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Curriculum Vitae

Miguel D. Ramirez Telephone: (860)-297-2487 (W)

Professor of Economics Fax: (860)-297-2163

E-mail: [email protected]

Web page:www.trincoll.edu/~ramirez/

Address: Department of Economics Birthplace: Santiago-Chile

Trinity College, Hartford,

CT, 06106 Citizenship: Naturalized U.S.

Citizen (1990)

Marital Status: Married (Cindy

Jacobs)

Children: Daniel Nicolas

Juliana Michelle

Education: B.A., Spring, 1979, University of Illinois, Economics.

M.S., Fall, 1981, University of Illinois, Economics.

Ph.D., Spring, 1984, University of Illinois, Economics.

Ph.D. Fields: Economic Development (major)

International Economics (major)

Econometrics (minor)

Thesis Advisor: Professor Werner Baer, Economics, University of

Illinois.

Professional

Experience: Professor with tenure, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 1997.

Associate Professor with tenure, Trinity College, Hartford,

CT, 1990-1996.

Assistant Professor, Trinity College, Hartford, CT,

1985-89.

Assistant Professor, University of North Florida,

Jacksonville, Fl, 1984-85.

Visiting Positions

Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Yale

University, New Haven, summers 2016-2019.


University, New Haven, summer 2015 and 2014.


University, New Haven, summer 2013 and 2012.

Visiting Professor, Global Summer Program, Yale University,

New Haven, Summer 2012.


New Haven, Summer 2011.

Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2005-

2010.


New Haven, Summer 2010. .

Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,

spring 1999.

Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT, summer 1997

and fall 1998.

Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT, summer

1997.

Visiting Associate Professor, Yale University, New

Haven, CT, spring 1996.

Visiting Associate Professor, Yale University, New Haven,

CT, fall 1995.

Visiting Associate Professor, Wesleyan University,

Middletown, CT, fall 1995.

Visiting Associate Professor, Yale University, New Haven,

CT, fall 1994 and spring 1995.

Visiting Associate Professor, Hartford College for Women,

Hartford, fall 1994.

Visiting Associate Professor, Haverford College, Haverford,

PA, spring 1992.

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Illinois,

Urbana, IL., summer 1992 and 1991.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale University, New

Haven, CT, fall 1988.

Teaching Experience:

Department of Economics, Trinity College, 1985-present.

Introductory Statistics.

Introductory Economics.

International Finance.

International Trade

Macroeconomic Theory.

Economic Principles.

Graduate Macroeconomics.

Latin American Economic Development.

Econometrics.

Applied Econometrics: Time-Series Analysis.

History of Economic Thought.

Graduate International Finance.

Issues in International Finance.

Topics in International Trade

Economies of the Third World.

Structural Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Issues in International Economics.

Department of Economics, Yale University, 1988-2019.

Seminar in Open Economy Macroeconomics.

International Macroeconomics.

Economic Problems of Latin America.

Seminar in International Trade and Development.

Topics in Latin American Economic Development.

Macroeconomics Principles.

Microeconomic Principles.

Seminar in International Finance and Trade.

Topics in International Finance.

Topics in International Economics.

Department of Economics, Wesleyan University, fall 1995.

Latin American Economic Development

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Department of Economics, Haverford College (Haverford,

PA), 1992.

Developing Economies.

Statistical Methods in Economics.

Department of Economics, University of Illinois (Urbana).

Graduate International Finance in the MSPE program,

Summer 1991.

Graduate International Finance in the MSPE program,

summer 1992.

Department of Economics, University of North Florida, 1984-85.

Managerial Economics.

International Economics.


Statistics for M.B.A. students.

Economic Development.

Department of Economics, University of Illinois, 1980-84.

Introductory Economics.


Econometrics.

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.

Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, spring 1999.

Latin American Economic Development.

Graduate Program in Economic Development, supervised 13

Masters theses.

Publications:

Journal Articles

Ramirez, Miguel D. "Capital as a Social Process: A Marxian Perspective,"

forthcoming in History of Economic Thought and Policy, Vol. 16, No. 1,

December 2020.

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Ramirez, Miguel D. "Public and Private Investment Spending in the

Argentine Case. A Cointegration Analysis with Structural Breaks,

1960-2015," Bulletin of Applied Economics, Vol. 7, No. 2 (June

2020): 49-76.

Ramirez, Miguel D. “The Organic Composition of Capital and Technological

Unemployment,” submitted to History of Economic Ideas. Presently under

review.

Ramirez, Miguel D. "Response to Stavros Mavroudeas," Economic

Thought, Vol. 8, No. 2(December 2019): 70-72.

Ramirez, Miguel D. "Credit, Indebtedness and Speculation in Marx's

Political Economy," Economic Thought, Vol. 8, No. 2. (December 2019):

46-62.

Ramirez, Miguel D. "Marx and Ricardo on Machinery: A Critical Note," The

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 26, No. 1,

2019: 81-100.

Ramirez, Miguel D. "A FMOLS Analysis of FDI Flows to Latin America,"

Applied Economics and Finance, Vol. 6, No. 2, spring 2019: 86-98.

Ramirez, Miguel D., “Marx and Ricardo on Machinery: A Critical

Note,” in European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 26,

No. 1 (February 2019, pp. 81-100.

Kammerer, Louisa and Miguel D. Ramirez, "Did Smaller Firms

Face a Higher Cost of Credit During the Great Recession? A

Vector Error Correction Analysis with Structural Breaks,”

Research in Applied Economics, Vol.10, No. 3, (September

2018):1-23.

Ramirez, Miguel D.,"FDI Flows to Latin America: A Pooled and

Cointegration Analysis, 1980-2014," in Business and Economic

Research, Vol. 7, No. 2 (December 2017): 178-201.

Ramirez, Miguel D. "Economic and Institutional Determinants of

FDI in the Chilean Case: An Empirical Analysis, 1960-2014,"

Research in Applied Economics, Vol. 9, No.3 (September 2017):

1-23.

Schaeffer, Ian and Miguel D. Ramirez, "Is there a Long-Term

Relationship among European Sovereign Bond Yields?" Business

and Economic Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2017, pp. 68-86

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Chloe Cho, Hyungsun and Miguel D. Ramirez, "Foreign Direct

Investment and Inequality in Southeast Asia: A Panel Unit Root

and Panel Cointegration Analysis, 1990-2013,"Atlantic Economic

Journal, Vol. 44, Issue 4 (December 2016): 411-424 (Lead

Article)

Yee, Steven and Miguel D. Ramirez, "Purchasing Power Parity: A

Time Series Analysis of the U.S. and Mexico." International

Advances In Economic Research, Vol. 22, Issue 4 (November

2016): 09-419.

Diego Lopez, Juan and Miguel D. Ramirez, "Are Controls Effective

in Curbing Capital Flows to Colombia? A Time-Series Analysis,"

Journal of Empirical Economics,Vol.5.No.1(2016):23-34.

Jiayi,Huang and Miguel D. Ramirez,"Do Exports lead Economic

Output in Five Asian Countries? A Cointegration and Granger

Causality Analysis," Business and Economic Research,Vol.6.

No.2(2016):30-50.

Chloe Cho., and Miguel D. Ramirez, "Money Demand in Korea: A

Cointegration Analysis, 1973-2014," Business and Economic

Research, Vol.6,No.1(2016):96-110.

Johnston, Kyle A. and Miguel D. Ramirez, "Foreign Direct

Investment and Economic Growth in Cote D'Ivoire: A Time Series

Analysis," Business and Economic Research, Vol. 5, No. 2

(2015):35-47.

Ramirez, Miguel D. and Zsofia Komuves. "Economic Infrastructure, Private

Capital Formation, and FDI Inflows to Hungary: A Unit Root and

Cointegration Analysis with Structural Breaks." Atlantic Economic Journal

42, no. 4 (December 2014): 367-382.

Ramirez, Miguel D. "Is Foreign Direct Investment Beneficial for

Mexico?" A Cointegration Analysis,1958-2010,"Journal of Emerging

Markets. 18, no. 3 (Winter 2013-14): 26-60.

Ramirez, Miguel D. "Credit, The Turnover of Capital, and the

Law of the Falling Rate of Profit: A Critical Note."

Contributions to Political Economy 33, no. 1 (June 2014):

61-68.

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Ramirez, Miguel D. "Remittances and Economic Growth: An

Empirical Study with Structural Breaks, 1970-2010." Business

and Economic Research 4, no. 1 (June 2014): 353-372.

, “Is Capitalist Globalization Inevitable in

the Marxian Paradigm,” in Journal of the History of

Economic Thought, Vol. 36, Issue No.1, (March 2014):83-95.

Zsofia Komuves and Miguel D. Ramirez, “FDI, Exchange Rate and

Economic Growth in Hungary, 1995-2012: Causality and

Cointegration Analysis,” in Applied Econometrics

And International Development, Vol. 14, No.1 (Spring 2014):

45-48.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Do Financial and Institutional Variables

Enhance the Impact of Remittances on Economic Growth in Latin

America and the Caribbean?”International Advance In Economic

Research, Volume 19,No.3 (August2013):273-288.

,"Is Foreign Direct Investment Beneficial for

Mexico? A Co-Integration Analysis, 1958-2010," Journal of

Emerging Markets, Vol. 18, No. 3, Winter 2013, pp. 36-60

, “What Explains FDI Flows to Latin America? A

Pooled Analysis,1980-2006,”International Journal of Accounting

And Economic Studies, Vol.1, No.2, 2013:25-38.

Miguel D. Ramirez and Michael Mazur, “The Forward Exchange Rate

Unbiasedness Hypothesis Hypothesis: A Single Break Unit Root

and Cointegration Analysis,” Modern Economy, Vol.4, No.9,

September 2013:605-626.

Miguel D. Ramirez,”Is the Falling Rate of Profit the Driving

Force Behind Globalization?” Contributions to Political

Economy, Vol. 31, No.1(June 2012): 91-103.

Miguel D. Ramirez and Racha Menhem, “The Greek Sovereign Debt

Crisis: A conceptual and Empirical Analysis,”

International Journal of Economic Issues,Vol.5,No.2(2012):127-

142

Aalok R. Pandy and Miguel D. Ramirez, “Why Does the Cost of

Credit Intermediation Increase for Small Firms Relative To

Large Firms During Recessions? A Conceptual and Empirical

Analysis,”International Journal of Business and Economic

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Research, Vol. 10, No.2 (2012): 291-313.

Miguel D. Ramirez,“Economic and Institutional Determinants of

FDI flows to Latin America: A Panel Study,”International

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 6, Issue No.4, December

2012.

, “Are Foreign and Public Investment Productive

in the Argentine Case?” Modern Economy, Vol.3, No.6, October

2012,pp. 726-737.

,”Foreign Direct investment and its

Determinants in the Chilean Case: Single Break Unit Root and

Cointegration Analysis,”Applied Econometrics and International

Development, Vol. 11, No.1,Spring 2011, pp. 1-36

, “Is Globalization Inevitable in the Marxian

Paradigm,” Economics Department Working Paper No.89

Yale University, May 2011, pp. 1-20.

,”Is Foreign Direct Investment Productive in

the Latin American Case? A Panel Cointegration Analysis, 1980-

2002,” International Trade Journal, Vol. 25, No.1, 2011, pp.

35-73. , “Are Foreign and Public Capital Productive in the

Mexican Case? A Panel Cointegration Analysis,” Eastern Economic Journal,

Vol. 36, No.1, Winter 2010, pp.70-87.

, “Foreign Direct Investment and Its

Determinants in the Chilean Case: An Error Correction Model

Analysis, 1960-2002,” Economics Department Working Paper No.

62, Yale University, June 2009, pp. 1-33.

, “Marx’s Theory of Ground Rent: A Critical

Assessment,” Contributions to Political Economy, Vol. 28 , No.1, June

2009, pp.71-91.

, “Public Capital Formation and Labor

Productivity Growth in Argentina, 1960-2005,” Applied

Econometrics and International Development, Vol. 9, No.1,

Spring 2009, pp. 1-29.

Miguel D. Ramirez and Hari Sharma, “Remittances and Growth in

Latin America: A Panel Unit Root and Panel Cointegration

Analysis,”in Economic Studies of International

Development, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 2009, pp. 1-30.

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Miguel D. Ramirez and Hari Sharma, “Remittances and Growth in

Latin America: A Panel Unit Root and Panel Cointegration

Analysis,” Economics Department Working Paper No. 51,

Department of Economics, Yale University, June 2008, pp. 1-38.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “What Explains Latin America’s Poor

Investment Performance during the 1980-2001 period?”

International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 22, No.1,

January 2008, pp. 1- 15.

, “Are Foreign and Public Capital Productive in the

Mexican Case?” Economics Department Working Paper No.49, Department of

Economics, Yale University, May 2008, pp.1-33.

, “A Panel Unit Root and Panel Cointegration

Test of the Complementarity Hypothesis in the Mexican Case:

1960-2001,” Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol.35, No.3, September

2007, pp. 343-356.

, “Marx, Wages and Cyclical Crises: A Critical

Interpretation,” Contributions to Political Economy, Vol. 26, No. 1,

August 2007, pp.27-41.

, “Is Foreign Direct Investment Productive in the Latin

American Case? A Panel Unit Root and Panel Cointegration Analysis,”

Working Papers on Economic Applications and Policy, Discussion Paper No.

23, Yale Department of Economics, New Haven, May 2007, pp. 1-45.

, “Economic and Institutional Determinants of

Foreign Direct Investment in Chile: A Time-Series Analysis,

1960-2001,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 24, No.3, July

2006, pp. 459-471.

, “A Panel Unit Root and Panel Cointegration

Test of the Complementarity Hypothesis,” Economic Growth

Center, Yale University, Center Discussion Paper No. 942,

August 2006, pp. 1-29.

, “Does Foreign Direct Investment Enhance

Private Capital Formation in Latin America?” The Journal of

Developing Areas, Vol.40, No.1, Fall 2006, pp.81-97.

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, “Is Foreign Direct Investment Beneficial for

Mexico? An Empirical Analysis 1960-2001,” World Development,

Vol.34, No.5, (May 2006) pp. 802-817.

, “Latin America’s Investment Performance

During the 1980-2002 Period: A Panel Cointegration Analysis,”

Applied Econometrics and International Development, Vo. 6, No.

2, May-August 2006, pp. 109-124.

, “Does Foreign Direct Investment Enhance Labor

Productivity Growth in Chile? A Cointegration Analysis,” Eastern Economic

Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2, Spring 2006, pp.205-220.

, “Did Institutional Factors Enhance FDI

Flows to Chile during the 1985-2001 Period? An Error

Correction Analysis,” Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 10,

No.1, Spring 2005, pp.18-30.

, “Foreign Capital and Labor Productivity

Growth in Chile: An Empirical Analysis,” Problemas del

Desarrollo, Vol. 36, No. 140, Spring 2005, pp. 44-61.

, “Is Public Infrastructure Spending

Productive in the Mexican Case?”Journal of International Trade

and Economic Development, Vol. 13, No.2, June 2004, pp.159-178.

, “Mexico Under NAFTA: A Critical

Assessment,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance,

Vol.43, No.5, Winter 2003/04, pp. 863-896.

Miguel D. Ramirez and Nader Nazmi, "Public Investment and

Economic Growth in Latin America," Review of Development

Economics, Vol.7, No.1, pp. 115-126, 2003.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico during

the 1990s: An Empirical Assessment,” Eastern Economic Journal,

Vol.28, No. 3, Summer 2002, pp. 409-423.


Productivity Growth in Mexico,” Atlantic Economic Journal,

Vol. 30, No.4, December 2002, pp. 366-379.

, “The Mexican Regulatory Experience in the

Airline, Banking, and Telecommunications Sectors,” Quarterly

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Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.41, No. 5, 2001, pp. 657-

681.

, “Foreign Direct Investment in Chile and

Mexico During the 1990s: A Critical Assessment,” Latin

American Business Review, Vol.2, No.1, 2001, pp.55-82.

_ , “The Impact of Public Investment on Private

Investment Spending in Latin America, 1980-1995: A Pooled

Regression Analysis,” Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 28,

No.2, June 2000, pp. 210-225.


Productivity Growth in Chile,” Contemporary Economic Policy,

Vol. 18., No. 2 (April 2000), pp. 159-69.

, “ Foreign Direct Investment In Mexico: A

Cointegration Analysis,” Journal of Development Studies,

Vol. 37, No.1 (October 2000), pp. 138-162.

Miguel D. Ramirez and Shahryar Khan, “ A Cointegration Analysis

of PPP, 1973-1996,” International Advances in Economic

Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, August 1999, pp. 369-385.

, “Privatization and Regulatory Reform in Mexico

and Chile: A Critical Overview,” in Quarterly Review Of

Economics and Finance, Vol. 38, No. 3, Fall 1998, pp. 421-439.

, “Does Public Investment Enhance Productivity

Growth in Mexico? A Cointegration Analysis,” Eastern Economic

Journal, Vol. 24, No.1, Winter 1998, pp. 63-82.

Miguel D. Ramirez and Nader Nazmi, "Public Investment and

Productivity Growth in Mexico," Contemporary Economic Policy,

Volume XV, No. 1, January 1997, pp. 65-75.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Does Public Investment Spending Stimulate

Economic Growth and Productivity in Mexico and Chile?” An

Empirical Test of the Complementarity Hypothesis,” Atlantic

Economic Journal, Volume 24, No. 4, December 1996, pp. 301-320.

, "Fiscal Policy in a Small Open Economy Model

with Variable Prices when Public Spending affects Private

Spending Directly," Journal of International Development,

Volume 9, no. 2, March-April 1997, pp.189-205.

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, “The Latest IMF-Sponsored Stabilization

Program: Does it Represent a Long-Term Solution for Mexico’s

Economy?” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs,

Vol. 38, No. 4, Winter 1996-97, pp. 129-156.

, "Stabilization and the Rate of Capital

Formation in Latin America, 1980-1990: An Empirical

Assessment," Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 21, No.4, fall

1995, pp. 523-538.

, "The Political Economy of Privatization in

Mexico, 1983-92," Organization, Vol. 2, No. 1 (February 1995),

pp. 87-116,

, "Public and Private Investment in Mexico,

1950-90: An Empirical Analysis, Southern Economic Journal,

Vol.61, No. 5 (July 1994), pp. 1-17.

, “Stabilization and Adjustment in Latin

America: A Neostructuralist Perspective,” Journal of Economic

Issues, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, December 1993, pp. 1015-1040.

, “El plan de ajuste economico del FMI:

representa una solucion a largo plazo para la economia

mexicana?” Problemas del Desarrollo, Vol. 29, numero especial,

mayo-julio 1995.

, "Stabilization and Trade Reform in Mexico:

1983-1990," The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 27, No. 2

(January 1993), pp. 173-190.

, "The Impact of Austerity in Latin America,

1983-89: A Critical Assessment,"Comparative Economic Studies,

Vol. XXXIII, No. 1 (spring 1991): 57-102.

, "The Composition of Government Spending as an

Additional Policy Instrument: Reply," Journal of Economics and

Business, Vol. 44 (October 1992): 243-46.

, "The Impact of Public Investment on Private

Capital Formation: A Study Relating to Mexico," Eastern

Economic Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 4 (October/December 1991):

425-438.

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, "Erratum: The Impact of Public Investment on

Private Capital Formation: A Study Relating to Mexico,"

Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 3 (Summer 1993): 408.

, "The Composition of Government Spending and

the Assignment of Instruments to Targets in a Small Open

Economy: Reply,"Southern Economic Journal, January 1990, 56,

no. 3, 822-24.

, "Keynes, Marx and the Business Cycle,"

Eastern Economic Journal, 16, no.2, April-June 1990, 159-67.

, "The Composition of Government Spending

and the Assignment of Instruments to Targets in a Small Open

Economy," Southern Economic Journal, October of 1988, 55, no.

2, 432-42.

, "The Composition of Government Spending As An Additional

Policy Instrument," Journal of Economics and Business, July 1986, 38,

215-25.

, "Marx and Malthusianism: Comment,"

American Economic Review, June 1986, 76, 543-47.

, "Mexico's Development Experience, 1950-

85: Lessons and Prospects for the Future," Journal of

Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, summer 1986, Vol. 28,

No. 2: 39-65.

Books

Miguel D. Ramirez, Development Banking in Mexico. New York:

Praeger Publishers, 1986.

, Mexico's Economic Crisis: Its Origins and

Consequences. New York: Praeger Publishers/Greenwood Press,

Inc., 1989).

Chapters in Books

, "Economic and Social Consequences of the

National Austerity Program in Mexico," in Howard

Handelman and Werner Baer (eds.) Paying the Costs of

Austerity in Latin America. Boulder, CO: Westview Press,

1989).

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, "Privatization and the Role of the State in

Post-ISI Mexico," in Werner Baer and Melissa Birch (eds.)

Privatization in Latin America. New York: Praeger Publishers,

1994.

, “El Programa mas reciente de estabilizacion

auspiciado por el fmi,” in Alicia Giron y Genoveva Roldan,

eds. Mexico: Presente, Pasado y Futuro. Mexico, D.F.:

Editorial Siglo XXI, 1996, pp. 79-104.

, "The Mexican Economy," in Laura Randall, ed.

Latin American Economies in the Post War Period. Austin: The

University of Texas Press, 1997, pp. 111-148.

, “The Evolution, Rationale, and Impact of

Mexico’s Privatization Program,” in Jerry Haar and Melissa

Birch, eds. Latin American Privatization. Miami, FL: The

North-South Center,2000, pp. 51-76.

, “Foreign Direct Investment in Chile and

Mexico,” in Werner Baer and William R. Miles,eds., Foreign

Direct Investment in Latin America: Its Changing Nature at the

Turn of the Century. New York: The Haworth Press, 2001.

, “Foreign Direct Investment in Chile: An

Empirical Analysis,” in Frank. H. Columbus, ed. Politics and

Economics of Latin America. New York: Nova Science Publishers,

Inc., 2001, pp.109-134.

_, “Privatization in Chile and Mexico,” in David

Saal and David Parker, eds., Handbook on Privatization. UK:

Edward Elgar Publishers, 2003, pp.262-291.

, “A Pooled Analysis of Latin America’s Poor

Investment Performance During the 1980-99 Period” in Albert

Tavidze, ed. Progress in Economics Research Volume 10. New

York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2006, pp.115-136.

, “Determinantes Economicos e Institucionales de Flujos de

IED a Chile durante el Periodo 1985-2001: Un Analisis De

Cointegracion,” in Alicia Giron and Eugenia Correa, eds.

Asimetrias e Incertidumbre: Desafios de una Estrategia

Economica Alternativa para America Latina. Mexico City: Plaza y

Valdez, S.A. de C.V., 2009, pp. 215-231.

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, “Are Foreign and Public Investment Spending Productive in the Argentine Case? A Single Break Unit Root and Cointegration Analysis,1960-2010”in Maria E. Morales and Leobardo de Jesus, eds. Inversion Extranjera Directa en America Latina. Mexico City: Bonilla De Artigas, S.A.de C.V.,2015, pp. 65-93.

Reviews of Books

, “The IMF and Global Financial Crises,”Eastern

Economic Journal,” Vol. 42, No. 4, Fall 2016, pp. 676-78.

, “The Economics of Financial Turbulence:

Alternative Theories of Money and Finance,”Capital and Class,

Vol.37,No.3,October 2013,pp.502-506.

, “Latin American Neostructuralism: The

Contradictions of Post-Neoliberal Development,”Review of

Radical Political Economics, Vol. 43, No.4, Fall 2011, pp.587-

91.

, “The Confiscation of American Prosperity,”

Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 42, No.3,Summer

2010, pp.404-407.

, “Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap

Between Latin America and the United States,” Eastern Economic

Journal, Vol.36, No.3, Summer 2010,pp. 417-421.

, A review of “Living Standards and the Wealth of Nations,”

Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 48, No. 3, August 2008, pp. 677-681.

, A review of “Boom-Bust Cycles and Financial

Liberalization,” Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 33, No.4, Fall

2007, pp. 569-571.

, A review of “The Politics of Small Industry in

Mexico,”Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 45, No.3,

August 2005, pp.617-622.

, A review of “The New American Regionalism,”

Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 47, No. 3, Fall 2005, pp.

617-622.

, A review of “The Transformation of Latin

America,”Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 28,No.2, Spring

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2002, pp. 279-282.

, A review of “Mexican Banking and Investment in

Transition,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World

Affairs, Vol. 40, No. 2, Summer 1998, pp. 300-305.

, A review of “Economic Policy and Stabilization in

Latin America,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 64, No.1,

July 1997, pp. 360-62.

, A review of “Desert Capitalism,” Journal of

Developing Areas, Vol. 32, No. 1, fall 1997, pp.

, A review of "Mexico: The Remaking of an

Economy,"Southern Economic Journal, October 1994, 61, no.2,

556-558.

, A review of "North American Free Trade:

Assessing the Impact," in the North American Journal of

Economics and Finance, Fall 1993, 4, no. 2, 271-73.

, A review of "The Latin American Development

Debate," in the Southern Economic Journal, July 1993, 60,

no.1, 265-68.

, A review of "Distorted Development: Mexico

in the World Economy," in Journal of Developing Areas, Vol.

26, No.4 (July 1992): 531-533.

, A review of "The Crisis of Argentine

Capitalism," in the Southern Economic Journal, April 1992,58,

1145-48.

, A review of "Alternative Solutions to

Developing-Country Debt Problems," in the Southern Economic

Journal, January 1991, 57, no. 3, 880-882.

, A review of "Governing Capital:

International Finance and Mexican Politics," in Comparative

Economic Systems, Fall 1991, 33, no.3, 179-84.

, A review of "The Future of the World

Economy," in the Southern Economic Journal, April 1990,56,

no. 4, 1158-59.

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, A review of "The Global Financial

Structure in Transition," in The Financial Review,

February 1986, 21, 157-60.

Other Academic Publications

Miguel D. Ramirez, “The Organic Composition of Capital and Technological

Unemployment: Marx’s and Ricardo’s Intellectual Debt to John Barton and

George Ramsay,” Trinity College Working Paper Series, No. 20-01, August

2020, pp. 1-61.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Marx’s Theory of Value: A Sympathetic Yet Critical

Perspective,” Trinity College Working Paper Series, No. 20-02, August

2020, pp. 1-21.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Marx and Ricardo on Machinery: A Critical

Note,” Trinity College Working Paper Series, No. 17-

06, November 2017, pp. 1-29.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Do Remittances Promote Labor Productivity

Growth in Mexico? An Empirical Analysis,” Trinity College

Working Paper Series, No. 17-02 ,June 2017, pp. 1-10.

Schaeffer, Ian and Miguel D. Ramirez,"Is there a Long-term

Relationship Among European Sovereign Bond Yields?,” Trinity

College Working Paper Series, No.17-01, January 2017, pp.1-33.

Jiayi, Huang and Miguel D. Ramirez,"Do Exports lead Economic

Output in Five Asian Countries? A Cointegration and Granger

Causality Analysis,"Trinity College Working Paper Series, No.16-01,

June 2016, pp.1-24.

Chloe Choe and Miguel D. Ramirez, “Foreign Direct Investment

and Income Inequality in Southeast Asia: A Panel Unit Root and

Panel Cointegration Analysis, 1970-2013,” Trinity College

Working Paper Series, No. 15-05, June 2015, pp.1-27.

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Miguel D. Ramirez, “Credit, Indebtedness, and Speculation in

the Marxian Paradigm: A Reassessment,”Economics Department

Working Paper No.134, Yale University, July 2014, pp. 1-31.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Credit, the Turnover of Capital, and the

Falling Rate of Profit: A Critical Note,” Trinity College

Working Paper Series, No. 13-19,December 2013,pp. 1-10.

Miguel D. Ramirez and Zsofia Komuves,“ Economic

Infrastructure, Private Capital Formation, and FDI Inflows to

Hungary, 1995-2012: A Unit Root and Cointegration Analysis

with Structural Breaks,”Economics Department Working Paper

No.123,Yale University, October 2013, pp.1-40.

Zsofia Komuves and Miguel D. Ramirez, “FDI, Exchange Rate and

Economic Growth in Hungary, 1995-2012: Causality and

Cointegration Analysis,” Economics Department Working Paper

No.1308, Trinity College, June 2013, pp.1-71.

Michael Mazur and Miguel D. Ramirez, “The Forward Exchange

Rate Unbiasedness Hypothesis: A Single Break Unit Root and

Cointegration Analysis,” Economic Department Working Paper

No.1310, Trinity College, July 2013, pp.1-33.

Miguel D. Ramirez, “Remittance Flows and Economic Growth in

Mexico: A Single Break Unit Root and Cointegration Analysis,

1970-2009" Economics Department Working Paper No. 1105

Department of Economics, Trinity College, June 2011, pp.1-32.

, “Is the Falling Rate of Profit the Driving

Force Behind Globalization?” Economics Department Working

Paper No. 1104,Department of Economics, Trinity College,

May 2011, pp.1-18.

, “Foreign Direct Investment in the Chilean

Case: Unit Roots, Structural Breaks, and Cointegration

Analysis” Economics Department Working Paper No. 1006,

Department of Economics, Trinity College, August 2010, pp.1-

35.

, “Economic and Institutional Determinants of

FDI Flows to Latin America,” Economics Department Working

Paper No. 1003, Department of Economics, Trinity College, May

2010, pp. 1-35.

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, “Marx, Globalization, and the Falling Rate of Profit: A

Critical Study,” Economics Department Working Paper No. 1003, Department

of Economics, Trinity College, May 2010, pp. 1-35.

, “ Is Foreign Direct Investment Beneficial to

Mexico?” International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 10, No.1

February 2004, pp. 83-84.

, “Reflections on the Euro’s Introduction in

January: What will the Social Costs Be?” The Trinity Reporter,

Vol. 29, No. 3, Fall 1998, pp.53-54.

, "Peso Devaluation Slows Mexican Chemical

Market," Chemical and Engineering News, February 27, 1995,

pp. 23-24.

, "The IMF Austerity Program, 1983-87:

Miguel De La Madrid's Legacy," Occasional Papers in Latin

American Studies, The University of Connecticut/Brown

University, 1989.

, "The Political Economy of Privatization in

Mexico, 1983-92," Occasional Papers in Latin American Studies,

The University of Connecticut/Brown University/University of

Mass., April 1994.

, "Socioeconomic Change and Frustration in

Central America: The Tragedy of Dependency." International

Library at the University of Illinois, May 1983.

, "Historical and Economic Evolution of

Nacional Financiera, S.A.," Southwestern Journal of

Economic Abstracts, Vol. 7, No., 1, 1986: 64-65.

, "The Mexican Economic Debacle," Inter-

national Guide to Research on Mexico (San Diego: Center for

U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego,

1989).

Newspaper Articles

, “In Defense of Public Sector Jobs,”in The

Hartord Courant, October 8, 2013, p. A7.

, “Workers Are Falling Behind,” in The Hartord

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Courant, July 13, 2008, p. C2.

,”Tax Cuts, Growth Not Connected,” in The

Hartford Courant, June 19, 2007, p. A7.

,“A Qualified ‘Yes’ to Bush’s Immigration

Plan,”Hartford Courant, January 13, 2004, p. A9.

,”Tax Cuts Didn’t Cause Rebound,” in The

Hartford Courant, December 29, 2003, p. A6.

,”NAFTA has not Lived up to its Billing In

Mexico,” in The Hartford Courant, September 22, 2003, p., A11.

,”Market Reforms are Crippling Latin America” in The

Hartford Courant, January 17th, 2003, p., A11.

,”Argentina, A Victim of Ideology?” in The

Hartford Courant, December 31st, 2001, p., A11.

, "After NAFTA: There's no Guarantee the Ruling

Party Will Prevail at the Polls" in The Hartford Courant,, May

29, 1994, p. C1.

, "Migration and NAFTA: The Forgotten Issue?" in the

Hartford Courant, September 12, 1993, p. C3.

, "Latin America is no Model of Development," in the

Hartford Courant, February 25, 1992, p. B11.

, "Investment in Latin America: The Economic

Casualty of IMF Policies," in the Times of the Americas,

November 13, 1991, p. 9.

, "Debt-Reduction Plan Won't Do Mexico's

Economy Much Good," in the Hartford Courant, April 4, 1990.

, "Decisive Action Needed to End Economic

Paralysis in Mexico," in the Hartford Courant, February

23, 1987, p. B7.

, "A Way to Justify Mexico's Sacrifices," in the Houston

Chronicle, March 11, 1987, p. 23.

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Other Research Activities:

Professional Meetings (past twenty years).

"FDI Flows to Latin America: A FMOLS Analysis,1980-2015," presented at

the Eastern Economic Association Meetings in New York, March 3rd, 2019.

“Are Foreign and Public Investment Productive in the Argentine Case: A

Cointegration Analysis with Structural Breaks, 1960-2015," paper

presented at 88th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Miami, FL,

October 19th, 2019.

"FDI Flows to Latin America: A FMOLS Analysis," presented at the Eastern

Economic Association Meetings in Boston, MA, March 3rd, 2019.

"FDI Flows to Latin America: A Pooled and Cointegration Analysis,

1980-2015," presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings

in Boston, MA, March 4th, 2018.

“Do remittances promote labor productivity in Mexico? An Empirical

Analysis, 1970-2014," paper presented at 84th International

Atlantic Economic Conference, Montreal, October 6th, 2017

“Purchasing Power Parity: A Time-Series Analysis of the U.S. and

Mexico, 1995-2007.” Eastern Economic Association Conference, Boston, MA,

February 24th, 2017.

“Are Controls Effective in Curbing Private Capital Flows in

Colombia.” Academy of Business and Economic Research, Fall 2016

Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 2-4, 2016.

“Money in Korea: A Cointegration Analysis, 1973-2014.” Presented

at the Academy of Business Research Fall 2015 Conference, San

Antonio, TX, Oct. 30th, 2015.

"Foreign Direct Investment and Income Inequality in Southeast

Asia."International Atlantic Economic Annual Conference, Boston,

MA, October 9th, 2015

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"FDI, Exchange Rates, and Economic Growth in Hungary,

1995-2012." Cambridge Conference on Business And Economics, July 2nd,

2014.

"The Effect of Myanmar's Foreign Investment Policies on FDI

Inflows." 84th Southern Economics Association Annual Conference, Atlanta,

Georgia, November 23rd,2014.

"Economic Infrastructure, Private Capital Formation, and FDI

Inflows to Hungary." International Atlantic Economic Annual Conference,

Savanna, GA, October 15,2014.

“What Explains FDI Flows to Latin America? A Pooled Analysis,

1980-2007. Presented at the 40th Eastern Economic Conference

held in Boston, MA, March 8th, 2014. Discussed paper by

William Miles entitled, “The Impact of the U.S. on Latin

American Business Cycles: A New Approach in the Session

Studies of Growth in the Developing World.

“Are Foreign and Public Investment Productive in the Argentine

Case? A Two-Break Unit Root Analysis, 1960-2011.” Presented at

the 83rd Southern Economic Association Meetings held in Tampa,

Florida, November 25th, 2013. Discussed paper by Olivier

Giovannoni entitled, “Does the Distribution of Income Matter

for Economic Growth?” in the Economic Growth Session.

“Is Foreign Direct Investment Beneficial for Mexico: A

Cointegration Analysis with Structural Breaks.” Presented at

the Academy of Business Research Fall 2013 Conference, Montego

Bay, Jamaica, Nov. 15th, 2013.

“Are Remittances Productive in the Mexican Case? A Single and

Two-Break Cointegration Analysis.” Presented at the Cambridge

Business and Economics Conference held at Murray Edwards

College, Cambridge, UK, July 2nd, 2013. Discussed paper by

Patrick Stiebinger entitled, “A Re-evaluation of the European

Monetary Union Maastricht Convergence Criteria.”

“Remittance Flows and Economic Growth in Mexico: A Single Break

Unit Root and Cointegration Analysis.” Presented at the 38th

Eastern Economic Association Conference, March 10th, 2012.

Served as discussant in sessions entitled, “Economic Systems.”

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“Is Inward FDI Productive in the Argentine Case?” Presented at

the 72nd International Atlantic Economic Conference, Washington,

D.C., October 21, 2011. Served as discussant in session

entitled,”Economic Development, Foreign Investment, and

Education”.

“Is Public Investment Productive in the Argentine Case? A

Single Break Unit Root and Cointegration Analysis.” Presented

at the 37th Annual Eastern Economic Association Meetings, New

York City, February 26th, 2011. Served as discussant and chair

for the session (C13).

“Foreign Direct Investment and its Economic Determinants in the

Chilean Case, 1960-2007.” Paper presented at the 70th

International Atlantic Economic Conference,” October 13th, 2010.

Served as discussant for paper entitled, “China: Coming

Superpower or Paper Tiger?” in session entitled, “Country

Studies (#315).”

“Are Public and Foreign Capital Productive in the Argentine Case?

A Cointegration Analysis.” Presented at the 2010 Oxford Business

and Economics Conference, St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University,

Oxford, UK, June 29th, 2010. Served as discussant for Session 29

entitled, “Strategic Issues.” Chaired Session 32

entitled,”Economics and Finance.”

“Economic Determinants of FDI Flows to Latin America: A Panel

Cointegration Analysis.” Paper presented at the 68th

International Atlantic Economic Conference,” October 9th, 2009.

Served as discussant for session entitled “Economic

Development.”

“Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Chile: A Cointegration

Analysis.” Paper presented at the 2009 Oxford

Business and Economics Conference, June 24th, 2009, Oxford

University, UK. Served as discussant for paper entitled,

“Asset-Liability Management and Economic Value Added at

Foreign and Non-Foreign Exchange Banks in Indonesia.”

“Economic and Institutional Determinants of FDI flows to Latin

America: A Panel Study.” Paper presented at the 2009 Eastern

Economic Association in New York, NY, February 28th, 2009.

Served as Chair and discussant for the session entitled,

“Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment.”

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“Is Public Investment Productive in the Argentine Case: A

Cointegration Analysis, 1960-2001.” Paper presented at the 2008

Eastern Economic Association Meetings in Boston, MA, March 8th

2008. Served as Chair for the session entitled, “Endogenous

Growth Model,” and discussant for the paper entitled, “Trade in

Frontier Technology.”

“A Pooled Test of the Complementarity Hypothesis in the Case of

Latin America, 1980-2002.” Paper presented at the 2007 Oxford

Business and Economics Conference, June 25th, 2007, Oxford

University, UK. Served as discussant for paper entitled, “Who

Should Export? A Study of Small-and Medium-sized High-Tech

Enterprises.”

“Are Foreign and Public Capital Productive in the Mexican Case?

A Panel Cointegration Analysis, 1960-2002.” Paper presented at

the 63rd International Atlantic Economic Conference in Madrid,

Spain, March 17th, 2007.

“Does FDI Enhance Private Capital Formation in Latin America? A

Panel Cointegration Analysis, 1980-2002.” Paper presented at

the 81st Western Economic Association International Conference

in San Diego, CA, July 2nd, 2006. Served as chair and

discussant in session entitled, “Revisiting Economic

Development” (July 3rd).

“A Panel Unit Root and Panel Cointegration Test of the

Complementarity Hypothesis in the Mexican Case, 1960-2001?”

Paper presented at the 32nd Eastern Economic Conference in

Philadelphia, PA, February 26, 2006. Served as chair and

discussant in session entitled, “Investment, Economic Growth,

and Technical Change.” Served as discussant in session entitled

at the American Economics Association Meetings in Boston, MA,

January 2006.

“What Explains Latin America’s Poor Investment Performance

during the 1980-2001 Period? A Panel Unit Root Study.” Paper

presented at the 80th Western Economic Association Conference

in San Francisco, CA, July 7th, 2005. Chaired session entitled,

“Foreign Aid and Economic Development,” (July 6th), and served

as discussant for two papers in the same session.

“Foreign Direct Investment and Private Capital Formation in

Latin America, 1981-2000.” Paper presented at the 59th

International Atlantic Economic Conference in London, England,

March 13th, 2005. Chaired session entitled, “Business Cycles,”

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March 11th ;also served as discussant for two papers in the

session entitled, “Transition Economies,” March 10th.

“Understanding FDI Flows to Chile: An Institutional Analysis,

1960-2001.” Paper presented at the 58th International Atlantic

Conference in Chicago, IL.,Oct. 9th, 2004. Discussed paper by

Muleka Kikwebati entitled, “Financial Development and Economic

Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa” on Oct. 10th, 2004.

“Is Public Infrastructure Capital Productive in the Mexican

Case? A Vector Error Correction Analysis, 1955-1999.” Paper

presented at the 79th Annual Western Economic Conference in

Vancouver,Canada, July 2nd, 2004. Also served as discussant for

three papers in the session entitled, “Economic Reforms and

Privatization,” July 2nd, 2004.

“Is Foreign Direct Investment Beneficial to Mexico?” Paper

presented at the 56th International Atlantic

Economic Conference in Quebec City, October 19,2003.

“Economic and Institutional Determinants of Foreign Direct

Investment in Chile: A Cointegration Analysis.” Paper presented

at the 78th Western Economic Conference in Denver,

Colorado, July 13th, 2003.

“Is Public Investment Productive in the Mexican Case?”

Paper presented at the 29th Eastern Economic Conference in

New York City, February 22, 2003.

“Served as discussant for Session entitled, “Dynamics of

Institutions and sustainable Growth,” at the 77th Western

Economic Conference in Seattle, WA, July 3rd, 2002.

“Foreign Direct Investment in Chile and Mexico: A Critical

Assessment.” Paper presented at the 53rd International Atlantic

Economic Conference in Paris, France, March 17th, 2002.

“A Critical Assessment of Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico”

paper presented at the 76th Western Economic Association

Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 7th, 2001.

Chaired session entitled, “Issues in Economic Development I” at

the 76th Western Economic Association Conference, July 7th, 2001.

“Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico During the 1990'presented at

the 51st International Atlantic Economic Conference in Athens,

Greece, March 16, 2001.

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“Public Capital Formation and Economic Growth in Mexico”--paper

presented at the Western Economic Association Meetings in

Vancouver, Canada, July 2, 2000.

“Why Do Aggregate Production Functions Work: Fisher’s

Simulations, Shaikh’s Identity and Some New Results”--paper

discussed at the Western Economic Association Meetings in

Vancouver, Canada, July 3, 2000.

“Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico: A Cointegration Analysis”--

paper presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings in

Crystal City, March 25, 2000.

Invited Talks (selected)

“Do Remittance Flows Promote Economic Growth in Mexico: An

Empirical Analysis with Structural Breaks.” Delivered talk at the

Department of Economics Speaker Series, Connecticut College, New

London, April 18th, 2013.

"Do Remittances Promote Growth in Latin America? A Panel Unit

Root and Panel Cointegration Analysis, 1990-2000.” Delivered paper

at the Economic Development Workshop, Department of Economics,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 15th, 2011.

Participated in an invited panel at Connecticut College entitled,

“Labor and Remittances” where I delivered a talk entitled,

“Remittances and Growth in Latin America,” October 18th, 2009.The

conference was sponsored by Connecticut College’s Toor Cummings

Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts.

Delivered a public talk entitled, A Critical Assessment of the

Washington Consensus Reforms in Latin America” at Connecticut

College, February 10th, 2009. The talk was sponsored by the

Department of Economics and Government at Connecticut College, New

London, CT.

Presented a paper entitled, “Did Institutional Factors Enhance FDI

Flows to Chile during the 1985-2001 Period: An Error Correction

Analysis,” November 9th, 2004, at the Instituto de Investigaciones

Economicas, Posgrado de Economia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de

Mexico, Mexico City.

Delivered paper on “Mexico Under NAFTA: A Critical Assessment” at

a conference entitled,“The Impact of the European Union on

Europe’s Peripheral Economies,” February 22, 2003, at the

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University of Illinois, Urbana,Illinois. Conference was sponsored

by Center for International Business and Economic Research.

Presented a public talk entitled,”The Tragedy of the Argentine

Economy” at the World Affairs Council, The Hartford Club, Hartford

CT, February 19th, 2002.

Presented paper on “The Mexican Regulatory Experience in

the Airline, Banking, and Telecommunications Sectors” in a panel

entitled “After Privatizations: The Regulation of Public Utilities

in Latin America” at the Latin American Studies Association

Meetings in Miami, FL., March 17, 2000.

Delivered a seminar on “Determinants of Labor Productivity Growth

in Mexico: A Cointegration Analysis” to the Department of

Economics at Vanderbilt University, April 8, 1999.

Presented a talk on “The Brazilian Financial Crisis” to the Latin

American Studies program at Vanderbilt Universtiy, February 15,

1999

Presented a public talk on “The WTO and its Potential Impact on

LDC’s,” at the Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, CT, Sept.26,

1999.

Presented a public talk on “The Southeast Asian Economic Crisis”

at the Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, CT, August 20, 1998.

Presented a public talk on, “Recent Developments in the

International Economy,” at the Institute of World Affairs,

Salisbury, CT, June 20, 1996.

Presented a public talk on “The Role of the State in the Process

of Capital Formation in Mexico and Chile,” at the Instituto de

Investigaciones Economicas, UNAM, Mexico City, May 30, 1996.

Presented a public talk on “Mexico: Embattled Neighbor,” at the

World Affairs Council, West Hartford, CT, February 27, 1996.

Delivered a seminar on “Does public Investment Enhance

Productivity Growth in Mexico and Chile?”, Department of

Economics at Wesleyan University, February 7, 1996.

Presented a public talk on “The Mexican Financial Crisis,” at the

Latin American Studies Program, Wesleyan University, December 8,

1995.

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“The Latest IMF-sponsored Stabilization Program in Mexico: Does

it Represent a Long-Term Solution to Mexico’s Economic Problems?”

at the Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas, UNAM, Mexico

City, May 31, 1995.

“The Dollar’s Recent Fall in Value: A Cause for Concern?” at the

Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, CT, June 22, 1995.

Mexico's Economic Crisis: Assessing Its Origins and

Consequences," at the Department of Economics, University of

Illinois, Champaign, IL., April 27, 1995.

"Stabilization and Trade Reform in Developing Countries,"

at the MSPE program at the University of Illinois, Champaign,

IL., April 28, 1995.

Presented a public talk on, "Recent Economic Trends in Latin

America," at the Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, CT,

October 19, 1994.

"After Nafta: Assessing the Impact," at the Latin American

Studies Program at Connecticut College, October 12, 1994.

"Regulatory Reform and Privatization in Chile and Mexico," at

the CIBER Workshop in International Business at the University

of Illinois, Champaign, IL., July 21-23, 1994.

"Exchange Rate Instability and the Globalization of Finance,"

at the Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, CT, June 28,

1994.

"Chiapas and the 1994 Mexican Presidential Elections," at the

Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, CT, May 17, 1994.

"Prospects for Democracy in Argentina, Brazil and Chile," at

the World Affairs Council, Hartford, March 16, 1994.

"NAFTA: Rhetoric vs. Reality," at the University of Connecticut

at Hartford, February 24, 1994.

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Local and Community Presentations

Presented a talk on "The Twin Deficits and Related Problems of

the 1980s and 1990s" to members of the Principal Group

Productions in West Hartford, CT., May 6 1991.

"Mexico and the U.S." at the World Affairs Center in Hartford,

CT., February 23, 1988.

Refereed articles for:

Southern Economic Journal, Contemporary Economic Systems,

Eastern Economic Journal, Environment and Planning,

Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Inter-American Studies

and World Affairs, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal

of Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of

Developing Areas, Journal of Economic Development, Journal of

Comparative Economics, Journal of International Trade and

Economic Development, Journal of Latin American Studies, Journal

of The History of Economic Thought, The North American Journal

of Economics and Finance, Latin American Politics and

Society, Latin American Research Review, Organization, Review of

Political Economy, Revista de Economia Mundial, World Development,

International Review of Applied Economics, International Trade Journal,

Economic Inquiry, Economia, Atlantic Economic Journal, and Migration

Letters.

Other Research

Reviewed Kerry Patterson’s “An Introduction to Applied

Econometrics: A time Series Approach” for Palgrave-McMillan

Summer 2011.

Served as an outside reviewer for an FDI profile on Chile

published by the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable

International Investment, August 2010

Supervised Doctoral Dissertation by Peter M. Cody in

the Yale Economic Growth Center [with Prs. Robert Evenson and

Michael Boozer].

Reviewed Michael Melvin’s “International Money and Finance,7th

edition”for Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., Summer 2002.

Supervised 13 Masters theses in economic development while a

visiting faculty at the Graduate Program in Economic

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Development (GPED) at Vanderbilt University, Spring and Summer

sessions, 1999.

Supervised Master's thesis in International Finance in the

Economics Department at the University of Illinois, Champaign-

Urbana, summer 1992.

Participated in the Latin American Studies Colloquium Series

(Spring 1983) by giving a presentation on "The

Development Banker as Entrepreneur: The Case of Nacional

Financiera, S.A., Mexico," at the University of Illinois.

Work in Progress

Currently working on a panel unit root and panel cointegration study with

structural breaks of the impact of FDI flows on productivity growth in

Latin America during the 1980-2020 period.

Grants, Honors and Awards:

Best Paper Award for article entitled, “FDI Flows to Latin America: An

Empirical Analysis,” Academy of Business and Economic Research, Fall 2017

Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Selected as Member of the Month (December 2016) by the

International Atlantic Economic Association.

Nominated for the Oxford Journal Global Top 50 Educators Award

By the Association for Business and Economic Research (ABER),

Fall 2015. Oxford Journal Global Top 50 Educators Award

recognizes outstanding educators dedicated to the success of

their students both inside and outside of the classroom setting.

Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Yale University,

summer 2012-2019.

Awarded the Ward S. Curran Distinguished Professor of Economics

Chair (Endowed) by Trinity College, July 2012.

Member of the Editorial Board for the International Scholarly

Research Network (ISRN)in Economics, since 2012.

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Visiting Professor at Yale University, Dept. of Economics, fall

2010.


summer 2010 and 2011.

Visiting Professor at Yale University, Dept. Of Economics, fall

2009.

Nominated for the Oxford Journal Distinguished Research

Professor (fall 2007).

Supervising research on “Remittance Behavior and its Impact on

Growth in Latin America” by Hari Sharma who was awarded a

summer Faculty Research Grant.

Invited to serve as Doctoral thesis advisor for Peter Cody by

the Economic Growth and Development Center at Yale University,

Academic year 2006-2007.

Visiting Professor, Yale Economic Growth and Development

Center, spring 2006.

Appointed to serve on the Council for Latin American Studies at

Yale University (spring 2006-fall 2007).

Recipient of the Charles A. Dana Research Professorship, 2003-

2005. The award is given every two years to a Trinity College

full professor in recognition of outstanding scholarship.

Nominated to the editorial board of the Eastern Economic

Association, spring 2001.

Visiting Professor at Yale University, Dept of Economics,

spring/fall 2001,fall 2002 and fall 2003.

Visiting Professor, Graduate Program in Economic Development

(GPED) at Vanderbilt University, spring and summer 1999.

Associate member of the Latin American Research Institute at

Lake Forest College, Chicago, IL., for the 1996-99 academic

year.

Associate member of the Martin Institute for Peace Studies &

Conflict Resolution, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1996-

98.

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Visiting Associate Professor at Yale University, Dept. of

Economics, spring 1996.

Awarded a Certificate of Academic Recognition by the Instituto

de Investigaciones Economicas, UNAM, Mexico City, May 31, 1995.

Latin American Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor in the

Department of Economics at Wesleyan University for the fall of

1995.

Visiting Associate Professor at Yale University for the spring

of 1995.

Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at

Champaign-Urbana for the summer of 1992.

Visiting Associate Professor at Haverford College, Haverford

PA, spring of 1992.

Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at

Champaign-Urbana for the summer of 1991.

Awarded a research fellowship (June 1990) by the Economics

Department at the Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City.

Awarded a Dana Fellowship (January, 1988) by the Economics

Department at Yale University to teach and conduct

research at the Growth Center during the fall of 1988.

Awarded a Research Fellowship (April, 1987) by the Center

for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Named to the Pi Gama Mu International Honor Society in Social

Science, March 17, 1987.

Awarded a Library Research Grant for summer 1986 (April,

1986) by the Center for Latin American Studies at the

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Awarded a faculty development grant (May 1986) by the Social

Science Computing Committee at Trinity College, Hartford,

CT.

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Awarded a faculty development grant (April, 1985) by the

Social Science Computing Committee to develop experience

on the computer system at Trinity College and to expand

faculty research and use of those facilities.

Winner of Savings Prize in Economics at the University of

Illinois worth $500 (May, 1984) for a paper entitled, "The

Financing of Capital Expenditures in Mexico: An Overview of

the 1940-75 Period."

Awarded a Fellowship by the University of Illinois (July

1983) for the academic year 1983-84 in recognition of

high academic achievement and scholarly promise.

Winner of Monical Policy - Paper Prize on Latin America

worth $1000 (May 1983) for article entitled, "Socio-

economic Change and Frustration in Central America: The

Tragedy of Dependency." The paper contest was sponsored

by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at

the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

Awarded Tinker Grant (April 1982) to conduct research in

Mexico on development banks.

Named to the Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society in

Economics, May 1979.

Certificate of Recognition for outstanding scholastic

achievement by a minority at the University of Illinois

in Urbana-Champaign (awarded May 1979).

Edmund J. James Scholar for 1978-79 at the University of

Illinois.

Named to the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, May 5, 1975.

Named to the Dean's List for academic excellence at the

University of Illinois for:

Semester II, 1976-77.



Professional Memberships:

American Economic Association

American Society of Hispanics in Economics

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Association for Business and Economics Research

Eastern Economic Association

Southern Economic Association

International Atlantic Economic Society.

Latin American Studies Association

Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association

Southeastern Latin American Studies Association

Union for Radical Political Economics

Western Economic Association.

Service to the Department, College, and Community:

Elected to the Appointment and Promotions Committee (2020) to serve for

three years.

Chair, Department of Economics, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 2015-

2019.

Served on the Department of Economics Search Committee for an

Assistant Professor (tenure track) in development economics during the

fall 2019-Spring 2020 Academic year

Served on the Appointments and Promotions Committee for the Academic

Year,2016-2017

Served on the Department of Economics Search Committee for an

Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Economics during the Fall

2014-Spring 2015 Academic year.

Served as coordinator for signing in majors to the Department of

Economics (Fall 2012).

Member of the Economics Department Search Committee (Fall

2009-Winter 2010).

Served as substitute for representative of social sciences on the

Appointments and Promotion Committee (Fall 2009).

Elected to the Faculty Research Committee (2008).

Served as an elected member of the Appointments and Promotions

Committee for the academic year 2006-2007.

Served on the Dean-appointed Faculty Committee to select the Charles

A. Dana Research Professor for a two-year term, May 2005.

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Presented a talk on “The Chilean Economic Miracle” at Trinity

College, Hartford, CT, Sept. 30. 2004.

Coordinator for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program,

fall/spring 2001.

Served on the Faculty Research Committee, 2000-2001.

Served on the College Affairs Committee, 1999-2000.

Participated in search for Director of International Studies Abroad

Program (spring 1997).

Participated in search for a computer services consultant in the

Social Sciences (spring 1995).

Director of the Latin American Studies Program, 1994-95.

Official representative of the College to the World Affairs Council.

Served on the Admissions and Financial Aid Committee (1996).

Coordinator for the Latin American Studies Major (1990-92).

Member of the Spanish Merchants Association (SAMA) of Hartford, CT.

Served on the Faculty Research Committee (1990).

Served on the College Fraternity and Sorority Committee (1989-1991).

Participated in the search for a Latin American Historian during the

Spring of 1990.

Participated in developing an Interdisciplinary Minor in

Latin American Studies at Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

Served as the coordinator of the Latin American Studies minor (since

1990).

Supervised forty exploratory internships with local

businesses and government agencies.

Supervised twenty honors theses (nine of which have been awarded

the best economics essay prize in the department). The latest essay

on "A Cointegration Test of PPP," was written by Shahryar Khan formed

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the basis for our joint publication in International Advances in

Economic Research

Served as faculty advisor for AIESEC during 1985-1987.

Served on the Library Committee during the 1985-1986 academic year.

Participated in the search for the Director of the Mathematics Center

during the Spring of 1987.

Participated in the search for the Assistant Director of the Mather

Center during the Fall of 1986.

Presented a talk entitled, "U.S-Mexican Relations" at Trinity

College, March 17, 1988. Sponsored by the World Affairs Association.

Presented a talk entitled, "Mexico and the Debt Crisis" at Trinity

College during Central America Awareness Week, March 2-7, 1986.

Presented a talk entitled, "The Neoconservative Experiment in Chile:

Lessons and Future Prospects," at Trinity College, March 1, 1989.

Participated in a panel discussion entitled, "More of the Same, or a

New Beginning? The Return to Democracy in Latin America," at Trinity

College, March 1990.

Participated in a panel discussion entitled, "The Political Economy

of Cocaine," at Trinity College, May 3 1990.

Miscellaneous:

Other languages: I am fluent in Spanish and French (and can read

Portuguese) .

Hobbies: I like to run on a regular basis. I’ve run the Boston

Marathon six times, all under 4 hrs; and 20 other

certified marathons (including the Hartford Marathon which

I ran in a time of 3hrs and 15 minutes). I also enjoy the visual arts,

reading fiction, and playing the piano when time permits.

Full References Available Upon Request.

Nader Nazmi, Senior Economist and Director at BNP, Paribas, New York

City, NY.

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Jack W. Hou, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics,

California State University, Long Beach, CA.

Alicia G. Gonzalez, Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas, UNAM,

Mexico City.

Thomas M. Fullerton, Dept. of Economics and Finance, University of

Texas at El Paso, TX.

Melissa Birch, School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence,

Kansas.

Joseph Altonji, Dept. of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT

William Whobrey, Assistant Dean of Yale College and Director of the

Summer Studies Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

William Brainard, Dept. of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT

David Parker and David Saal, Aston Business School, Aston University,

UK

Michael Mortimore, Senior economist at the Economic Commission for

Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile.

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