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 |