Felipe Benguria, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Carol Martin Gatton Professorship in Economics and Management

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics. University of Virginia, 2014.
• M.A. in Economics. University of Virginia, 2009.
• M.A. in Economics. P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2007.
• B.S. in Engineering. P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2006.

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Felipe Benguria is an associate professor and holds the Carol Martin Gatton Professorship in Economics in the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics Department of Economics. His research has been published in journals including The Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of International Economics. His work has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and other media outlets.

Teaching Expertise:

• International Economics

Research Expertise:

• International Economics

Selected Publications:

• Trade Credit and Relationships, Journal of Financial Economics, 2026.
• How to Grow an Invoicing Currency: Micro Evidence from Argentina, Journal of International Economics, 2026.
• The Transmission of Commodity Price Super-Cycles, The Review of Economic Studies, 2024.
• After the Panic: Do Financial Crises Cause Demand or Supply Shocks? Evidence from International Trade, American Economic Review: Insights, 2020.
• Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2018