Curriculum Vitae Ignacio Presno Last Updated: 08/08/2017
Personal Information
DOB: 01.27.1982 Citizenship: Uruguay, Italy.
Contact Information
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Global Modelling Studies Section, IF Division, 1801 K Street NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20006
Employment
Federal Reserve Board, DC, USA
Phone: +1 202 721 4514 E-mail: ignacio.presno[at]frb.gov WWW: http://sites.google.com/site/presno/
Senior Economist, IF Division - Global Modelling Studies
September 2016 – present
Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
July 2014 – August 2016
Deloitte Consulting Firm, Montevideo, Uruguay Academic Consultant
June 2015 – August 2016
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, MA, USA Economist, Research Department Education
October 2011 – July 2014
New York University, NY, USA Ph.D. in Economics
Aug. 2005 – September 2011
Thesis committee: Thomas Sargent (Chair), Lars Ljungqvist and Timothey Cogley Universidad de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay Diploma, Economics
Aug. 2004 – Jul. 2005
Universidad de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay B.A., Economics
Mar. 2000 – Dec. 2003
Research Fields
Macroeconomics, International Finance, Contract Theory.
Publications
“Sovereign Default Risk and Uncertainty Premia” (2016) (with Demian Pouzo). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 8(3): 230-66. “Capital Controls and Monetary Policy Autonomy in a Small Open Economy” (2017) (with J. Scott Davis). Journal of Monetary Economics, 85: 114-130.
Working Papers
“Optimal Taxation with Endogenous Default under Incomplete Markets” (2015) (with Demian Pouzo). R&R at AEJ: Macro. “Fiscal Policy, Sovereign Risk, and Unemployment” (2017) (with Javier Bianchi and Pablo Ottonello). “On Credible Monetary Policies with Model Uncertainty” (2013) (with Anna Orlik). “Interest Rate Spreads and Real Exchange Rates in Emerging Economies” (2008).
Work in Progress
“The Uncertainty Accelerator” (2015) (with Albert Queralto and Anna Orlik). “Solving Quantitative Default Models with Discrete State Technique” (2015) (with Demian Pouzo).
Research Assistantships
• Prof. Thomas J. Sargent
Teaching Experience
• Instructor Course: International Macroeconomics, M.A. in Economics, UM.
Spring 2015
• Instructor Course: Macroeconomics II, M.A. in Economics, UM.
Spring 2015
Spring 2009 - Spring 2011
• Instructor Course: International Trade, Undergraduate in Economics, UM.
Spring 2014-2015
• Instructor Course: Quantitative Methods for Macro and Finance, M.A. in Economics, UM.
Fall 2014
• Instructor Course: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Undergraduate in Economics, UM.
Fall 2014
• Instructor Course: Economic Principles II, Undergraduate in Economics, NYU. • TA for Prof. Thomas J. Sargent and Prof. Lars Ljungqvist. Course: Advanced Macroeconomics, MBA, NYU.
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
• TA for Prof. Alberto Bisin. Course: Introduction to Economic Analysis, Undergraduate in Economics, NYU. Spring 2009 • TA for Prof. Vivian Z. Yue. Course: International Economics, Undergraduate in Economics, NYU. • TA for Prof. Harilaos Kitsikopoulos . Course: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Undergraduate in Economics, NYU.
Seminars and Conferences
Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Bank of Canada-IGIER Bocconi Conference (2017), Barcelona GSE Summer Forum (2017), RCEA Conference (2017), Rochester Mini-Conference (2017), UTDT-WB-IDB IEF Workshop
(2017), 2016 FRB San Francisco Pacific Basin Research Conference (2016), LAMES-LACEA(2016), SED - Toulouse (2016), Universidad de Montevideo (2016), UTDT (2016), FR Board of Governors (2016), SEU (2015), International Macro Workshop of Ridge Forum (2015), Sovereign Debt Workshop of Ridge Forum (2015), Central Bank of Chile (2015, 3-day visit), Central Bank of Uruguay Annual Meetings (2015), SED - Warsaw (2015), Central Bank of Uruguay (2014), Central Bank of Uruguay Annual Meetings (2014), Universidad de Montevideo (2014), SED - Toronto(2014), CEF (2014), North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (2014), IMF (2014), EEAESEM (2013), North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (2013), NYU Alumni Conference (2013), SCIEA (2013), FRB Dallas (2013), Workshop on Ambiguity and Robustness - Becker Friedman Institute (2013), Montevideo Meetings of Economics (2012), American University (2012), Boston College (2012), SED - Cyprus(2012), Macroeconomics Midwest Meetings (2012), Boston University (2012), Pompeu Fabra and CREI (2011), Minnesota (2011), ITAM (2011), FRB Boston (2011), FR Board of Governors (2011), LSE (2011), NYU Stern (2010).
Professional Activities
Honors and Awards
Referee: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Latin American Economic Review, Fondo Clemente Estable.
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McCracken Fellowship, NYU, 2005-2011. Best Third-Year Paper Prize, NYU, 2008. Fulbright Fellowship, 2005. Fellowship for Graduate Program, Universidad de Montevideo, 2004-2005. Best Student in Economics Award, Universidad de Montevideo, 2004. Merit Scholarship, Universidad de Montevideo, 2000-2003.