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César Sosa-Padilla is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame's Department of Economics, part of the College of Arts and Letters. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of International Economics and Oxford Open Economics. His research focuses on international macroeconomics, sovereign debt crises, fiscal policy, and banking crises, with notable contributions to understanding hidden debt dynamics and sovereign default mechanisms. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland (2012) and a Licenciatura en Economía from Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (2005).
Dr. Sosa-Padilla has held previous academic appointments at McMaster University (Canada) and has been a visiting scholar at Princeton University (2019-20 as a Peter B. Kenen Fellow) and the Minneapolis Fed (2021-22). His work frequently explores the interplay between political factors, macroeconomic policies, and international financial systems, particularly in emerging economies.
His research interests are reflected in his teaching, which includes graduate-level international macroeconomics and undergraduate macroeconomic theory. He has organized numerous academic conferences, including the PAELLA Workshop at Notre Dame, the ND-PUC Luksburg Conference, and the INVECO-UNT Annual Conference.
Key contributions include analyzing sovereign default triggers, reserve management strategies, and the impact of international sanctions on economies. His 2016 Polanyi Prize for Economics from Ontario highlights his significant scholarly impact. Current projects address borrowing patterns influenced by China, macroprudential policy design, and the political economy of sovereign spreads.
