PABLO AGUILAR PEREZ

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Fields of Interest

My primary areas of interest are International Macroeconomics, Banking and Financial Regulation, Monetary Policy, and Systemic Risk.

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics (Sep 2022 - Present)
  Université Paris Nanterre – EconomiX CNRS Lab, France
  Supervised by Professor Cécile Couharde
  Thesis: "Monetary Policy, Financial Stability, and Spillovers"

• M.Sc. in International Economics (2018 - 2020)
  Université Paris Nanterre, France
  Specialized in International Economics, Macroeconomic Policies, and Outlook
  Graduated with honors: 16/20

• B.Sc. in Economics (2015 - 2018)
  Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France
  Erasmus+ program at Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Russia
  Graduated with honors

Work Experience

• Teaching Assistant (2022 - 2024)
  Université Paris Nanterre, France
  Assisted Prof. Aurélien Saidi with Introduction to Econometrics (Graduate), Fall 2022, Spring 2023 and Fall 2024

• Economic Attaché (Sep 2020 - Aug 2022)
  Direction générale du Trésor – French Treasury Economic Service in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
  Responsibilities included:

  • Monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting the Mexican and Central American economies
  • Writing policy notes for ambassadors, the economic ministry, and the foreign affairs ministry
  • Providing briefings to the French chair at the IMF board, World Bank, IADB, and OECD
  • Conducting research on regional issues such as public debt, remittances, and financial development
  • Managing a cooperation project between France and Mexico on fiscal and customs reform

• Risk Analyst Intern (Jan - Aug 2020)
  BNP Paribas, Paris, France
  Responsibilities included:

  • Risk-based analysis of the insurance sector, including response planning to vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 period
  • Drafting a research project on the impact of lower interest rates on the life insurance industry

Research

• Monetary Policy and Inequality (2020)
  Master's degree research document

• A Regional Analysis of Public Debt in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbeans (2021)
  French Treasury research paper

• Monetary Policy and Heterogeneity in Life Insurance Profitability (2022)
  Submitted for EconomiX Working Paper
  Examines the impact of monetary policy on the profitability of French life insurance companies during a low interest rate environment. Highlights the competitive advantage of bancassurance players and offers policy recommendations for regulators.

• Global Impacts of US Monetary Policy: New Insights from the Remittance Channel (2023)
  Work in Progress
  Investigates the global impacts of unexpected changes in US monetary policy with a focus on the remittance channel. Uses data from 13 major remittance-sending countries and 41 recipient countries.

• IMF Global Surveillance and Sovereign Risk in Emerging Markets (2024)
  Work in Progress

Seminars and Conferences

• 27th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (ICMAIF) (May 2023)
  University of Crete, Greece
  Presented: "Monetary Policy and Heterogeneity in Life Insurance Profitability"

• French Economic Association’s (AFSE) 71st Annual Congress (June 2023)
  Sciences Po, Paris
  Presented: "Monetary Policy and Heterogeneity in Life Insurance Profitability"

• Banking Summer School (July 2023)
  Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)
  Topics: Banking Regulation and the Future of Money with Jean-Charles Rochet, Empirical Tools/Applications in Banking and Macro-Finance with José-Luis Peydró

• French Economic Association’s (AFSE) 72nd Annual Congress (June 2024)
  Bordeaux
  Presenting: "Global Impacts of US Monetary Policy: New Insights from the Remittance Channel"

• 40th International Symposium on Money, Banking, and Finance (GDRE) (July 2024)
  Orléans
  Presenting: "Global Impacts of US Monetary Policy: New Insights from the Remittance Channel"

Languages

• Spanish: Mother tongue
• French: Mother tongue
• English: C2 level
• Russian: A2 level

Software Skills

• Advanced: R, Python, Stata, Octoparse, LaTeX, MS Office, IHS DataInsight, Macrobond, Datastream
• Intermediate: Eviews, Matlab, SAS