Discussion of “The Transmission of Quasi-Sovereign Default Risk: Evidence from Puerto Rico”

PRESENTATION March 2, 2020

Speaker / Author

Maria Pia Olivero, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in the School of Economics of Drexel University

María Pía Olivero, PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics of Drexel University. María’s research focuses on international finance and, in particular, on how imperfections in financial markets impact the international transmission of crises and the spillover effects of domestic policies on foreign countries. Her current research aims to understand the links between sovereign debt crises and banking crises through banks’ use of foreign sovereign bonds as collateral in their interbank borrowing. Using very large datasets on banks in the United States and around the world, she is also studying the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy and ... Read More