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My name is Pedro Alejandro Cabra-Acela, I hold a B.A and a M.A in economics at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. For the past years, I have worked on research and consulting projects, as well as a TA. I graduated cum laude from the M.A in October 2021, and I am very interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in economics in the future.

I have worked on projects with Universidad de los Andes, LSE, Yale University, IDB and Quantil. In doing so, I have been exposed to intensive mathematics and programming challenges related to financial mathematics, forecasting, machine learning, public policy, impact evaluation, among others. Currently, I work as a predoctoral research fellow at Princeton University.

Mi nombre es Pedro Alejandro Cabra-Acela, tengo un pregrado y una maestría en economía de la Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. En los últimos años, he trabajado en proyectos de investigación, consultoría y como instructor de clases unviersitarias. Me gradué cum laude de la maestría en octubre de 2021 y estoy muy interesado en buscar un doctorado en economía en el futuro.

He trabajado en proyectos con la Universidad de los Andes, LSE, Universidad de Yale, BID y Quantil. He estado expuesto a desafíos de matemáticas y programación relacionados matemáticas financieras, pronósticos, aprendizaje de máquinas, política pública, evaluación de impacto, entre otros. Actualmente estoy en un predoctorado en la Universidad de Princeton.

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Education and skills

Education

M.A. Economics. Universidad de Los Andes - Bogotá, Colombia (2019-2021) (cum-laude)
B.A. Economics. Universidad de Los Andes - Bogotá, Colombia (2015-2019)

Skills

Stata

Advanced

Python

Medium/Advanced

Excel

Medium/Advanced

Latex

Medium/Advanced

Languages

Spanish

First language

English

Fluent

Experience

Research and work experience

Research assistant for Professor Maria Teresa Delgado, Macmillan Center, Yale University (2021-I - Present). Research work on Venezuela's income inequality.
Short-term Consultant for Senior Economist Razvan Vlaicu, Research Department, Inter American Development Bank (2021-II). Research work on political engagement in Colombia and Mexico.
Research Assistant for Professor Leopoldo Fergusson, Universidad de los Andes (2020-II - 2021-II). Research work on impact evaluation related to homicide investigation policy.
Senior Financial Mathematics Researcher directed by Professor Diego Jara, Quantil (2019-II - 2020-II). Research and consulting work related to financial derivatives, portfolio valuation, and financial risk evaluation.
Research Assistant for professor Alexia Delfino, London School of Economics (2019-I). Research work related to labor market and gender gap.

Teaching experience

Instructor / Teaching Assistant of Advanced Econometrics for Professor Manuel Fernandez, Universidad de los Andes (2020-I - 2021-I).
Instructor / Teaching Assistant of Advanced Microeconomics in Game Theory for Professor Alvaro Riascos, Universidad de los Andes (2020-I and 2021-I).
Instructor Time Series and Financial Applications, Universidad de los Andes (2020-II).
Instructor / Teaching Assistant of Fiscal Theory and Policy for Professor Leopoldo Fergusson, Universidad de los Andes (2019-II).
Instructor / Teaching Assistant of Microeconomics 3 for Professor Hernan Vallejo, Universidad de los Andes (2019-II).

Research

Papers

Rewarding good taxpayers, an effective mechanism? (2022) International Tax and Public Finance. Available here. Slides available here.

Work in Progress

Rhetoric and time: the impact of influential speeches on people's time distribution.

Statistical Software

macrocol : An R Package to efficiently get information on some of the Colombian main macro-financial indicators. All the sources are public and free. Available here (GitHub) and here (CRAN).

Others

Juan Luis Londoño medal: Annual prize awarded to the best economics master thesis in Universidad de los Andes. (2022-II).
Sea turtles preservation volunteer program in Sri Lanka, AIESEC. (2022-I).
Placed in the top 3% of the previous 5 years of graduates in the M.A. in economics, Universidad de los Andes (2021-II).
Half scholarship for one semester in economics at Universidad de los Andes for good grades given by “Uniandinos” (2017-II).