Anabelle Couleau

• June 2024 - Present Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank
• February 2024 - May 2024 Independent Consultant
• July 2019 - January 2024 Assistant Professor, Escuela de Economía, Finanzas y Gobierno, Universidad EAFIT

• June 2019 Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2012 BS & MS in Agronomic Engineering, Emphasis in Agricultural and Resource Policies and Markets, Institut Agro/INRA, France

• 2014-2018 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2012 & 2013 Senior Research Assistant & Consultant, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C.
• 2022 Consultancy for EAFIT University & FEDEPAPA project.

Climate Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Food Prices

• Bohorquez-Penuela, C., L. Bonilla-Mejia, A. Couleau, and Almeida A. (2022). "Weather Shocks and Food Prices in a Very Diverse Country: Evidence from Colombia."
• Couleau A. (2022) "Rainfall Induced Landslides and Producer Prices in Agriculture: Evidence from Raw Milk."
• Couleau A., Trujillo-Barrera A., and Etienne X. (2022) ."Coffee Futures Prices and Market Momentum."
• Bian S., Couleau A., Huang J., Serra T., and Garcia P. (2021) "Can machine learning algorithms beat linear models in realized volatility forecasting?" (R&R Journal of Forecasting)

• Couleau, A., Serra T., and P. Garcia (2020) "Are Corn Futures Prices Getting "Jumpy"? American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102(2):569-588.
• Couleau, A., Serra T., and P. Garcia (2019). "Microstructure Noise and Realized Variance in the Live Cattle Futures Market." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 101(2): 563-578.
• Hassouneh, I., Couleau A., Serra T., and I. Al-Sharif (2017). "The effect of conflict on Palestine, Israel, and Jordan Stock Markets." International Review of Economics & Finance, 56 (4): 258 - 266.

• 2019-2023 Universidad EAFIT
  • Microeconomics (master), Derivatives Instruments and Fixed-Income (undergraduate)
• 2015 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Financial Decisions for Individuals and Small Business (undergraduate)
• 2012-2013 Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
  • Microeconomics (undergraduate), Firm Strategy and Management (undergraduate), and Farm Management (master)

• 2020 Outstanding Ph.D. dissertation award in the ACE Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• 2017-2018 Summer Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• 2016 Best Graduate Research Paper Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• 2011 Ulysse Scholarship from Bretagne (France): Exchange Program at Université Laval, Quebec.

• 2023: AAEA (Washington D.C., U.S.), IEA World Congress (Medellín, Colombia)
• 2022: Congreso Anual Red Investigadores de Economía, Cali (Colombia)
• 2020: UMR SMART, Rennes (France) (Remote).
• 2019: University of Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia), Centro de Economía Agrícola y Recursos Naturales (CEARN) Banco de la República (Bucaramanga, Colombia), International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) (Medellín, Colombia).
• 2018: NCCC-134 Conference (Minneapolis, U.S.).
• 2017: NCCC-134 Conference (Saint-Louis, U.S.).

• Languages: French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate).
• Software proficiency: R (advanced), Python (advanced), Stata (advanced), Google Colab (intermediate), VS Code (intermediate), Github (intermediate), SQL (foundational), Google Earth Engine API (foundational).
• Certifications: Machine Learning Specialist Certification on Codecademy (April 2024).
• Referee: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness: an International Journal, Journal of Commodity Markets, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
• Nationality: French.

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