Sebastian Cubillos

Sebastian Cubillos

Incoming PhD Student in Economics

UCLA

Biography

I am an incoming PhD student in Economics at UCLA. I am interested in Development Economics, Spatial Economics, and International Economics.

Interests

  • Development economics
  • Spatial Economics
  • International Economics

Education

  • BA Economics, 2019

    Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Predoctoral Research Fellow

Stanford University

Jul 2022 – Present Stanford
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant for Professors Johannes Boehm and Thomas Chaney

Sciences Po

Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 Sciences Po
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant for Professors Tatjana Kleineberg and Román David Zarate

Development Research Group

Oct 2020 – Jun 2021 World Bank
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant for Prof. Nelson Ruiz

Department of Politics

Aug 2020 – Oct 2020 University of Oxford
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant for Prof. Juan Sebastián Galán

Department of Economics

Jul 2020 – Apr 2021 Universidad de los Andes
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant for Prof. Pablo Querubin

Department of Politics

Feb 2019 – May 2020 New York University
 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Central Bank of Colombia

Jan 2018 – Dec 2018 Colombia

Skills

R

Advanced

stata

Stata

Advanced

Python

Advanced

latex

LaTeX

Advanced

surv_cto

SurveyCTO

Advanced

matlab

Matlab

Intermediate

Publications

Detecting exchange rate contagion using copula functions

Effects of Interest Rate Caps on Financial Inclusion