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.