Entian Zhang
entianz.bsky.social
Entian Zhang
@entianz.bsky.social
Economist at @IMF. @UMN Economics PhD.
🚨 Job Market Highlight 🚨
(1/4) Excited to spotlight my friend Teresa Balestrini, who’s on the job market this year! Her job market paper tackles a crucial issue: how sovereign debt restructurings are resolved, especially under IMF programs.
How does IMF intervention after sovereign default help debtor country?

UMN @umn-econ.bsky.social JMC Teresa Balestrini evaluates differences post default for countries that restructure within IMF program versus those that directly negotiate with creditors 1990–2014.

www.teresabalestrini.com
TERESA BALESTRINI
Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Minnesota and will be on the 2025-2026 job market. My fields of interest are Macroeconomics and International Economics, with a focus ...
www.teresabalestrini.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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How will climate change impact poor households in developing countries?

UMN Econ JMC Mauricio Barbosa-Alves
@mbarbosaalves.bsky.social constructs model of Brazil in which high temps lower crop yields and agricultural incomes but poor road networks also increase food prices.
mbarbosaalves.github.io
Maurício Barbosa Alves
mbarbosaalves.github.io
December 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM
It’s a famous comment that inflation is the only way to tax informal sector. Is it a good idea to do so? UMN Econ JMC Gabriel Devoto’s @gabriel-devoto.bsky.social work thoroughly analyze inflation, informal sector and financial intermediation. Check it out!
Why does Latin America suffer from high inflation, high informality, and low financial intermediation?

UMN Econ JMC Gabriel Devoto's @gabriel-devoto.bsky.social hypothesis: Government’s use of inflation as fiscal tool causes informality and low financial intermediation.

www.gabrieldevoto.com
Gabriel Devoto
Gabriel Devoto Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
www.gabrieldevoto.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:25 AM
@umn-econ.bsky.social JMC Maurico Barbosa-Alves @mbarbosaalves.bsky.social unpacks a critical challenge: how climate change will reshape food prices and impact different income groups. Very interesting paper on climate change. Check it out.
How will climate impact poor households in developing countries?

UMN Econ JMC Maurico Barbosa-Alves @mbarbosaalves.bsky.social constructs a model of Brazil in which high temps lower crop yields and agricultural incomes but poor road networks also increase food prices.

mbarbosaalves.github.io
Maurício Barbosa Alves
mbarbosaalves.github.io
November 25, 2024 at 9:38 PM