| Degrees |
Ph.D.,
Economics, University of Illinois, 1991
B.S., Economics, University of Illinois, 1986 |
| Positions
Held |
| At
the University of Illinois since 2001. Chief Fixed Income Strategist,
Latin America, Credit Suisse First Boston, 1999-2001. Chief Economist,
Latin America, Citigroup, 1996-1999. Economist and Vice President,
Latin America, Chemical Bank, 1995-1996. Adjunct Professor, New
York University, 1995-2000. Senior Economist, Eaton Corporation,
1992-1995. Adjunct Professor, John Carroll University, 1992-1995.
Economist,GM Corporation, Allison Transmission Division, 1991-1992.
Adjunct Professor, IUPUI, 1992. |
| Recent
Publications |
| Economics 173 Course-packet,
Stipes Publishing (2002, 2003). Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly
Updates for Fixed Income and Equity Clients on Economic Outlook
(1995-2001). Argentina Fixed Income Investment Guide, CSFB (2001).
Latin American Fixed Income Investment Guide, Citigroup
(1999). Latin America Local Currency Investment Guide, Citigroup
(1998). "Finding
Relative Value in Emerging Markets," with Hargis and Trebat, Emerging Markets Quarterly,
Volume II, Number 2 (Summer 1998). "Transnational
Corporations, The Neo-Liberal Agenda and Regional Integration," with
Bannister and Primo-Braga, The Quarterly Review of Economics
and Finance (1994). Latin America: The Crisis of the Eighties
and the Opportunities of the Nineties. Editor, with Baer and
Simpson (1991). "Latin
America: The Crisis of the Eighties and the Opportunities of the
Nineties,". Editor, with Baer and Simpson, The Quarterly
Review of Economics and Finance (1991). |
| Honors
and Awards |
| Champaign
Park District Commissioner, 2003 to present. Best Latin America
Local Currency Research, Runner-up.
Institutional Investor Magazine, 1998. Best Fixed Income Research,
Venezuela. Latin
Finance Magazine, 1998. Second Place. Demarest Award for Excellence
in Teaching (University of Illinois), 1989. Included in List of Instructors
Rated as Excellent four consecutive years, 1986-1989.
|
| Academic
Service |
|
Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Economics. 2001-present.
Chairman, NABE (National Association of Business Economists)
International Roundtable, 1996-1998. |
| Teaching
and Research |
| Teaches
Economic Statistics II, Financial Markets, and Introduction to
Real Estate. |
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