Department of Economics

Link to the Video Lecture Here 

Professor Alfaro previously served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2012.She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International Economics and the World Bank Research Observer, Vice President of theLatin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), and a Faculty Research Associate at both the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Her research focuses on international economics, capital flows, foreign direct investment (FDI), sovereign debt, and international trade, and she has authored numerous scholarly articles in these fields. Professor Alfaro earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she received the Dissertation Fellowship Award.She holds a B.A. in Economics from the Universidad deCosta Rica and a Licenciatura in Economics from thePontificia Universidad Católica deChile.