Associate Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Research Associate, NBER
Research interests: International Macroeconomics, Sovereign Debt and Default, Fiscal Policy, Geoeconomics. Here is my Research Statement (2023).
My CV: here (1-page version here) Email: cesarspa[at]gmail[dot]com
NEWLY REVISED PAPERS:
International Reserve Management under Rollover Crises (with M. Barbosa-Alves and J. Bianchi). April 2026. Accepted at the Quarterly Journal of Economics. [Link]
Hidden Debt Revelations (with S. Horn, D. Mihalyi, and P. Nickol). August 2024. Reject & Resubmit at the Quarterly Journal of Economics. [Link]
International Risk-Sharing in a Fragmented World (with J. Bianchi, S. Horn and G. Rosso). June 2026. [Link]
The Perils of Bilateral Sovereign Debt (with Francisco Roldán). August 2026. [Link]
Borrowing in the Shadow of China (with Illenin Kondo and Zach Swaziek). June 2026. [Link]
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