Ángel Maridueña is a tenured professor in the Economics Degree Programme at the Universidad Estatal de Milagro (UNEMI) in Ecuador. He is currently engaged in doctoral studies in economics at the University of Valladolid in Spain. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL, Ecuador, 2013) and a Master's degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2017). Ángel has experience in both the public and private sectors, with a particular focus on financial analysis, auditing, and economic research. He is dedicated to education and has also taught at the University of Guayaquil. He is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to economic research, with publications in journals such as Cuestiones Económicas (Banco Central del Ecuador), Revista de Economía (Universidad Central del Ecuador), Compendium (ESPOL), and Latin American Economic Review.