Researcher Profile Maria Teresa Sarmiento Villena
Economic Research Department
Current research interests: heterogeneous agents, housing markets, financial intermediation, macroeconomics
Contact: villenam@rba.gov.au
Maria Teresa (Maite) works on topics related to household finance, housing markets and financial intermediation. She is particularly interested in understanding how long-run structural forces and policy interventions shape economic outcomes and inequality across households and firms. She holds a PhD in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin.
Research Papers
- ‘When Inequality Meets Finance: Households Portfolio and the Corporate Bond Boom’ Working Paper.
- ‘The Credit-Risk Trade-Off of Loan Guarantees: Evidence from Peru’s REACTIVA Program’ Working Paper.