Federico C Huneeus, Assistant Professor

Professor Federico Huneeus' research focuses on issues related to firm behavior, from a micro and macro perspective, with a special focus on the study of production networks of firms, how they are formed, how they affect productivity growth and how they affect the impact of development policies. He is also interested in understanding how small firms can integrate with global value chains. He has received several grants from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) initiative and the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB). He is a recipient of the 2019 World Trade Organization Essay Award for Young Economists. He is also a Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile and a research affiliate of CESifo. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale University Cowles Foundation. He has a PhD in economics from Princeton University. 

Contact Info:

Office Location:	119 Ivy Brook Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.fedehuneeus.com

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• ECON 355.01, INTERNATIONAL TRADE Synopsis

  Allen 103, Tu 08:30 AM-11:00 AM

  (also cross-listed as PUBPOL 288.01)

• ECON 890.02, SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS Synopsis

  Social Sciences 327, W 04:40 PM-07:10 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Princeton University	2019
M.A.	Princeton University	2015
M.A.	University of Chile (Chile)	2011

Recent Publications

1. Huneeus, F; Rogerson, R, Heterogeneous Paths of Industrialization, Review of Economic Studies, vol. 91 no. 3 (May, 2024), pp. 1746-1774 [doi]  [abs]
2. Didier, T; Huneeus, F; Larrain, M; Schmukler, SL, Financing firms in hibernation during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Financial Stability, vol. 53 (April, 2021) [doi]  [abs]
3. Huneeus, F; Landerretche, O; Puentes, E; Selman, J, A multidimensional employment quality index for Brazil, 2002-11, International Labour Review, vol. 154 no. 2 (June, 2015), pp. 195-226 [doi]  [abs]