Education
M.Sc. en Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile)
B.A. en Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC – Chile)
Position
Research Professor, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD)
Research Associate of Professor Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Co-authorship, consulting, and assistance with Prof. Schmidt-Hebbel; Fields of work: Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Macro Policies)
Teaching
Econometrics for Decision Making
Econometrics (Economics Track)
Research Interest
Fields: Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Transactional Frictions
Tools: Micro-founded Macroeconomic Modelling, Search, and Panel Data Econometric Techniques
Published Papers
Carrasco, T., M. Carrasco, and R. Yañez (2022), “An Inexpert Expert”, Applied Economics Letters, 30(18), 2613-18.
Schmidt-Hebbel and M. Carrasco (2019), “Central Banking in Latin America”, in: M. Vernengo, E. Pérez Caldentey, and B. Rosser Jr. (Eds.): The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 4th Edition. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Acuña, H., D. Carrasco, M. Carrasco, and A. Soto (2019), “El Efecto del Partido Político del Alcalde sobre Variables de Gasto Municipal”, El Trimestre Económico, 86(342), 343-404.
Acuña, H., D. Carrasco, M. Carrasco, and A. Cazor (2017), “Discretionary Government Transfers to Catch Votes: The Case of Chile”, Economía y Política, 4(1): 37-96, 2017.
Schmidt-Hebbel and M. Carrasco (2016), “The Past and Future of Inflation Targeting: Implications for Emerging-Market and Developing Economies”, in: C. Ghate and K. Kletzer (Eds.): Monetary Policy in India: A Modern Macroeconomic Perspective, Springer.
Policy Papers
Eleven policy papers published by the Centro de Innovación, Empresa y Sociedad (CIES, UDD)
Working Papers
World-wide Crime (with Norman Loayza and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel)
Monetary Policy Decisions by the World’s Central Banks using Real-Time Data (with Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel)
World-wide Happiness (with Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel)
Venture Capitalist, Money, and Search
Seminar and Conferences
Seminars: Annual Meeting of the Chilean Economic Society (2014, 2017, 2024), PUC-Economics (2022), BeckerFriedman Institute and UNAB (2024), UDD-Business (2024), Central Bank of Chile (2024), Auckland University and The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (scheduled, 2025)
Conferences: 96th Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference (2021) and 2nd Annual Conference UDD Exponencial: Well-Being and Happiness (2024)
Video “Well-Being and Happiness”: https://uddtv.udd.cl/video/conferencia-anual-udd-exponencial-2024-klaus-schmidt-hebbel-y-martin-carrasco/
Honors and Awards
Best Teacher Award (UDD, 2020 and 2022)
Academic Excellence Scholarship for Masters Studies, (CONICYT, Government of Chile, 2016)
Best Teaching Award (PUC-Chile, 2015)