Welcome to Dr. De la Torre Torres’ Website

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Dr. Oscar De la Torre holds a degree in Business Administration from La Salle University, Morelia campus. He has a Master’s in Economic and Financial Engineering from La Salle University, Mexico campus, and a PhD in International Business Sciences from Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo. He has researched to obtain a PhD in Economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid. His specialization includes financial econometrics, computational finance, and data science applied to promoting socially responsible investment, well-being, and food and energy sovereignty.

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In related Financial Economics studies, he has completed a diploma in Financial Risk Analysis and Stochastic Economics at Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo, where Professor Francisco Venegas taught him. Additionally, he has completed the “Econometric Estimation of Frontier Functions and Economic Efficiency” diploma taught by Professor William Greene at the Center for Fiscal Studies of the Complutense University of Madrid and the “Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management Bootcamp,” taught by Professor Attilio Meucci at the Courant Institute of Applied Mathematics, New York University.

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Professional Experience
Dr. De la Torre has worked in the financial sector with institutions such as Vector Casa de Bolsa, the financial markets division of FIRA-Banco de México, the corporate foreign exchange and derivative division of Scotia Capital, and as Technical Secretary for the Ministry of Finance and Administration of the Government of Michoacán. He was also a founding partner of an independent investment advisory firm. He is a full-time professor and researcher at the Faculty of Accounting and Administrative Sciences (FCCA) of Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH). He coordinates the PhD program in Development and Sustainability, is a core member of the PhD program in Administration at FCCA, and is a founding committee member of the Bachelor’s program in Actuarial Science and Data Science at UMSNH.

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He has published 53 research articles in high-impact scientific journals and eight chapters in research books.

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Editorial Activities
From 2015 to 2023, Dr. De la Torre edited the Journal of Research in Accounting and Administrative Sciences and was a guest editor for several special issues of Mathematics and Agriculture.

He has also reviewed research articles for prestigious journals, including:

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• Contaduría y Administración (UNAM)

• Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance (REMEF) of IMEF

• European Research on Management and Business Economics

• Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis

• Emerging Markets Review

• Communications in Statistics

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

• Quantitative Finance and Economics

• Mercados y Negocios

• Nova Scientia

• Administrative Research

• Stochastics, Finance, and Risks

• Journal of Managerial Studies

 

Awards and Distinctions

• Member of the National System of Researchers, Level 1

• Best Paper Award (2014) by the European Academy of Management and Business Economics

• Best Empirical Research (2014 and 2022) by the American Academy of Financial Management, Latin America Chapter

 

Dr. De la Torre has also taught at La Salle University's Morelia campus, served as a visiting professor twice at the Autonomous University of Madrid, and lectured several times at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

Current Position

He is a full-time professor and researcher at the Faculty of Accounting and Administrative Sciences of Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo.

Research Focus

His research focuses on econometrics, data science, and computational finance as they are applied to promoting socially responsible investment, well-being, and food and energy sovereignty.

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Press here for details of his research line.