Positions
2027–Assistant Professor · University of Toronto
2022–27Assistant Professor · Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
2021–22Postdoctoral Researcher · Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Education
2021Ph.D. Economics · Brown University · Advisors: Jesse Shapiro, Rafael La Porta, Neil Thakral
2014M.Sc. Economics & Finance · Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
2013B.A. Social Sciences · Amsterdam University College · with distinction
Fields
Publications
2026Take the Goods and Run: Contracting Frictions and Market Power in Supply Chains · American Economic Review
2025The Impact of NAFTA on Prices and Competition: Evidence from Mexican Manufacturing Plants (with K. Kikkawa, Y. Mei, P. Robles) · J. Int. Econ.
2024Political Connections and Misallocation of Procurement Contracts: Evidence from Ecuador (with J. Brugués, S. Giambra) · J. Dev. Econ.
Working
Papers
R&R JPETaxation when Markets are Not Competitive (with R. De Simone)
WPBank Market Power and Credit Allocation (with R. De Simone, P. Jeenas)
Work in
Progress
–Delegated Screening (with R. De Simone, A. Nguyen, J. S. Velez)
–Collateral, Enforcement and Credit Expansion (with R. De Simone, A. Nguyen, J. S. Velez)
–General Equilibrium Effects of Quality Disclosure (with L. Armona, R. De Simone, S. Otero)
–Bureaucratic Hierarchies and Nepotism (with J. F. Riaño, C. Rosales)
Honors &
Grants
2024Interamerican Development Bank Grant (with M. Demirer, D. Jiménez-Hernández)
2024London Business School Grant (with R. De Simone)
2022Interamerican Development Bank Grant (with R. De Simone)
2022Wheeler Institute Grant (with R. De Simone, S. Otero)
2021CEPR-STEG Small Research Grant (with R. De Simone)
2020–21Dissertation Completion Proposal Award · Brown University
2018–20Graduate Studies Fellowship · Bank of Spain
2018Corporación Andina de Fomento Grant (with J. Brugués, S. Giambra)
2018Global Mobility Fellowship · Brown University
2017–18Hazeltine Fellowship for Graduate Research · Brown University
2017Honors in Field Examinations · Brown University
2017Graduate Program in Development Summer Research Award · Brown University
2015–17Social Sciences Scholarship · Fundación Ramón Areces
2013–14Tuition Waiver & Teaching Assistantship · Barcelona GSE
Talks &
Seminars
* scheduled · + by co-author
2026UCLA (IO Workshop); Workshop on Financial Intermediation and Regulation, UW-Madison; Rochester Simon Business School; Geneva Graduate Institute; CEMFI; Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Toronto; Bocconi
2025NYU Stern (IO); Columbia (Development); Barcelona Summer Forum (IO); Barcelona Summer Forum (Financial Shocks); Leuven IO; 25th CEPR-JIE Conference on Applied IO; LSE IO-Devo; UW-Madison (IO); Interamerican Development Bank
2024World Bank (Enterprise Unit); Interamerican Development Bank; 6th World Bank Public Finance Conference; UCLA (IO); PUC-Rio; INSPER; FGV São Paulo; Banco de la República; RIDGE IO; NBER Corporate Finance Spring+; 6th Columbia Workshop in New Empirical Finance (GSB); Ohio State; UT-Austin; ITAM Finance Conference; ASSA
2023Columbia (IO); Colegio de México; Notre Dame/ITAM Mini Conference; North American Econometric Society Meeting; 21st Annual International IO Conference; Interamerican Development Bank (×2); USFQ
2022RIDGE IO; Hong Kong Trade Seminar; Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Northwestern Development Rookiefest; CEPR WEFIDEV
2021Universitat Pompeu Fabra; STEG Theme 5; EEA-ESEM; 7th Workshop on Relational Contracts; ThReD; Midwest International Economic Development Conference; ITAM (Business); Nera; INSPER; Boston University; CUNEF; Harvard Business School (Strategy); Charles River Associates; UC Berkeley (Haas); ECARES; Católica-Lisbon; NEUDC
2020IGC-Stanford Conference on Firms, Trade and Development; Brown University
2019NEUDC; Brown University; FLACSO Ecuador
2018PEDL/IGC Conference+; Corporación Andina de Fomento; Brown University; Universidad San Francisco de Quito
2017Watson Institute of Public Affairs
Teaching
2022–Business Strategy I · Undergraduate, ITAM
2019Behavioral Game Theory · Precollege, Brown University
2018Principles of Microeconomics · Precollege, Brown University
Service
2025–Co-organizer · ITAM–UT Austin IO Conference
2025–Scientific Committee · RIDGE IO
2024–Scientific Committee · ITAM Finance Conference
2022–ITAM Recruitment Committee
Ref.QJE · AER · JEEA · REStat · AEJ: Economic Policy · JPE: Micro · Management Science · J. Dev. Econ. · JEBO · LAER · Estudios Económicos
Experience
2020Ph.D. Summer Intern · Bank of Spain
2019Economist Intern · Amazon Inc.
2019Short-term Consultant · World Bank
2017–18RA for Prof. Joaquin Blaum · Brown University
2015–16RA for Dr. Britta Augsburg & Dr. Bet Caeyers · Institute for Fiscal Studies
2014RA for Dr. Maria Petrova · Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2014RA for Prof. Fabrizio Germano · Universitat Pompeu Fabra