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Ignacio Presno

Principal Economist Global Modeling Studies Section International Finance
2027214514
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, New York University, 2011
  • Diplom, Economics, Universidad de Montevideo, 2005
  • B.A., Economics, Universidad de Montevideo, 2004
Current Research Topics
  • Sovereign Debt Crises
  • Fiscal Policy and Capital Controls
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2020 - present
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2016 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor

    Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay

    2014 - 2016
  • Economist

    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

    2011 - 2014
  • Global Flight to Safety, Business Cycles, and the Dollar
    Martin Bodenstein, Pablo Cuba Borda, Nils Gornemann, Ignacio Presno, Andrea Prestipino, Albert Queralto, and Andrea Raffo
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2023.1381
  • Fiscal Stimulus under Sovereign Risk
    Javier Bianchi, Pablo Ottonello, and Ignacio Presno
    Journal of Political Economy (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1086/724317
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Optimal Taxation with Endogenous Default under Incomplete Markets
    Demian Pouzo and Ignacio Presno
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20160101
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2020)
  • Fiscal Stimulus under Sovereign Risk
    Javier Bianchi, Pablo Ottonello, and Ignacio Presno
    Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.21034/wp.762
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Fiscal Stimulus under Sovereign Risk
    Javier Bianchi, Pablo Ottonello, and Ignacio Presno
    NBER Working Paper Series (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w26307
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Fiscal Stimulus Under Sovereign Risk
    Javier Bianchi, Pablo Ottonello, and Ignacio Presno
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2019.1257
  • Capital Controls and Monetary Policy Autonomy in a Small Open Economy
    J. Scott Davis and Ignacio Presno
    Journal of Monetary Economics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2016.11.008
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2017)
  • Sovereign Default Risk and Uncertainty Premia
    Demian Pouzo and Ignacio Presno
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20140337
  • Optimal Monetary Policy under Model Uncertainty without Commitment
    Anna Orlik and Ignacio Presno
    Research Department Working Paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) (2013)
  • Sovereign Default Risk and Uncertainty Premia
    Demian Pouzo and Ignacio Presno
    Research Department Working Paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) (2012)
  • Essays in International Finance with Model Uncertainty
    Ignacio Presno
    New York University (2011)
Referee
  • American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Economic Inquiry, Economic Letters, IMF Economic Review, International Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Finance, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Political Economy: Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Latin American Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economics and Statistics
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Last Update: January 22, 2024