Alejandro Rojas

Assistant Professor, Economics
Uni of Hawai'i at Manoa
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[Alejandro Rojas @alejandro_econ]

I'm thrilled to announce that, after six years of Ph.D. study at UBC, I successfully defended my dissertation, "Production Network Economies with Household Heterogeneity," this week.

[Martín Rinaldi @JMNRinaldi]

Our paper on crypto perpetual futures is on the AFA program! 🎉

"Perpetual Futures and Basis Risk: Evidence from Cryptocurrency" (with Will Gornall and Yizhou Xiao) will be presented at the 2026 American Finance Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Session: "Crypto in (Real) Financial Markets" — Saturday, January 3.

Session link: https://t.co/sBlnepIla0

Paper: https://t.co/abDq2nITHs

[Chris Blattman @cblatts]

Try to imagine a US President telling Ford that they shouldn't sell cars to foreigners, and that they should cut their R&D. It wouldn't happen. But that's what we're doing to one of America's most important exports: Education. 🧵

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

The entire USAID site has now been taken down, and historical datasets disappeared.

[Alejandro Rojas @alejandro_econ]

Lo mas preocupante es su total apatía a los efectos que sus acciones y palabras pueden generar para la economía colombiana.

Se solucionó el problema, pero usted no aprendió nada aparte de que sus pataletas pueden darle la atención que solventa sus inseguridades narcisistas.

[Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo]

No pierdan tiempo. No tenemos visas.

Entrábamos por derecho pero no importa. El.mundo es mucho más hermoso, y Colombia la más.

[Daniel Coronell @DCoronell]

White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown https://t.co/MsIznwiZ65

[Alejandro Rojas @alejandro_econ]

He is more than willing to sacrifice the Colombian economy over the following two years if, in return, he can have an external enemy to blame. Additionally, the current situation perfectly satisfies his messianic tendencies as the anointed south American leader of antiimperialism

[Alejandro Rojas @alejandro_econ]

I find the 25%-50% bilateral tariffs between the USA and Colombia, profoundly concerning for the Colombian economy, and it sets its currently stagnated economy at a high likelihood of economic recession for the following reasons

[Alejandro Rojas @alejandro_econ]

Under Petro's perspective, which is consistent with his previous policies in the oil and gas sector, Colombia will be an exemplary martyr that will lead the region in showing how an axiomatic policy should dominate over realpolitik