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Assistant Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
El Paso Branch
Education
- University of Texas at El Paso, M.S. in Economics,
2002
- University of Texas at El Paso, B.B.A. in Finance
and Economics, 1997
Employment
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch,
10/96–present
Assistant Economist since 9/04; Economic Analyst 11/02–8/04;
Economic Research Assistant 3/99–11/02; Research
Assistant 10/96–2/99
Academic Publications
- “Maquiladora Downturn: Structural Change or
Cyclical Factors?” with Roberto Coronado and
Robert W. Gilmer, International Business and Economics
Research Journal, August 2004
- “Industrial Structure and Economic Complementarities
in City Pairs on the Texas–Mexico Border,”
with Robert W. Gilmer, revised and resubmitted to
Growth and Change, June 2005
Dallas Fed Publications
- "Border
Benefits from Mexican Shoppers," with Roberto
Coronado and Keith Phillips, Southwest Economy,
May/June 2006.
- “U.S.,
Mexico Deepen Economic Ties,” with Roberto
Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy,
January/February 2006.
- “Texas
Border Benefits from Retail Sales to Mexican Nationals,”
with Keith R. Phillips, The Face Texas: Jobs,
People, Business and Change, November 2005
- “Texas
Border Employment and Maquiladora Growth,”
with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, The
Face Texas: Jobs, People, Business and Change,
November 2005
- “Cyclical
Differences Emerge in Border City Economies,”
with Roberto Coronado, Crossroads, Issue
1, 2005
- “Trade,
Manufacturing Put Mexico Back on Track in 2004,”
with Robert W. Gilmer and Roberto Coronado, Houston
Business, March 2005
- “Framing
the Future: Tomorrow’s Border Economy,”
with Robert W. Gilmer, Keith R. Phillips and Roberto
Coronado, Vista, Issue 1 2005
- “Framing
the Future: Tomorrow’s Border Economy,”
with Robert W. Gilmer, Keith R. Phillips and Roberto
Coronado, Business Frontier, Issue 4, 2004
- “U.S.–Mexico
Trade: Are We Still Connected?,” with Roberto
Coronado, Business Frontier, Issue 3, 2004
- “Maquiladora
Downturn: Structural Change or Cyclical Factors?,”
with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Business
Frontier, Issue 2, 2004
- “Composite
Index: A New Measure of El Paso’s Economy,”
with Robert W. Gilmer, and Keith R. Phillips, Business
Frontier, Issue 1, 2003.
- “A
New Index of Coincident Economic Activity for Houston,”
with Robert W. Gilmer and Keith R. Phillips, Houston
Business, Issue 3, 2003.
- “Maquiladora
Industry: Past, Present and Future,” with
Roberto Coronado, Business Frontier, Issue
2, 2002
- “A Decade
of Change: El Paso's Economic Transition of the 1990s,”
Business Frontier, 2002
Other Publications
- “El empleo en la frontera de Texas y el crecimiento
de las maquiladoras,” with Roberto Coronado
and Robert W. Gilmer, Acontecimientos Recientes
sobre Desarrollo Económico Fronterizo,
Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Conference Proceedings
Book, Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota, ed., tor forthcoming,
Summer 2006
- “Commentary on Charter Evolution in Maquiladoras:
A Case Study of Reynosa, Tamaulipas,” Maquiladoras
Today, Conference Proceedings Book, Second NOBE/REF
International Economic Research Forum, Editor Van
Miller, forthcoming, Summer 2006
Working Papers
- “Industrial
Structure and Economic Complementarities in City Pairs
on the Texas-Mexico Border,”
 with
Robert W. Gilmer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working
Paper 05-03
- “Business
Cycle Coordination Along the Texas–Mexico Border,”
with Keith R. Phillips, Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Working Paper 05-02
- “Short-Run Maquiladora Employment Dynamics
in Nuevo Laredo,” (jointly with Tom Fullerton,
University of Texas at El Paso, Economics Associate
Professor and Fulbright Border Scholar) submitted
to Growth and Change, 2005
Contributions
- “The
Business Cycle in Houston Since the Oil Bust,”
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Business,
January 2003,
- “Cross Border Cargo Vehicles Flows,”
International Journal of Transport Economics,
29, 201–13
- “U.S.–Mexico
Trade: Sectors and Regions,” Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 2,
2000.
- “NAFTA's
First Five Years (Part 1),” Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 2,
1999.
Research Assistance
- “NAFTA,
the U.S. Economy and Maquiladoras,” Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier,
Issue 1, 2001.
- “Maquiladoras
2000: Still Growing,” Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 3, 2000.
- “NAFTA's
First Five Years (Part 2): U.S.–Mexico Trade
and Investment Under NAFTA,” Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1,
2000.
- “The Binational
Importance of the Maquiladora Industry,” Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy,
November/December, 1999.
- “Mexico's
Economy in 1998 and 1999,” Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1,
1999.
- “The Maquiladora
Industry in Historical Perspective (Part 2),”
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier,
Issue 4, 1998.
- “Immigration
and the Economy—Part II,” Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy,
September/October, 1998.
- “The Maquiladora
Industry in Historical Perspective (Part 1),”
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier,
Issue 3, 1998.
- “Immigration
and the Economy—Part I,” Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy,
July/August, 1998.
- “International Trade at the U.S.–Mexican
Border,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Business Frontier, Issue 2, 1998.
- “El Paso's Labor-Mismatch Dilema,”
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier,
Issue 1, 1998.
- “Maquiladora Update,” Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 4,
1997.
- “A Look at Mexico's Trade: Free Trade Agreements
(Part 2),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Business Frontier, Issue 3, 1997.
- “A Look at Mexico's Trade (Part 1),”
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier,
Issue 2, 1997.
- “NAFTA and Jobs,” Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1, 1997.
- “Maquiladora Industry: Still Going Strong
(Part 2),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Business Frontier, Issue 4, 1996.
- “Maquiladora Industry: Still Going Strong
(Part 1),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Business Frontier, Issue 3, 1996.
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