Color pencil portrait by Federico Uribe
Publications:
- "The Unintended Impact of Academic Research on Asset Returns: The CAPM Alpha," forthcoming at Management Science - Published Version - Working Paper Version
- Best paper award at the 2019 FMA Global Conference in Latin America
- Media: Featured at Bloomberg's "Money Stuff", Featured at Bloomberg's "Markets", Featured in video at Financial Times' "Charts That Count", Mentioned at Bloomberg's "Markets", Featured at Financial Times' "FT Advisors' Asset Allocator", Mentioned at Seeking Alpha.
- "Effort is not a Monotonic Function of Skills: Results from a Global Mobile Experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020 (with Konrad Grabiszewski) - Published Version - Working Paper Version
- "Understanding Growth Patterns in US Health Care Expenditures," Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019 (with Manuel Santos) - Published Version - Working Paper Version
- "Beta Matrix and Common Factors in Stock Returns," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2018 (with Seung C. Ahn and Na Wang) - Published Version - Working Paper Version
- "Portfolio Choice in Mexico," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2017 (with Avichai Snir) - Published Version - Working Paper Version - Summary Version (Spanish)
- "Out-of-town Buyers, Mispricing and the Availability Heuristic in a Housing Market," Real Estate Finance, 2017 (with Daniel Osgood and Avichai Snir) - Published Version
- "Parcel Size and Land Value: A Comparison of Approaches," Journal of Real Estate Research, 2015 (with Karl Guntermann, Federico Nardari and Garreth Thomas) - Published Version - Working Paper Version
- "Eigenvalue Ratio Test for the Number of Factors," Econometrica, 2013 (with Seung C. Ahn) - Published Version - Working Paper Version
Working Papers:
- Common Factors in Equity Option Returns (with Aurelio Vasquez and Xiao Xiao)
- Market Betas in Multi-factor Models (with Seung C. Ahn) - Supplemental Material - under review
- Leverage and Performance Metrics in Asset Pricing - old version - [new version coming soon]
- Profiling Players in Dynamic Games: A Mobile Experiment (with Konrad Grabiszewski)
- A Mobile Experiment on Tree Construction (with Konrad Grabiszewski) - under review
- An Empirical Measure of Tree Complexity (with Konrad Grabiszewski) - under review
- Product–Consumer Substitution and Safety Regulation (with Konrad Grabiszewski)
Mobile Experiments (with Konrad Grabiszewski)
- Blues and Reds
- Strategize It! [coming soon]
Media Appearance:
1) Regular contributor at CNN Dinero (TV program broadcasted by CNN en Español):
1) Regular contributor at CNN Dinero (TV program broadcasted by CNN en Español):
- 12/2018 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: US Economic Outlook for 2019
- 01/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: Proposed hike of marginal tax to 70% for incomes of 10 million USD or more.
- 02/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: The impact of share buybacks on the economy.
- 03/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: The impact of the female Latin population on the US economy.
- 04/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to forgive student debt.
- 06/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: Libra, the cryptocurrency to be released by Facebook.
- 07/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: : Libra, the cryptocurrency to be released by Facebook (Part II).
- 09/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: Globalization, dying or evolving.
- 10/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: Libra, the cryptocurrency to be released by Facebook. Will it happen?
- 11/2019 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: President’s Trump economic proposal for the year 2020.
- 01/2020 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: Environmental responsibility by the elite attending the 2020 meeting in Davos.
- 03/2020 – Guest speaker at CNN Dinero Topic: Coronavirus. When safety measures lead to riskier behavior. Interview about my paper “Product–Consumer Substitution and Safety Regulation.” (co-authored with Konrad Grabiszewski).
- 12/2007 – Arizona Republic (Arizona, USA): “New Valley Housing-Price Index Relies on Repeat Sales”
- 05/2009 – AZ Central (Arizona, USA): “Phoenix home prices still falling but not quite as fast”
- 09/2009 – Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico): “Sector Vivienda, Aun Deprimido”
- 10/2009 – Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico): “Aumento al IVA Pegará a Viviendas”
- 01/2010 – CNN Español (Mexico City, Mexico): “3 Sectores que Necesitan Reinventarse”
- 03/2010 – El Semanario (Mexico City, Mexico): “Alert lights are on with Sofomes and Sofoles”
- 02/2010 – Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico): “Inestabilidad en Insumos”
- 04/2010 – El Semanario (Mexico City, Mexico): “Se Apagaron los Focos Rojos?”
- 03/2011 – Dirección Estratégica (Mexico City, Mexico): “Diversification: A New Approach”
- 04/2012 – GQ (Mexico City, Mexico): “Profesores Extraordinarios que nos Reconcilian con la Educación en México”
- 04/2013 – Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico): “Cumpleaños Gris para Apple”
- 04/2013 – Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico): “La Debacle de la PC y HP”
- 04/2013 – Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico): “Apple Piensa en Wall Street”
- 05/2013 – El Economista (Mexico City, Mexico): “Prepare su Bolsillo ante Escenarios de Incertidumbre”
- 09/2017 – El Sol (Mendoza, Argentina): “El juego mendocino que puede revolucionar los experimentos sociales.” Article about the project “Blues and Reds.”
- 9/2017 – Via Pais (Mendoza, Argentina): “Un mendocino creó en Miami un revolucionario juego para celulares que sirve para descubrir cómo pensamos.” Article about the project “Blues and Reds.”
- 9/2017 – Pap (Warsaw, Poland) - Łącz przyjemne z pożytecznym: zagraj w grę, pomóż ekonomistom! Article about the project “Blues and Reds.”
- 10/2017 – The Conversation (USA) “Do gamers behave the way game theory predicts they should?” Article about the project “Blues and Reds.” Reproduced in: Associated Press, TechXplore, Los Angeles Times (California), Chicago Tribune (Illinois), Arizona Daily Star (Arizona), Lompoc Record (California), San Francisco Gate (California), News-Times (Connecticut), Stamford Advocate (Connecticut), Westport News (Connecticut), Idaho Press Tribune (Idaho), Muscatine Journal (Iowa), Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Montana), Independent Record (Montana), Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska), Albany Times Union (New York), The Citizen (New York), Sentinel (Pennsylvania), Beaumont Enterprise (Texas), Houston Chronicle (Texas), Odessa American (Texas), Cache Valley Daily (Utah), Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington), Chippewa Herald (Wisconsin), Journal Times (Wisconsin), Wisconsin State Journal (Wisconsin)
- 11/2017 – Miami Today (Florida) “University of Miami team’s free game in name of science”
- 11/2017 – The Miami Hurricane (Florida) “UM professors create new way to gather scientific data: mobile games”
- 05/2018 – New York Times (New York) “Medical Mystery: Something Happened to U.S. Health Spending After 1980.” Mentioned the paper “Understanding Growth Patterns in US Health Care Expenditures.”
- 09/2018 – S&P Global. “Trade wars underscore recession risk: economist.” Article about my Economics Perspectives’ presentation at the American Copper Council Fall 2019 Meeting.
- 04/2019 – Bloomberg’s Money Stuff column. Article about my paper “The Unintended Impact of Academic Research on Asset Returns: The CAPM Alpha.”
- 04/2019 – Bloomberg’s Markets column. Article about my paper “The Unintended Impact of Academic Research on Asset Returns: The CAPM Alpha.”
- 04/2019 – Bloomberg’s Markets column. Mentioned my paper “The Unintended Impact of Academic Research on Asset Returns: The CAPM Alpha.”
- 04/2019 – Financial Times’ Charts that Count. Video about my paper “The Unintended Impact of Academic Research on Asset Returns: The CAPM Alpha.”
- 04/2019 – Financial Times’ FT Advisors/Asset Allocator. Article about my paper “The Unintended Impact of Academic Research on Asset Returns: The CAPM Alpha.”
- 07/2019 – Seeking Alpha (popular finance blog): Mentioned my paper “The Unintended Impact of Academic Research on Asset Returns: The CAPM Alpha.”
- 07/2019 – Interviewed at Voice of America (Russian TV news service) Topic: : Libra, the cryptocurrency to be released by Facebook.
- 09/2019 – University of Miami News. Article: The $1 trillion US deficit: Should we worry about it?
- 12/2019 – University of Miami News. Article: US metal tariffs a steely threat for Brazil and Argentina.
- 03/2020 – The Conversation (USA) and The Conversation (France): “When safety measures lead to riskier behavior by more people.” Article about the paper “Product–Consumer Substitution and Safety Regulation.” Reproduced in: HuffPost, HuffPost Québec, Idaho Press-Tribune, The Telegraph (Alton, IL), Connecticut Post, Beaumont Enterprise (Texas), Albany Times-Union, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Stamford Advocate (Connecticut), Newsify (App), San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate, Big News Network, Medical Xpress, Down to Earth (India), YubaNet, Channel News Asia, The Trumbull Times.
- 03/2020 – Interviewed at Univision. Topic: Economic consequences of the Coronavirus pandemic.
- 05/2020 – Al-Jazirah (Saudi Arabia): Article about the paper “Product–Consumer Substitution and Safety Regulation.”
- 07/2020 – Interviewed at Telemundo’s Pulso News on Quibi (USA). Topic: The impact of Goya’s CEO support for President Trump on the future of the company.
- 07/2020 – The Conversation (USA): “Mandatory face masks might lull people into taking more coronavirus risks.” Article about the paper “Product–Consumer Substitution and Safety Regulation.” Reproduced in: Yahoo! News, Medical Xpress, Flipboard (app), Big News Network, Houston Chronicle (Texas), News Karnataka (India), The Hour (Connecticut), Connecticut Post, Newsifi (app), Stamford Advocate (Connecticut), Albany Times-Union (New York), Fairfield Citizen (Connecticut), Danbury-News (Connecticut), The Hour (Connecticut), Edwardsville Intelligencer (Illinois), The Telegraph (Illinois), Seattle Post (Washington), San Antonio Express (Texas), Edwardsville (Illinois), Fast Company, Idaho-Press Tribune (Idaho), MenaFN (Jordan), Macau Daily Times (China), GOOD Magazine, Eje Central (Mexico), Cordoba Buenas Noticias (Spain), 20minutos (Spain), Metropolitan Barcelona (Spain).
- 08/2020 – Vox (USA). Topic: “America is struggling to enforce its new mask mandates.”