Economists

Juan M. Sanchez

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Research Interests

My research primarily focuses on the effect of credit markets frictions (lack of commitment, asymmetric information) on debt,  default, and economic development. I also study the design of optimal contracts under moral hazard.

 

Professional Experience

Juan Sanchez is an economist in the Research Department. He joined the Richmond Fed in August 2008 after earning his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester.

Education

Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2008
M.A., University of Rochester, 2005
M.A., National University of La Plata (Argentina), 2003
B.S., National University of La Plata (Argentina), 2000

Curriculum vitae

"Unemployment Insurance with a Hidden Labor Market" (with Fernando Álvarez-Parra). Journal of Monetary Economics 56, no. 7 (October 2009): 954-967.

"Financing Development: The Role of Information Costs" (with Jeremy Greenwood and Cheng Wang). American Economic Review (forthcoming).

"Fiscal Policy and Default Risk in Emerging Markets" (with Gabriel Cuadra and Horacio Sapriza). Review of Economic Dynamics (forthcoming).

"Optimal State-Contingent Unemployment Insurance." Economics Letters 98, no. 3 (March 2008): 348-357.

"An Economic Analysis of Higher Education Financing Policies." Económica 51, no. 1-2 (January 2005): 137-184.