Curriculum Vitae

Last updated: May 2026.

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Education

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, University of Michigan (expected 2028)
    Advisors: Stephen Terry (Chair), Toni Whited, Kathryn Dominguez, Eva Janssens.
  • M.A. in Economics, University of Michigan (2024)
  • B.S. in Economics, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru (2018)

Fields

  • Macroeconomics, International Economics, Computational Economics

Research

Working Papers

  • The Macroeconomic Impact of Paying in Dollars in Emerging Economies
    Draft · Slides

Work in Progress

  • Public Procurement, the Nature of Innovation, and Growth (with Jorge Zavala)
    Work in progress.
  • Economies of Scope in Transportation and Domestic Trade (with Brian C. Fujiy, Gaurav Khanna, and Brock Rowberry)
    Work in progress.

Publications

  • Arrieta Vidal, J., Florian, D., Lopez Vargas, K., and Morales, V. (2022). Policies for Transactional De-Dollarization: A Laboratory Study. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 200, 31-54. DOI

Policy Writing

  • Modelo de Proyección Trimestral: Una actualización hasta 2019. Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Working Paper 011, 2022.
  • Proyecciones inmediatas y de corto plazo para la actividad económica en tiempos de la pandemia del COVID-19. Revista Moneda, 187, 2021.

Research Experience

  • University of Michigan, Research Assistant to Eva Janssens, Pablo Ottonello, and Stephen Terry (2023-2026)
  • Universidad del Pacífico, Research Assistant to Gustavo Yamada and Javier Torres (2015-2018)

Teaching Experience

  • University of Michigan, Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Economics (2023-2025)
  • Universidad del Pacífico, Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics Sequence (2017-2022)

Presentations

  • PhD Economic Virtual Seminar (virtual), 2026
  • University of Michigan, Macro-International Seminar; H2D2 Workshop (Ann Arbor), 2024-2025
  • Ronald Coase Institute, Workshop on Institutional Analysis (virtual), 2021
  • University of California Santa Cruz, Experimental Workshop (virtual), 2020
  • Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Economic Meetings (Peru), 2018-2019

Fellowships and Awards

  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan (2024)
  • Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Michigan (2022-2024)
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship, Central Reserve Bank of Peru (2018)
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship, Universidad del Pacífico (2018)

Affiliations

  • Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics, Student Affiliate (2025-2026)

Employment

  • Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Modelling Unit (2018-2022)

Additional Information

  • Programming: Julia, MATLAB, Python, R, Stata, Git, LaTeX
  • Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent)
  • Citizenship: Peru