Agustín S. Bénétrix

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Details

Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2.

Email: benetria (at) tcd (dot) .ie

URL: www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/benetria

Education

PhD. in Economics. Trinity College Dublin, December 2008.

Thesis Title: "Empirical Essays in International Macroeconomics"

Advisor: Prof. Philip R. Lane. Examiners: Prof. Patrick Honohan and Prof. Massimo Giuliodori.

M.A. in Economics. University of La Plata, March 2005.

Advisor: Prof. Jorge E. Carrera.

M.Sc. in Economics. University of Siena, June 2003.

Advisor: Prof. Fabrizio Coricelli.

B.A. in Economics. University of La Plata, March 2001.

Professional Positions

IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Fellow. October 2009 to present.

Research fellow at the Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin. September 2008 to September 2009.

Research assistant for Prof. Kevin O'Rourke and Prof. Barry Eichengreen. March 2009 to July 2009.

Research assistant for Prof. Philip R. Lane at the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College Dublin. Dublin, Ireland. From September 2005 to September 2008.

Visiting researcher at the European University Institute. Florence, Italy. From September 2004 to September 2005.

Research consultant for the United Nations Development Program. La Plata, Argentina. From March 2001 to March 2002.

Research consultant at the Fiscal and Economic Research Institute. La Plata, Argentina. From March 2001 to March 2002.

Research consultant for University of La Plata. La Plata, Argentina. From March 2001 to August 2001.

Awards and Funding

IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Fellowship. October 2009 to present.

Ph.D. Scholarship. University of Siena. September 2002 to August 2005.

Fields of Interest

International macroeconomics

Research

Coming soon

"How Housing Slumps End," (with Barry Eichengreen and Kevin O'Rourke).

"Fiscal Cyclicality and EMU," (with Philip Lane).

Internet postings

"How Housing Slumps End," (with Barry Eichengreen and Kevin H. O'Rourke). VoxEU, 21 July 2010.

"The Effectiveness of Fiscal and Monetary Stimulus in Depressions," (with Miguel Almunia, Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Gisela Rua). VoxEU, 18 November 2009.

Recent papers

"International Risk Sharing and the Irish Economy," November 2010.

"International differences in fiscal policy during the global crisis," (with Philip Lane), prepared for the NBER TAPES, June 2010.

"Fiscal Shocks and The Real Exchange Rate," (with Philip Lane), February 2010.

"Fiscal Shocks and Real Wages," April 2009.

Journal articles

"Fiscal Shocks and The Sectoral Composition of Output," (with Philip Lane), Open Economies Review 21(3): 335-350, July 2010.

"From Great Depression to Great Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences and Lessons," (with Miguel Almunia, Barry Eichengreen, Kevin O'Rourke and Gisela Rua), Economic Policy 62: 219-265, April 2010.

"The Impact of Government Spending Shocks on The Irish Economy," (with Philip Lane), The Economic and Social Review 40(4): 407-434, December 2009.

"The Anatomy of Large Valuation Episodes," Review of World Economics 145(3): 489-511, October 2009

Book chapters

"Indicators of Regional Financial Integration," (with Sébastien Wälti), The Regional Integration Handbook. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, forthcoming.

Referee Service

European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Southern Economic Journal, The Manchester School, Ensayos Económicos, Contemporary Economic Policy

Conference and Seminar Presentations

2010: Royal Economic Society 2010 Conference, University of Surrey.

2009: 50th Economic Policy Panel Meeting, Tilburg / Society for Economic Dynamics Conference, Istanbul / Macroeconomics-Econometrics Conference, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham.

2008: Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin / Comparative Regional Integration Studies, The United Nations University / Central Bank of Argentina

2007: Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin

2006: Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin

2005: Department of Economics, University of La Plata / Department of Economics, University of Siena

Teaching

2009 Mathematics (TA). Trinity College Dublin (graduate course, MSc.).

2008-2009 Statistics (TA). Trinity College Dublin (graduate course, MSc.).

2008 Econometrics (TA). Trinity College Dublin (undergraduate course, 3rd year).

2005-2009 Macroeconomics (TA). Trinity College Dublin (graduate course, MSc.).

2004-2005 International Economics. University of Siena (graduate course, PhD.).

2001-2002 International Macroeconomics. University of La Plata (undergraduate course, 5th year).

1999-2001 Microeconomics (TA). University of La Plata (undergraduate course, 1st year).

Languages

Spanish: native speaker / English: fluent / Italian: fluent.

Computer Skills

Microsoft office, STATA, RATS, MATLAB, GAUSS, LaTeX.