Educational Background
- Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 2009
- Master of Arts, Boston University, 2005
- Bachelor of Arts, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2002
- Exchange Program, Northwestern University, Fall 1999
Alberto Ortiz (Ph.D., 2009, Boston University) is interested in Macroeconomics, International, and Development Economics. His research focuses on developing empirically viable macroeconomic models to generate evidence for emerging market economies. He estimates dynamic general equilibrium models using Bayesian methods to measure the importance of credit market imperfections, to characterize the evolution of monetary policies, and to analyze optimal monetary and fiscal policy responses to adverse capital account shocks during periods of global capital market turmoil. His teaching experience includes courses in Monetary and Banking Institutions and Macroeconomic Analysis at Boston University, and a course in International Financial Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Curriculum Vita
Papers:
Credit Market Shocks, Monetary Policy, and Economic Fluctuations
Credit Risk and the Macroeconomy
Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy in a SSS
Estimating SARB's Policy Reaction Rule
