Vitae

Personal Information: Birthdate: February 20th, 1985. Citizenship: Ecuador.

Pre-doctoral Studies:
  Master in Development Economics, Latin America University of Social Sciences (FLACSO Ecuador),
  2010-2012
  Master in Public Administration and International Trade, Université Pierre Mendès France (Grenoble,
  France –Master 2), 2010-2011
  Bachelor in Sciences, Economics, Catholic University of Ecuador, Valedictorian, 2004-2010

Graduate Studies:
  Brown University, August 2012 to May 2017
  Ph.D. in Economics
  Thesis Title: “Bounded Rationality Consumer Theory and Revealed Preferences”

Research Fields:
  Primary fields: Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics, Consumer Theory, Revealed
  Preferences
  Secondary field: Non-parametric Econometrics, Consumer Empirics, Experimental Economics

Teaching Experience:
  Fall 2014                             Mathematics for First Year Ph.D. Students, Economics
                                        Department, Brown University, Teaching Assistant for Professor
                                        Mark Dean.
  Spring 2014                           Behavioral Economics (undergraduate), Economics Department,
                                        Brown University, Teaching Assistant for Professor Mark Dean.
  Fall 2013                             Financial Institutions (undergraduate), Economics Department,
                                        Brown University, Teaching Assistant for Professor David Wyss.

Research Experience and Other Employment:
  Spring 2015                      Brown University, Research Assistant for Professor Geoffroy de
                                   Clippel

  Summer 2015                           World Bank, Temporary Consultant

 Professional Activities:
 Referee for: Economic Letters, Journal of Public Economics
 Invited Conferences: Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) 2015 Cambridge
 UK
 Contributed Conferences: World Congress Econometric Society (Montreal 2015), Graduate Student
 Economic Conference University of Washington St. Louis.


Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships:
  Fall 2015                            Merit Dissertation Fellowship, Economics Department, Brown
                                       University. George Borts Dissertation Prize.
  Summer 2015                          Best Third Year Paper Prize, Economics Department, Brown
                                       University
  Spring 2015                          Research fellowship, Economics Department, Brown
                                       University working under Geoffroy de Clippel
  Fall 2013                                Honors in Field Examinations Bounded Rational Consumer
                                           Theory and Non-Parametric Econometrics.
  2012-2014                                Graduate School fellowship, Economics Department, Brown
                                           University
 Languages:
 English (Fluent), Spanish (Native), French (Proficient)

Research Papers:
“Slutsky Matrix Norms: The Size, Classification, and Comparative Statics of Bounded Rationality”
(with Roberto Serrano)
“Slutsky Matrix Norms and Revealed Preference Tests of Consumer Behaviour” (with Roberto
Serrano)
“Stochastic Choice and Fuzzy Attention”
“Satisficing and Stochastic Choice” (with Maria Jose Boccardi and Mark Dean)
“Stochastic Dynamic Revealed Preferences for Non-linear Budget Constraints”
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