Serafín Frache

Serafín Frache

Associate Professor

Universidad de Montevideo



I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad de Montevideo. My primary fields of interest are macroeconomics, numerical methods and applied econometrics. I have research experience in monetary economics, household income dynamics and their consumption and saving decisions, and how firms form their expectations.

MONT2 Econ Lab Founding Member

Publications

Working Papers

Work in Progress

  • “Beefing Up: Commodity Exports to China and Production Network Spillovers", [with Francesco Amodio and Giorgio Chiovelli].
  • “Labor reallocation and inequality: measurements from Uruguay matched employer-employee data”, [with Jesper Bagger, Rodrigo Lluberas, Juan Pablo Rud and Leandro Zipitría].

Policy Papers

  • “Assessing the Impact of Climate Policies in Uruguay,” World Bank Group Report, Forthcoming 2024.
  • “Un modelo estocástico de equilibrio general para la economía uruguaya con producción de commodities,” [with Helena Rodríguez], Banco Central del Uruguay, Documentos de trabajo 2021006, 2021, .
  • “Estimación de los efectos de la Ley de Inclusión Financiera en un marco Dinámico Estocástico de Equilibrio General,” [with Juan Odriozola], Banco Central del Uruguay, Documentos de trabajo 2016006, 2016.
  • “Un modelo estocástico de equilibrio general para la economía uruguaya,” Banco Central del Uruguay, Documentos de trabajo 2016002, 2016.
  • “Estimating a Risky Term Structure of Uruguayan Sovereign Bonds,” [with Gabriel Katz], Department of Economics - dECON, Documentos de Trabajo 0304, 2004.

Teaching

Universidad de Montevideo

Lecturer
  • Econometrics II [2025 - present]
  • Macroeconomics II [2018 - present]
  • Macroeconomics I (Master) [2018 - present]
  • Macroeconomics II (Master) [2021 - present]
  • Mathematical Economics I [2018 - 2022]
  • Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance (Master)[2017 - 2019]

Universidad del CEMA - Argentina

Lecturer
  • DSGE Modelling for Monetary Policy Analysis (Master & Ph.D) [2018 - 2021]

dECON - School of Social Sciences - UDELAR - Uruguay

Lecturer
  • Macroeconomics (Master) [2014 - 2017]

School of Economics and Finance - UDELAR - Uruguay

Lecturer
  • Econometrics I [2014 - 2017]
  • Econometrics II [2014 - 2017]
Teaching Assistant
  • Econometrics I [2003 - 2008]
  • Econometrics II [2003 - 2008]
  • Mathematics I [2003 - 2005]

School of Economics and Finance - Queen Mary University of London

Teaching Assistant
  • Macroeconomics II [2012 - 2014]
  • Corporate Finance II [2012 - 2013]

School of Business and Management - Queen Mary University of London

Teaching Assistant
  • Quantitative Research Methods for Business [2010 - 2011]

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