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Website: rubenhm.org

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Citizenship: US

Rubén Hernández-Murillo

Skills/ Interests

  • R, Python, SQL, MATLAB, Stata.
  • RStudio Connect, Git, GitHub, GitLab.
  • Text analytics and machine learning models in economics.
  • Public speaking.

Work Experience

Analysis

2022-Present
KeyBank, N.A. Quant Analytics Sr Assoc.

Research

2015-2022
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Policy economist.
2000-2015
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Economist.
  • Published 25 scholarly articles and 50+ nontechnical articles.
  • Topics: applied microeconomics; econometrics and forecasting; real estate economics; regional economics.
  • Served as reviewer for 40+ academic journals.

Policy

2015-Present
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  • Developed tools in R Shiny to analyze text information collected from a Qualtrics survey of business contacts.
  • Wrote nontechnical articles on current economic conditions in the Fourth District and the nation.
  • Briefed the Bank’s President, Boards of Directors of the Bank’s branches, and industry and community leaders on current economic conditions in the Fourth District and the nation.
2000-2015
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
  • Served as reviewer in Federal Reserve System’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). (2012-2014)
  • Chaired Federal Reserve System’s Committee on Regional Analysis; organized its Annual Conference. (2013-2014)
  • Coordinated the St. Louis District’s Beige Book. (2002-2014)
  • Briefed the Bank’s President, Boards of Directors of the Bank’s branches, and industry and community leaders on current economic conditions in the Eighth District and the nation.
1994-1995
ITAM, CAIE (Center for Economic Research and Analysis). Junior researcher.
  • Wrote periodical reports on economic conditions in Mexico.

Teaching

2013 (summer)
Washington University in St. Louis. Olin Business School. Managerial economics.
2002 (spring)
ITAM. CIE (Center for Economic Research). Intermediate microeconomics; industrial organization (master’s).
1998, 1999
University of Rochester. Department of Economics. Intermediate microeconomics.

Education

2001
PhD in Economics. University of Rochester.
1998
MA in Economics. University of Rochester.
1995
BA in Economics, summa cum laude. ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México).

Selected and Recent Publications

2020
“Assessing Layoffs in Four Midwestern States during the Pandemic Recession.” (with Pawel M. Krolikowski) Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, no. 2020-21 (August).
2019
“Interjurisdictional Competition with Adverse Selection.” Journal of Public Economics, 173, pp. 85–95.
2018
“A State Level Analysis of Okun’s Law.” (with Amy Y. Guisinger, Michael T. Owyang, and Tara Sinclair) Regional Science and Urban Economics, 68, pp. 239-248.
2017
“Clustered Housing Cycles.” (with Michael T. Owyang and Margarita Rubio) Regional Science and Urban Economics, 66 (Sep), pp. 185–97.
2010
“Strategic Online Banking Adoption,” (with Gerard Llobet and Roberto Fuentes) Journal of Banking and Finance, 34(7), pp. 1650–1663.