Contact Info

• Email: jpetry@illinois.edu

Clinical Professor of Economics and Finance

Research Interests

Financial markets and real estate

PhD

Economics, University of Illinois, 1991

Selected 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, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (1991)

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

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.