Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth. Co-authored with Sebastián Galiani, Ilan Noy and Juan Pantano. The Review of Economics and Statistics, December 2013, Vol. 95, No. 5, Pages 1549-1561. Previous version IDB Working Paper #183. Media coverage: Yahoo Argentina; JBonline (Brasil); Diario Financiero (Chile); Radio Caracol (Colombia); SDP Noticias (Mexico); El Comercio (Peru); Terra (EEUU); La Nacion (Argentina).
Price and Supply Disruptions during Natural Disasters. Co-authored with Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon. Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 60, Issue S2, November 2014, Pages: S449–S471. Previous version available through NBER WP 19474.
Where is the Money? Post-Disaster Foreign Aid Flows. w/ Oscar Becerra and Ilan Noy. Environment and Development Economics, volume 20, issue 05, pp.561-586. (web appendix).
The Impact of Natural Disasters on Economic Growth. co-authored with Oscar Becerra and Laura Acevedo. IDB Working Paper No. 1257. In Skidmore, M. ed, Handbook on the Economics of Disasters, Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA
Is the Euro-zone on the Mend? Latin American Examples to Analyze the Euro Question. Co-authored with Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Andrew Powell. Journal of Banking and Finance. Volume 47, October 2014, Pages 243–257. Previous version available through IDB-WP-525.
A New Taxonomy of Sudden Stops: Which Sudden Stops should countries be most concerned about?, joint with Andrew Powell, Pilar Tavella and Mathieu Pedemonte. Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 51 (2015) 47-70. Previous version available through IDB-WP-430.
Precautionary Strategies and Household Saving, joint with Joshua Aizenman and Ilan Noy. Open Economies Review, November 2015, Volume 26, Issue 5, pp 911-939. Previous version available through NBER WP# 21019.
What is the relationship between national saving and investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. w/ Mathieu Pedemonte. Economía (Journal of LACEA), volume 16, issue 2, pp29-53, Spring 2016.
Is Business Saving Really None of Our Business?, joint with Ricardo Bebczuk. Applied Economics, volume 48, issue 24, 2016. Previous version available as IDB-WP-523.
Gone with the Wind: Demographic Transitions and Domestic Saving, co-authored with Gabriel Sánchez and Patricio Valenzuela. Review of Development Economics, November 2018, Volume 22, Issue 4, pp 1744-1764 . Previous version. IDB Working Paper No. 688.
"Debt Sustainability Fan Charts: Combining Multivariate Regression Analysis and External Forecasts." Mimeos. Coauthored with Francisco Arizala, Christian Castro and Andrew Powell.
¿Cómo puede América Latina y el Caribe evitar la próxima crisis financiera? (c/ Eric Parrado y Juan Hernández). Ideas que Cuentan, 11/15/2019. (English here)
Infrastructure improvements can't wait (Op Ed), Business Authority - 05/20/2019
Cuando la mejora de la infraestructura no puede esperar. Ideas que Cuentan, 5/17/2019. (English here)
América Latina necesita más inversión y productividad. Estas son las razones. (w./ Andrew Powell). Ideas que Cuentan, 4/19/2018. (English here)
Cuando las pensiones mal diseñadas amenazan el futuro. (c./ Mariano Bosch), Ideas que Cuentan, 6/2/2017. (English, here)
América Latina ahorra ‘poco y mal’, RFI (Francia) en español (AUDIO).
Rethinking Taxation to Protect Savings. (with Carola Pessino), Ideas que Cuentan, 3/29/2017.
Un Sistema Tributario que Fomente el Ahorro. (c./ Carola Pessino), FocoEconómico.org, 3/8/2017.
Natural Disaster Insurance: Why Don't More countries Have It?, IDEAS que Cuentan, 2/15/2017. (En Español aqui)
Latin America's Challenge: More and Better Saving for Development, The World Financial Review, Sept-Oct 2016.
Ahorro e Inversión: el Tango se baila de a dos, (c./ Tomás Serebrisky) FocoEconómico.org, 8/28/2016.
Fixing the Saving Problem in Latin America and the Caribbean, VoxEu.org, 7/29/16.
El Ahorro como Política de Estado, CNN Chile, 14 de junio de 2016.
What Does Saving Have to Do with Resilience to Natural Disasters?, IDEAS que Cuentan, 4/1/2016.
¿Qué tiene que ver el ahorro con la capacidad de recuperarse tras un desastre natural?, IDEAS que Cuentan, 4/1/2016.
Fuerza Chile, IDEAS que Cuentan, 9/18/2015.
Foreign Aid for Disasters: Never Enough, IDEAS que Cuentan, 4/30/2015.
Precautionary strategies and household saving, Voxeu.org, 4/01/2015.
Tango Lessons for Greece?, IDEAS que Cuentan. 2/12/2015.
Latin America's Advice to Europe: Be Decisive!, IDEAS que Cuentan. 1/22/2015.
Save More to Improve Infraestructure in Latin America and the Caribbean, VoxEU.org, 4/3/2013.
- "How Safe is Latin America Debt?", VoxEU.org, 02/24/2010.
- Interview with "Brasil Economico" (in portuguese): "Dívida da América Latina não é imune a choques externos". 03/07/2010. Also available in the printed version.
Do Ratings Matter? RGE Global Monitor. October 21, 2008.
Public Investment in Developing Countries: Blessing or Curse? RGE Global Economic Monitor, Latam Blog. July 02, 2008.
How to Spend $10 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean. RGE Global Economic Monitor, Latam Blog. November 6, 2007.
Getting Ready for the Next Catastrophe. RGE Global Economic Monitor, Latam Blog. August, 29 2007.
The Cost of Financing. RGE Global Economic Monitor, Latam Blog. August, 7 2007.
A Thought on Private Investment. RGE Global Economic Monitor, Latam Blog. July, 25 2007.
Seguro contra la próxima tormenta. El Financiero de Costa Rica, Lun 26 mar, 2007 - Dom 1 abr, 2007.