analyzing complex international tax matters for multinational corporations across industries including media, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. Earlier in my career, I spent over 15 years in academia as a professor of economics, holding faculty positions at Brandeis University and Indiana University, along with visiting and adjunct roles at Tufts University’s Fletcher School and other institutions.

My research on international trade, firm productivity, and development economics has been published in more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and one co-edited book (Handbook on Trade and Development, Edward Elgar), earning over 2,500 citations on Google Scholar and an h-index of 18. I was ranked among the Top 200 Young Economists in the World by IDEAS/RePEc.

I hold a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from UCLA and a B.A. in Economics and the professional title of Commercial Engineer from the University of Chile. I live in Massachusetts and am originally from Chile.

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