Rafaël Cezar
Financial Adviser, Head of the Macro-Financial Unit (French Embassy in Brazil)
Rafael Cezar is currently Financial Adviser and Head of the Macroeconomics and Finance Unit at the French Embassy in Brazil (Brasilia), seconded by the Banque de France to the French Treasury. Previously, he was a Macroeconomist in the Banque de France’s International Monetary Relations Division. He was in charge of macroeconomic monitoring of the major emerging countries and helped represent France at major international meetings such as the G7 and G20, as well as the IMF and the BIS. He also conducted research in international macro-finance, focusing on external shocks to emerging economies, capital flows and sovereign debt crises. Previously, Rafael was an Economist in the Balance of Payments Directorate, where he worked on various issues related to France's international insertion and competitiveness.
Rafael also lectured economics for more than ten years at the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique (ENSAE), at Sciences Po Paris and at Paris-Dauphine University. He holds a PhD in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University.
Diploma
PhD in Economics, Paris-Dauphine University
Current Position
Financial Adviser, Head of the Macro-Financial Unit (French Embassy in Brazil)
Previous Position
Macroeconomist, Banque de France International Monetary Relations Division
Research Interest
International economics, capital flows, emerging markets
Contact
- Rafael.CEZAR@banque-france.fr
- Banque de France, 39 rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs - 75049 Paris, France
Academic Publications
Articles
- Rafaël Cezar & Rémy Lecat & Clément Marsilli & Floriane Van Den Hove, 2022. "Covid 19 crisis and capital outflows from emerging economies: global safety nets are effective, but need to be strengthened [Crise Covid 19 et sorties de capitaux dans les économies émergentes : de," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 239.
- Juan Carluccio & Rafael Cezar, 2021. " The Argentina Debt Crisis and its Roots," Revue d'économie financière, Association d'économie financière, vol. 141(1), pages 209-224.
- Cezar, Rafael & Silvestrini, Maéva, 2021. "Impact of the ECB Quantitative Easing on the International Investment Position," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 241-263.
- Rafaël CEZAR & Tancrède POLGE, 2020. "CO2 emissions in French international trade [Les émissions de CO2 dans les échanges internationaux de la France]," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 229.
- R. Cezar & T. Gigout & F. Tripier, 2020. “Cross-border Investments and Uncertainty: Firm-level Evidence,” Journal of International Money and Finance, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102159
- R. Cezar & T. Polge, 2020. “CO2 emissions embodied in international trade” Banque de France Bulletin no. 228: Article 1
- R. Cezar & F. Cartelier, 2019. “Price and non-price competitiveness: Lessons from global value chains”, Banque de France Bulletin no. 224: Article 2
- R. Cezar & M. Silvestrini, 2018. "Impact of the ECB Quantitative Easing on the French International Investment Position," Working papers 701, Banque de France.
- Cezar Rafael, 2017. "Financial Development & Commercial Advantage," Global Economy Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 17(1), pages 1-10, March.
- R. Cezar & A. Duguet & G. Gaulier & V. Vicard, 2017. "Competition for global value added: domestic and export market shares," Rue de la Banque, Banque de France, issue 36, january..
- R. Cezar. & A. Duguet. & G. Gaulier. & V. Vicard., 2016. "Competition for global value added: domestic and export market shares," Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 41, pages 5-15, spring.
- R. Cezar, 2016. "France’s pharmaceutical industry in global value chains," Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 44, pages 52-63, Winter.
- R. Cezar, 2016. "France’s trade integration measured in value added," Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 43, pages 47-58, Autumn.
- Rafael Cezar, 2015. "The gravity of financial development," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(5), pages 696-723, August.
- Rafael Cezar & Octavio Escobar, 2015. "Institutional distance and foreign direct investment," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 151(4), pages 713-733, November.
- Rafael Cezar & Octavio Escobar, 2015. "Institutional Distance and Foreign Direct Investment," Post-Print hal-01270939, HAL.
- R. Cezar & O. R. Escobar, 2015. "Institutional distance and foreign direct investment," Working papers 579, Banque de France.
- Rafael Cezar, 2014. "The heterogeneous effect of finance on international trade," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(24), pages 2903-2919, August.