About Carlos Bolivar

ACADEMIC & RESEARCH INTEREST

person using MacBook pro
person using MacBook pro

International Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Public Policy, Econometric models

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota

Ph.D. in Economics

Minneapolis, U.S.A | Sep. 2020-May 2025

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

M.Sc. in Economics

Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2016-Jun 2018

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

B.A. in Economics

Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2012-Dec 2016

ACADEMIC & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis - Research Department

Research Fellow

Minneapolis, United States of America | Sep. 2020 - Current

University of Minnesota

Instructor for Principles of Macroeconomics

Minneapolis, United States of America | Sep 2020- May 2022

Inter-American Development Bank – Research Department

Research Fellow

Washington DC, United States of America | Jun. 2018- July 2020

Universidad de La Sabana

Adjunct Professor

Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2018- Jun 2018

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Research Assistant

Bogota, Colombia | Jun. 2017Jun. 2018

Fedesarrollo – World’s 2nd Think Tank in Latin-America

Research Assistant

Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2017- Jun. 2017

National Planning Department - DNP

Internship - Sectoral General Sub-direction

Bogota, Colombia | Jun. 2016- Jan. 2017

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Research Assistant

Bogota, Colombia | Jun. 2014- - Dec. 2016

RESEARCH (projects in progress)

  • The Political Economy of Credit Booms and Macroprudential Policy

  • Self-fulfilling Debt Crisis Due to Investor Heterogeneity

COURSES & SEMINARS

  • Seminar on Research Techniques in Social Sciences. Bogota, Mar 2018

  • Congress of Economy, Universidad de los Andes. Bogota, Jun 2013.

  • English course, University of Olathe, Kansas. Kansas, Jun 2011.

  • English course, American-Colombian Center. Bogota, 2009 - 2012

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Econometrics Seed research project member, Research on nonlinear modeling.

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota Jan 2016- Dec. 2017

  • Participant 42nd Annual Conference Eastern Economic Association

Washington D.C. Jan 2016

  • Best Teacher Assistant in Economics,

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, 1st Semester 2015

  • Best Student in Economics

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, 2nd Semester 2014

  • Student Representative to the Board of Directors.

CAFAM High-School, Bogota 2012

LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Languages: Spanish (native) | English (Advanced – C1-level)

  • Specialized Software: Julia, Stata, Matlab, LaTeX

  • Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel (Advanced skills)