Ricardo Flores

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
   • Nationality : Chilean.
   • Address: Claudio Gay 2440, Santiago, Chile.
   • E-mail: ricardoflores2020@gmail.com , rflores@bcentral.cl .
   • Personal Website: www.rflores.cl .
2. ACADEMIC INFORMATION
   • Graduate: MSc in Economics, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (2011-2013).
     • Thesis: Quantile Bayesian Estimation of the Willingness to Pay: An application to Contingent Valuation (Approved with maximum rating).
   • Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science in Economics, Universidad of Concepción, Chile (2006-2010).
3. PAPERS AND PROJECTS
   • Papers:
     • Lavín, F., Flores, R., & Ibarnegaray, V. (2017). A Bayesian quantile binary regression approach to estimate payments for environmental services. Environment and Development Economics, 22(2), 156-176.
     • Flores, R.,(2017). A Bayesian method to estimate the distribution of the willingness to pay. Chilean Journal of Economics and Society, 11(1), 31-37.
     • Calani, M., Flores, R., (2017). Loan Loss Provisions and the Mortgage Market: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experimental, sent to Journal of Housing Economics.
     • Pérez, J., Flores, R., Vio, C., Silva, C., Campo, C. & Villarroel, R. (2014). Índice de Precios de Vivienda en Chile: Metodología y Resultados. Studies in Economic Statistics N° 107. Central Bank of Chile.
   • Projects:
     • Valuing Air Pollution Impacts on Health: A Comparison of Revealed and Stated Preferences Approaches in Developed and Developing Countries, research assistant, Fondecyt 11090005, (2013).
     • “Socioeconomic Inequality in the Access to Dental and Specialized Health Treatment in Chile”, research assistant, Fondecyt 1110334,  (2012).
4. PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
   • Economic Analyst: Department of Statistics, Central Bank of Chile, 2014 – present.
   • Teacher:
     • Department of Economics, University of Concepción, Chile. Microeconomics (undergraduate)-Econometrics (graduate), 2012-2013.
   • Teaching Assistant:
     • Department of Economics, University of Concepción, Chile. Econometrics (Undergraduate), 2011.
     • Department of Economics, University of Concepción, Chile. Microeconomics (Undergraduate), 2010.
   • Pollster: National Institute of Statistics (INE), Pre-Census population, 2011.
5. CONFERENCE AND CONGRESS
   • World Statistics Congress:
     • Ricardo Flores, The Housing price inde for Chile: Methodology and Results. 60th ISI World Statistics Congress, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, 2015.
   • Chilean Statistical Society:
     • Ricardo Flores, Bayesian Estimation of the quantiles of Willingness to Pay: An application to Contingent Valuation, XI Chilean Congress of Bayesian Statistics, Concepción – Chile, 2013.
   • Economic Society of Chile: 
     • Ricardo Flores, Bayesian Estimation of the quantiles of Willingness to Pay: An application to Contingent Valuation, Anual Congress of Economic Society of Chile, Santiago – Chile, 2013.
6. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
   • Fellowship:
     • Ph.D. Fulbright- CONICYT (2018-2022).
     • M.Sc. CONICYT (2012-2013).
     • M.Sc. Graduate Student, Universidad de Concepción (2011-2012).
   • Awards:
     • Innovator of the Year, Statistics Department, Central Bank of Chile (2015).
7. PROGRAMING
   • Software:
     • R, advanced.
     • STATA 14, advanced.
     • C/C++, middle.
     • Python, middle.
     • SAS, middle.
     • Others (Matlab, JavaScript, web-programing).
   • Skills:
     • Data Analysis.
     • Simulation (Optimization, Monte Carlo, Gibbs Sampling, Bootstrap).
     • Estimation (Least Squares, Maximum Likelihood, Bayes Estimator).
     • Web Scrapping.
     • Text Mining.