The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) announced the winning works of the 17th edition of the “Dr. Raúl Prebisch” Annual Economic Research Award, an initiative that promotes academic research on monetary, macroeconomic, financial and banking issues. On this occasion, 50 works were submitted to the Award, the highest since 2021: 27 in the category of university students, 18 in the category of young professionals and 5 in the category of doctoral thesis.
The following are the works awarded in this edition
Annual University Students Award
1st Prize
Work: “The Macroeconomics of Exchange Controls”
Author: Juan Ignacio Domínguez / Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
Annual Young Professionals Award
1st Shared Prize
Paper: “Fiscal Dominance, Shocks, and the Currency Composition of Sovereign Debt: The Case for a Small and Open Economy”
Author: Juan Pablo Di Iorio / Universidad de Buenos Aires – Universidad San Andrés
Work: “Linking Public Consumption to Private Over-Indebtedness”
Author: Franco Degiuseppe / Universidad de Buenos Aires – Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Annual Doctoral Thesis Award in Economics
Work: “Essays in International Macroeconomics”
Author: Emilio Colombi / University of Michigan
The jury of this edition was made up of Vladimir Werning (first vice president of the BCRA), Mauro Alessandro (deputy general manager of Economic Research of the BCRA), Sebastián Katz (main manager of Economic Studies of the BCRA) and Laura D’Amato (professor at the University of the Center for Macroeconomic Studies of Argentina and the University of Buenos Aires).
The award-winning works will be published in the award section and evaluated, at the request of their authors, for inclusion in the bank’s academic journal, Economic Essays.
The “Dr. Raúl Prebisch” Annual Economic Research Award is an initiative of the BCRA aimed at stimulating research in areas and topics related to the promotion of monetary and financial stability.
