Eduardo Levy Yeyati
Professor of Economics and Finance, School of Business, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
eduardo.levyyeyati@barcap.com
ely@utdt.edu
Education
1996 – Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
1994 – M. A. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
1991 – Graduate Program in Economics, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
1989 – B. Sc. in Civil Engineer, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Positions held
2/1999-10/2009 – Professor, Business School, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
5/2009– Guest Professor, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
9/2009– Global strategy consultant, Barclays Capital
11/2008-8/2009 – Head of Emerging Markets Strategy, Barclays Capital
11/2007-11/2008 – Head of Latin American Research, Barclays Capital
10/2006-9/2007 – Financial Sector Adviser, Latin American and the Caribbean, The World Bank
2/1999-10/2007 – Director, Center for Financial Research (CIF), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
4/2005-4/2006 – Senior Research Associate, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank
1/2002-7/2002 – Director of Monetary and Financial Policies, and Chief Economist, Central Bank of Argentina
1/2000-12/2001 – Director, Executive Program in Finance, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
10/1995-12/1998 – Economist, International Monetary Fund
6/1991-6/1992 – Director, Statistics Department, Social Security Agency, Argentina
3/1990-9/1991 – Economic Advisor, Planning Department, Buenos Aires Metro, Buenos Aires
Consultant for
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (2007, 2006); Banco Santander Río (2007), Argentine Bank Association (2006); Central Bank of Peru (2006); Bank of International Settlements (2005); Inter-American Development Bank (1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005); International Monetary Fund (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005); The World Bank (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006); Fundación Cidob, España (2005); Central Bank of El Salvador (2002-2003); Met Life, Argentina (2004); Standard & Poor (2001); IDEA (Instituto para el Desarrollo Empresarial de la Argentina; 2004); FIEL, Argentina (2001); Corporación del Sur de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (2001); Secretary of Transportation, Argentina (1993).
Other professional activities
• Visiting Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2005-2007).
• Visiting scholar at Inter-American Development Bank (1999, 2001, 2002), International Monetary Fund (2000, 2001, 2004), Ceres (2000).
• Member of the Editorial Panel, Economía, Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (2003-2004).
• Member: Argentine Political Economy Association, Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Econometric Society.
• Referee for: Canadian Journal of Economics, Cuadernos de Economía, Economía, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, IMF Staff Papers, International Economic Review, International Finance, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, , Review of Economics and Statistics, Revista de Economía del Banco Central de Chile, World Bank Economic Review, World Development, The World Economy, and World Politics.
Honors and awards
Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship, Harvard University, 2007-2008 (declined)
Fellowships:
• Bank of Japan, IDB, 1992-1995
• Economics Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, 1993-1995
Grants:
• FONCyT, 2000-2003
• Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2000-2001
• Central Bank of Argentina, 2000-2001
• Latin American Research Network, IDB, 2002-2003
• The World Bank, 2003
Books
1. La Resurrección: Historia de la Poscrisis Argentina, (with Diego Valenzuela), Editorial Sudamericana, 2007.
2. Living with Debt: How to Limit the Risks of Sovereign Finance, (with Eduardo Borensztein and Ugo Panizza), Harvard University Press, 2006.
3. Financial Dollarization: The Policy Agenda, (ed. with Adrián Armas and Alain Ize), Palmgrave Macmillan, London, 2006.
4. Dollarization: Debates and Policy Alternatives, (ed. with Federico Sturzenegger), MIT Press, 2003.
