
Roberto Álvarez
Profesor Titular
Formación Académica
- Ph.D. in Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management. University of California Los Angeles.
- Master of Arts en Economía, University of California Los Angeles.
- Magíster en Economía, Universidad de Chile.
- Ingeniero Comercial, Universidad de Chile
Biografía
Roberto Álvarez , Profesor Titular de la FEN UCHILE
Fue Director del Departamento de Economía entre 2013 y 2015. Además, se ha desempeñado como consultor de la División de Competitividad e Innovación del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y como economista Senior en la Gerencia de Investigación Económica y en la Gerencia de Estabilidad Financiera del Banco Central de Chile.
Campos de Investigación
Comercio Internacional, Desarrollo Económico, Innovación y Productividad
Contacto
robalvar@fen.uchile.cl
Publicaciones en Revistas con Comité Editorial
- 2025 / The heterogeneous impact of COVID-19 on university student´s academic performance / International Review of Economics Education / - No. 100318
- 2024 / Exploring the Effects of FTAs on Chilean Exports: Heterogeneous responses and Financial Constraints / Estudios de Economia / - No. 2
- 2024 / Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Latin America: Recent Evidence and Challenges / Estudios de Economia / - No. 1
- 2023 / Understanding R&D transitions: From bottom to top? / Economic Systems / - No. 4
- 2022 / Natural resources and educational attainment: Evidence from Chile / RESOURCES POLICY
- 2021 / Commodity price shocks and poverty reduction in Chile / RESOURCES POLICY
- 2020 / Competition, selection, and productivity growth in the Chilean manufacturing industry / INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE / - No. 3
- 2020 / A comparative analysis of medicine prices in Latin America / Cepal Review / - No. 130
- 2018 / Do institutional blockholders influence corporate investment? Evidence from emerging markets / JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE
- 2018 / Minimum Wage and Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Manufacturing Plants / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE / - No. 1
- 2018 / Innovation and entrepreneurship in Latin America: What do we know? What would we like to know? / Estudios de Economia / - No. 2
- 2017 / Impact of knowledge obstacles on Chilean firms's innovation / Journal of Technology Management and Innovation / - No. 3
- 2016 / Banking competition and firm-level financial constraints in Latin America / Emerging Markets Review
- 2016 / Product Mix Changes and Performance in Chilean Plants / INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE / - No. 6
- 2015 / Foreign Technology Acquisition and Changes in the Real Exchange Rate / WORLD ECONOMY / - No. 4
- 2015 / Productivity, Trade, and Development in Latin America / EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE / - No. 1
- 2015 / Heterogeneous effects of financial constraints on innovation: Evidence from Chile / Science and Public Policy / - No. 5
- 2015 / The emergence and functioning of innovation intermediaries in maturing innovation systems: the case of Chile / Innovation and Development / - No. 1
- 2015 / Innovation and Productivity in Services: Evidence from Chile / EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE / - No. 3
- 2014 / Access to banking finance and exporting / INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE / - No. 6
- 2014 / Understanding Differences in Growth Performance in Latin America and Developing Countries between the Asian and the Global Financial Crises / IMF Economic Review / - No. 4
- 2013 / Is Previous Export Experience Important for New Exports? / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES / - No. 3
- 2013 / Financial development, exporting and firm heterogeneity in Chile / REVIEW OF WORLD ECONOMICS / - No. 1
- 2013 / Credit contraction and international trade: Evidence from Chilean exporters / WORLD DEVELOPMENT
- 2013 / Trade exposure, survival and growth of small and medium-size firms / International Review of Economics & Finance
- 2012 / Multinationals as Stabilisers? Economic Crisis, Access to Finance, and Employment Growth / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES / - No. 7
- 2012 / Is the Exchange Rate Pass-Through into Import Prices Declining? Evidence from Chile / EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE / - No. 1
- 2012 / The effect of government-designed export promotion service use on small and medium-sized enterprise goal achievement: A multidimensional view of export performance / INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT / - No. 4
- 2012 / Liquidity Crises and Corporate Cash Holdings in Chile / DEVELOPING ECONOMIES / - No. 4
- 2012 / Trade Liberalization and Industry Dynamics / OPEN ECONOMIES REVIEW / - No. 4
- 2012 / Specialization dynamics and natural resources abundance / REVIEW OF WORLD ECONOMICS / - No. 4
- 2012 / Consorcios tecnológicos en Argentina, Chile, Colombia y Uruguay / TRIMESTRE ECONOMICO / - No. 313
- 2012 / Determinants of Export Diversification around the World: 1962-2000 / WORLD ECONOMY / - No. 3
- 2011 / Innovation, R&D investment and productivity in Chile / Cepal Review / - No. 104
- 2011 / Export transitions / Journal of International Trade & Economic Development / - No. 2
- 2011 / Effects of Chinese Imports on Relative Wages: Microevidence from Chile / SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS / - No. 2
- 2011 / Entry into Export Markets and Product Quality / WORLD ECONOMY / - No. 8
- 2010 / Exit in Developing Countries: Economic Reforms and Plant Heterogeneity / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE / - No. 3
- 2010 / Productividad, innovación y exportaciones en la industria manufacturera chilena / TRIMESTRE ECONOMICO / - No. 305
- 2010 / Crisis Financiera y Uso de derivados cambiarios en empresas exportadoras / Economia Chilena / - No. 3
- 2010 / Economic crisis and organizational change in developing countries: evidence from Chile / International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development / - No. 1
- 2009 / Evaluation of Short Run Inflation Forecasts in Chile / Money Affairs / - No. 2
- 2009 / Skill Upgrading and the Real Exchange Rate / WORLD ECONOMY / - No. 8
- 2009 / David Versus Goliath: The Impact of Chinese Competition on Developing Countries / WORLD DEVELOPMENT / - No. 3
- 2009 / Multinationals and Plant Exit: Evidence from Chile / International Review of Economics & Finance / - No. 1
- 2009 / Determinants of world manufacturing to China, 1990-2006 / Cepal Review / - No. 98
- 2008 / Is exporting a source of productivity spillovers? / REVIEW OF WORLD ECONOMICS / - No. 4
- 2005 / Exporting and performance: evidence from Chilean plants / Canadian Journal of Economics / - No. 4
- 2002 / The Impact of Licenses on a "Late Starter" LDC: Chile in the 1990s / World Development / - No. 8
Capítulos de libros
- 2015 / Shocks de Energía y Productividad en la Industria Manufacturera Chilena
- 2009 / Sources of China's Export Growth
Academic/Professional meeting Proceedings
Research Monographs
- 2024 / The Heterogeneous Impact of COVID-19 on UniversityStudent´s Academic Performance
- 2024 / Exploring the Effects of FTAs on Chilean Exports: Heterogeneous responses and Financial Constraints
- 2023 / Whisper Words of Wisdom: How Financial Counseling can Reduce Delinquency in Consumer Loans / - No. 552
- 2023 / Are Innovation Barriers Different for Chilean Exporters and Non-Exporters? / - No. 551
- 2023 / Obstacles to Green Innovation: Evidence from Chilean Firms / - No. 550
- 2020 / Differences in Immigrants Wage Gap: Evidence from Chile / - No. 506
- 2019 / Minimum Wages, Products and Productivity / - No. 330/2019
- 2019 / The Competitive Impact of Branded Generic Medicine in a Developing Country / - No. 485
- 2018 / Análisis Comparativo de Precios de Medicamentos en América Latina / - No. 462
- 2018 / Do institutional blockholders influence corporate investment? Evidence from emerging markets / - No. 469
- 2017 / The Impact of the Minimum Wage on the Destruction and Creation of Products / - No. 2018/02
- 2017 / Competition, Selection, and Productivity Growth in the Chilean Manufacturing Industry / - No. 453
- 2017 / Impacto de los Obstáculos al Conocimiento en la Innovación de las Empresas Chilenas / - No. 452
- 2017 / The Effects of Dominant Airlines on Open Skies Agreements
- 2016 / Banking Competition and Firm-Level Financial Constraints in Latin America / - No. 426
- 2016 / The Impact of R&D and ICT Investment on Innovation and Productivity in Chilean Firms / - No. 428
- 2016 / Natural Resources and Education: Evidence from Chile / - No. 433
- 2016 / Alfabetismo Financiero, Endeudamiento y Morosidad de los Hogares en Chile
- 2015 / Empirical Evidence on R&D Targeting and Transitions / - No. 402
- 2014 / Does Competition Spur Innovation in Developing Countries / - No. 388
- 2014 / Access to Banking Finance and Exporting / - No. 387
- 2013 / Household Debt During the Financial Crisis: Micro-Evidence from Chile / - No. 695
- 2013 / Household Debt during the Financial Crisis: Micro-Evidence from Chile
- 2013 / Innovation and Productivity in Services: Evidence from Chile
- 2012 / Product Mix Changes and Performance in Chilean Plants / - No. 366
- 2009 / Skill Upgrading and the Real Exchange Rate / - No. 519
- 2009 / Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity in Latin American & Caribbean Firms: The Chilean Case
- 2009 / Determinants of Export Diversification around the World: 1962-2000 / - No. 309
- 2008 / Productividad, innovación y exportaciones en la industria manufacturera chilena / - No. 476
- 2008 / Exit in Developing countries: economic reforms and plant heterogeneity / - No. 506
- 2008 / David versus Goliath: The impact of Chinese Competition on Developing Countries / - No. 48
- 2002 / The Impact of Licenses on a "Late Starter" LDC: Chile in the 1990s / - No. 180
- 2002 / Determinantes del desempeño exportador de las firmas Chilenas: evidencia en la industria manofacturera / - No. 186
- 1999 / Productividad y apertura en Chile: 15 años más tarde
Columna de Opinión
- 2025 / Roberto Álvarez destaca respuesta de Chile a aranceles: “Está profundizando acuerdos comerciales ya existentes”
- 2023 / Modelos, historia y emprendimiento
- 2023 / Para el tango se necesitan dos
- 2022 / Su firma y otra más
- 2021 / La nueva reforma universitaria
- 2021 / Mi viejo, la cancha y la productividad
- 2018 / Productividad, productividad y más productividad
- 2017 / Diversificación de exportaciones y rol de ProChile
- 2017 / Informe de U. Chile: se debe aumentar recursos de ProChile y potenciar su unidad de estudios
- 2017 / Flexibilidad cambiaría: la ideología y la evidencia
Academic/Professional meeting Presentations
- 2022 / The competitive impact of bioequivalence in the Chilean pharmaceutical market
- 2016 / Commodity Boom and Economic Growth
Competitive Research Awards Received
- 2008 / Diversification of comparative advantage and growth in emerging economies / - No. 1085014