Special Assignment
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch

Roberto Coronado is on special assignment at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in El Paso. His research at the Fed focuses on issues pertaining to the Mexican economy, the maquiladora industry, and the U.S.–Mexico border economy. Coronado has written articles for various Federal Reserve publications and academic journals in both the United States and Mexico, such as Annals of Regional Science, Southern Economic Journal, Investigación Económica and Migraciones Internacionales. Coronado also co-directs the Network of Border Economics (NOBE/REF), a network of researchers aimed at studying the border economy.

Prior to joining the Dallas Fed, Coronado was a research economist at Deloitte & Touche and the University of Texas at El Paso. Coronado holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting and a master of science degree in economics—both from the University of Texas at El Paso. He also holds a master of arts in economics from the University of Houston, where he currently is a Ph.D. candidate in economics.