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Meet Wharton's Newest Faculty: Victor Orestes

February 19, 2026 / 00:59

This episode features Victor Reeses, an assistant professor of finance at Wharton, discussing the impact of financial and monetary policy on economic outcomes.

Victor shares his background, including his origins from S. Paulo, Brazil, and his PhD in economics and statistics from MIT. He moved to Philadelphia in July and is eager to engage with students and faculty.

He emphasizes the importance of combining big data with econometric methods to understand how policy influences firm behavior, employment decisions, and broader economic indicators like inflation and GDP.

Victor expresses enthusiasm for potential collaborations and learning opportunities with students and colleagues in the finance field.

TLDR

Victor Reeses discusses finance policy's impact on the economy and firm behavior.

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That's actually very hard to answer. My name is Victor Reeses. I'm assistant

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professor of finance at Wharton. I'm originally from S. Paulo, Brazil, and I

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did my PhD in economics and statistics at MIT in Boston and moved to Philly last July. My research focus is on how

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financial and monetary policy affects the real activity in the economy. So, how can it affect the firm's behavior?

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How can affect the firm's employment decisions? And consequently, how can that affect economic outcomes like

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inflation, [music] GDP, and so on. Actually I'm very interested in combining what we can call big data with

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econometric and statistical methodology that we know about the mechanism but also how can we influence that. I think

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this is very important to bridge economic theory into like economic practice. I'm very excited to learn not

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only about my faculty colleagues but also from my students my [music] MBA students PhD students and future

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collaborations ideas that hasn't even started yet.

Episode Highlights

Victor Reeses on Economic Policy
Victor Reeses discusses how financial policy impacts firm behavior and economic outcomes.
“How can it affect the firm’s behavior?”
@ 00m 19s
February 19, 2026

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Research Focus00:12
Excitement for Collaboration00:43