Maria SoledadMartinez Peria
Last Updated: July 6, 2023
Maria Soledad (Sole) Martinez Peria is Assistant Director in the Research Department of the IMF. Sole manages a team of economists responsible for conducting research and policy work on macroeconomic and financial issues critical to Fund surveillance activities, with a focus on macro-financial linkages, financial flows, and financial systems. Sole’s research addresses questions related to financial crises, depositor market discipline, foreign bank participation, bank competition, bank regulation, SME financing, financial inclusion, remittances, and macroprudential policies. Prior to joining the IMF, Sole was a Research Manager at the World Bank. Sole also worked at the Brookings Institution, the Central Bank of Argentina, and the Federal Reserve Board. She has a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA from Stanford University.
Email: MMARTINEZPERIA@imf.org
Fluent In: Spanish.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Quantitative Economics, Stanford University
Previous Experience:
2/2016-8/2019 Division Chief, Research Department, IMF
6/2013-1/2016 Research Manager, Development Research Group, The World Bank
7/2011-5/2013 Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank
8/2002-6/2011 Senior Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank
9/2000-7/2002 Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank
9/1999-8/2000 Young Professional, Latin American Region, The World Bank
9/1998-8/1999 Young Professional, Development Research Group, The World Bank
10/1997-4/1998 Research Intern, International Finance Division, Federal Reserve Board
8/1997-9/1997 Summer Intern, Monetary Operations Division, IMF
6/1997-7/1997 Visiting Economist, Research Department, Central Bank of Argentina
5/1996-8/1996 Summer Intern, International Finance Division, The World Bank
8/1992-6/1993 Research Assistant, Brookings Institution
Referee Activities:
American Economic Review, Economia, Economic Letters, Economics of Transition, European Economic Review, IMF Staff Papers, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Open Economies Review, Review of Finance, Review of International Economics, World Bank Economic Review.
Current Position:
Assistant Director, Research Department, IMF
Other Professional Positions:
2015 Visiting Researcher, Bank for International Settlements
2015 Visiting Researcher, CREI-Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2014 Visiting Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
2012 Visiting Scholar, De Nederlandsche Bank, Research Department
Work in progress:
Access to finance and employment with Meghana Ayyagari (GWU), Pedro Juarros (World Bank) and Sandeep Singh (World Bank)
Employment changes during the Global Financial Crisis with Juan Carlos Gozzi (University of Warwick)
State-owned bank financing during the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from Argentina with Juan Carlos Gozzi (University of Warwick)
Field of Expertise:
Banking
Macro-Financial Issues