Manuel Amador

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Economics

4-101 Hanson Hall

1925 Fourth Street South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Economics

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Manuel Amador is an economist at the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and at the University of Minnesota. His areas of interest are macroeconomic theory and international economics. He is currently an associate editor at the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Journal of International Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
P.I.M.A.: , Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 1998 -
B.S.: Economics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, 1997

Specialties

macroeconomics
international economics

Publications

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Publications

The Economics of Sovereign Debt and Default. Mark Aguiar, Princeton University Press, Amador, Manuel, 2021.
Reputation and Sovereign Default: Christopher Phelan, Amador, Manuel, Econometrica, 89(4), 1979 - 2010, 2021.
Self-fulfilling Debt Dilution: Maturity and Multiplicity in Debt Models: Mark Aguiar, Amador, Manuel, American Economic Review, 110(9), 2783 - 2818, 2020.
Exchange Rate Policies at the Zero Lower Bound: Luigi Bocola, Javier Bianchi, and Fabrizio Perri , Amador, Manuel, Review of Economic Studies, 87:4, 1605-1645, 2020.
Money burning in the theory of delegation: Kyle Bagwell, Amador, Manuel, Games and Economic Behavior, 112, 382-412, 2020.
Take the Short Route, Equilibrium Default and Debt Maturity: Mark Aguiar, Hugo Hopenhayn, Ivan Werning, Amador, Manuel, Econometrica, 87:2, 423-462, 2019.
A Note on Interval Delegation: Kyle Bagwell, Alex Frankel, Amador, Manuel, Economic Theory Bulletin, 6, 239-249, 2018.
On the Welfare Losses from External Sovereign Borrowing: Mark Aguiar, Stelios Fourakes, Palgrave Macmillan, Amador, Manuel, IMF Economic Review, 2020.
A Contraction for Sovereign Debt Models: Mark Aguiar, Amador, Manuel, Journal of Economic Theory, 183, 842-875, 2019.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Associate Editor: Review of Economic Studies. 2016 - present
Monetary Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 2013 - present
Research Associate: National Bureau of Economic Research. 2014 - present
Associate Editor: Econometrica. 2014 - present
Associate Editor: Journal of International Economics. 2014 - present
Associate Editor: American Economic Review. 2014 - present
Professor: Department of Economics. 2017 - present
Associate Professor: Department of Economics. 2016 - 2017
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics: Stanford University. 2006 - 2013
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics: Harvard University. 2005 - 2006
Assistant Professor: Stanford Graduate School of Business. 2003 - 2006
Visiting Professor: Princeton University. 2010 - 2011

Awards

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Awards

Fellow, Econometric Society
NSF Grant - Summer Workshop Series in Macroeconomic Theory and Dynamic Modeling, 2015 - present
Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2014
Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2012
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 2011

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