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About me

I am an Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. I am an affiliated faculty at the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Institute for International Economic Policy at GWU and currently the Director of the Center of Economic Research at George Washington University. My main fields of research are International Finance, Financial Economics, Empirical Banking, and Open Economy Macroeconomics. My research focuses on the intersection of global capital markets and sovereign debt, with particular emphasis on how investor behavior shapes financial markets, borrowing costs, and macroeconomic outcomes. My work has been published in leading economics and finance journals and has informed policy discussions at central banks and international organizations.

More personally, I grew up in Buenos Aires, and studied economics at Universidad del CEMA. Afterwards, I moved to Barcelona and completed the Msc. in Economics at Barcelona GSE. Later on, I received my Ph.D. in Economics and Finance from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. I also spent one year as a visiting doctoral student in the Financial Markets Group (FMG) at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Timas Williams

Research

Work in progress

      • “Demand Shocks in Equity Markets and Firm Financing”, with Fernando Broner, Juan Jose Cortina Lorente and Sergio Schmukler.
      • “Green versus Conventional Corporate Debt: From Issuances to Emissions”, with Juan Jose Cortina Lorente, Claudio Raddatz, and Sergio Schmukler.

Book chapters

Contact

George Washington University
Department of Economics
2115 G Street, NW
Room 304
Washington, DC 20052