Manuel Santos Santos

Manuel Santos - University of Miami (USA)

Manuel Santos graduated in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, has a Master’s degree a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is a specialist in Macroeconomics and his research work is centered on  development and economic growth and on money and financial markets.

Dr. Santos is the James L. Knight Professor of Economics at the University of Miami. He has lectured at the University of Arizona, Carlos III University of Madrid, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, the Center for Economic Research (ITAM) in Mexico, the  University of Chicago, the University of California, the Autònoma University of Barcelona and the South Bank Polytechnic in  London.

He has published numerous technical articles both as author  and co-author, among which are: Convergence properties of the likelihood of computed dynamic models, Accuracy of simulations for stochastic dynamic models, Competitive equilibria for infinite horizon economies with incomplete markets, or Smoothness of the policy function in discrete-time economic models.

Dr. Santos is a Fellow of the American Economic Association, Econometrica and the Society of Economic Dynamics.

RESEARCH STAY AT UC3M: ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

PROJECT: Consistency Properties of a Simulation-Based Estimator for Dynamic Processes. Problems in the Numerical Simulation of Models with Heterogenous Agents and Market Distortions. Numerical Simulation of Non-Optimal Dynamic Equilibrium Models. Long-Term Asset Price Volatility and Macroeconomic Fluctuations. What
Determines Savings Rates Across Countries?. Differentiability of the Value function in Continuous-time Economic Models. Laws of Large Numbers for Economies with
Heterogeneous Agents and Market Distortions.

STAY PERIOD: MAR 09 - SEP 09

Publications

1. "Differentiability of the Value Function Without Interiority Assumptions", Journal of Economic T heory, 144 (2009), 1948-1964, con Juan Pablo Rincon-Zapatero.
2. "Consistency Properties of a Simulation-Based Estimator for Dynamic Processes", de próxima aparición en Annals of Applied Probability.
3. "Problems in the Numerical Simulation of Models with Heterogenous Agents and Market Distortions", con Adrian Peralta-Alva, de próxima aparición en Journal of the European Economic Association.
4. "Numerical Simulation of Non-Optimal Dynamic Equilibrium Models", con Z. Feng, J. Miao, y A. Peralta-Alva, enviado a publicación.
5. "Long-Term Asset Price Volatility and Macroeconomic Fluctuations", con Miguel A. Iraola, enviado a publicación.
6. "What Determines Savings Rates Across Countries?" con Fernando Garcia-Belenguer Campos, en proceso de elaboración.
7. "Differentiability of the Value function in Continuous-time Economic Models", con Juan Pablo Rincon-Zapatero, en proceso de elaboración.
8. "Laws of Large Numbers for Economies with Heterogeneous Agents and Market Dis-tortions", con Adrian Peralta-Alva, en proceso de elaboración.