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Federico J. Díez

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Economist
Research Department
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Federico.Diez@bos.frb.org
 
Primary fields of research:
International trade and macroeconomics, multinational firms, trade policy

Federico Díez is an economist in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. His research interests include international trade and macroeconomics, multinational firms, offshoring, outsourcing, trade policy, and open-economy macroeconomics. Díez earned his B.A. in economics at the Universidad Católica, Argentina, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.


  • Education
  • Work
    Experience

  • Publications

  • Presentations
  • Fellowships &
    Awards
  • Public
    Service

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2009

M.S. (Economics), University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2006

B.A. (Economics), Universidad Católica, Argentina, 2000

 

Work Experience

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Economist, 2009–
IAE - School of Business, Universidad Austral, Argentina
Research Assistant, July 2000–July 2003

Publications

Working papers and other unpublished papers

"Core Competencies, Matching, and the Structure of Foreign Direct Investment: An Update," with Alan C. Spearot. FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 12-8, 2012.

"Core Competencies and the Structure of Foreign Direct Investment," with Alan C. Spearot. FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 11-13, 2011.

"Self-Employment in the Global Economy," with Ali K. Ozdagli. FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 11-5, 2011.

"The Asymmetric Effects of Tariffs on Intra-Firm Trade and Offshoring Decisions." Working Paper No. 10-4, 2010.

“The Asymmetric Effects of Tariffs on Offshoring Industries: How North/South Tariffs Affect Intra-Firm Trade." Working paper, 2009.

“Tariffs, Outsourcing and Offshoring: Could There Be a Tariff-Driven Organizational Product Cycle?" Working paper, April 2009.

“Tariffs on Final and Intermediate Goods under Global Outsourcing." Working paper, 2006.

 

Presentations

"The Asymmetric Efects of Tariffs on Offshoring Industries: How North/South Tariffs Affect Intra-Firm Trade." University of Wisconsin—Madison, Fall 2008; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; National Bureau of Economic Research; LACEA Annual Meeting; Williams College; University of Colorado, Boulder; Universidad Carlos III; University of Essex, 2009.

“Tariffs, Outsourcing and Offshoring: Could There Be a Tariff-Driven Organizational Product Cycle?" International Workshop, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Spring 2008, 2007. “Tariffs on Final and Intermediate Goods under Global Outsourcing." International Brown Bag, Wisconsin—Madison, Spring 2006.

Fellowships & Awards

Christensen Award in Empirical Economics, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2007. (Joint with Professor Juan Carranza.)

Economics Merit Scholarship, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2003.

Medallo de Oro (Highest GPA in class), Universidad Católica, Argentina, 2000

Public Service

Referee: Journal of International Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association.