RIEF - Research Institute in Economics and Finance

Welcome RIEF Annual Conference 2025

PROGRAM

The Conference on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th, June, 2025.

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

The format of each session would be as follows

- - ✅ 30 min presentation
  - ✅ 10 min discussion
  - ✅ 5 min general Q&A

will open until June 14th, 2025

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

ANMOL BHANDARI

Associate professor 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
	14:10hrs – 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 9 Sebastian Sardon (Northwestern University) “Trade, land consolidation, and agricultural productivity” Discussant: Jose Ramon Morales (EgobyTP – Tecnológico de Monterrey) Paper \| Slides \| Discussion \| Video