RIEF

Annual Conference 2025

Friday 13th and Saturday 14th, June

Virtual By Zoom



Welcome RIEF Annual Conference 2025

Program and relevant information

The Research Institute in Economics and Finance (RIEF) will virtually hold its next Annual Conference on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th, June, 2025.

Program Chair: Diego Ascarza, Ph.D. (EgobyTP Tecnológico de Monterrey, RIEF)

Each session would be as follows

  • 30 min presentation
  • 10 min discussion
  • 5 min general Q&A

Submit a paper for consideration by 11:59 p.m. Lima time on November 5, 2023.

Register

Registration will open until June 14th, 2025

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

ANMOL BHANDARI

Associate proffesor of Economics

University of Minnesota


Friday 13th, June

Morning
Session Chair: Diego Ascarza
(Egoby Tecnológico de Monterrey RIEF)
10.00: Welcome Reception
10:10hrs – 10:45hrs
Session 1
Hiroshi Toma
(University of Michigan – Ann Arbor)
“The Aggregate Implications of Heterogeneous Inflation Expectations: The Role of Individual Experience

Discussant:
Mauricio Barbosa
(University of Minnesota)
Paper | Slides | Video
11:00hrs – 12.00hrs
Session 2
Roberto Perez Becerra
(Universidad del Rosario)
“Financial Oil abundance, national oil companies and financial repression”

Discussant:
Diego Ascarza
(EgobyTP – Tecnológico de Monterrey)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video

12:00hrs – 12.45hrs
Session 3
David Limpe
(INE – Chile)
“Fiscal policy and commodity price cycles in a small open economy”

Discussant:
Kevin Alvarez
(Universidad Científica del Sur)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video

Afternoon
Session Chair: Liu Mendoza (Teconlógico de Monterrey, RIEF)
2.00: Welcome Reception
14:15hrs – 15:00hrs
Session 4
Fernanda Sobrino
(EgobyTP – Tecnológico de Monterrey)
“The influence of Tiktok on political campaigns in Mexico’s State Capitals: Strategies, Interactions and Sentiment Analysis”

Discussant:
Natalia Guerrero
(University of Minnesota)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video
15:00hrs – 15:45hrs
Session 5
Gabriel Devoto
(University of Minnesota)
“Aggregate capital and informality in high inflation economies”

Discussant: Christian Velásquez
(Banco Central de Reserva del Perú)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video

Saturday 14th, June

Morning
Session Chair: Hamilton Galindo (Cleveland State University, RIEF)
10.00: Welcome Reception
10:10 – 10:45hrs
Session 6
Jose Martinez Gutierrez
(Banco de Mexico)
“Heterogeneous idiosyncratic risk and the maturity composition of portfolios”

Discussant:
Hamilton Galindo (Cleveland State University)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video
11:00 – 12:00hrs

KEYNOTE TALK

Speaker:
ANMOL BHANDARI
University of Minnesota


Paper | Slides | Video

Afternoon
Session Chair: Renato Lazo (University of Ottawa, RIEF)
2.00: Welcome Reception
12.15 – 12:45hrs
Session 7
Kevin Alvarez
(Universidad Científica del Sur)
“Empirical modeling of the global copper market: structural supply and demand”

Discussant:
David Limpe (INE – Chile)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video
14:15 – 15:00hrs
Session 8
Jose Ramon Morales
(EgobyTP – Tecnológico de Monterrey)
“Escaping from hardship, searching for comfort: climate matching in refugees´ destination choises”

Discussant:
Sebastian Sardon (Northwestern University)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video
15:00 – 15.45hrs
Session 8
Sebastian Sardon
(Northwestern University)
“Trade, land consolidation, and agricultural productivity”

Discussant:
Jose Ramon Morales (EgobyTP – Tecnológico de Monterrey)
Paper | Slides | Discussion | Video