CV

Research Interests

• Macroeconomics, International Finance, Resource Economics

Working Papers

• "Oil Booms and Their Impact Through Fiscal Policy" (Updated)   [Technical Appendix]
• "Implementable Fiscal Rules for an Oil-Exporting Small Open Economy Facing Depletion"
• "Optimal Fiscal Policy for Resource Exporting Small Open Economies"
• "Higher Moments Matter: Empirical Implications for the Analysis of 'Sudden Stops' within Business Cycles"

Work in Progress

• "Speculation Frenzy? A High-Frequency Identification of Speculative Trading in the Oil Market", with Matt Harding (Coming Soon)
• "On the Optimality of Sovereign Wealth Funds"
• "Oil Price Shocks and the Cross Section of Expected Returns", with Jules van Binsbergen

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, Duke University, May 2008.
• M.A. Economics, Duke University, September 2004.
• M.A. Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2001.
• B.A. Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2000.

Teaching

• Syllabus "Oil and Economic Policy Analysis" (Econ 101-01)

Contact Information:

Stanford Graduate School of Business and
Department of Economics
E-mail: apiescha [at] stanford.edu