Economist
Houston Branch
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Education

• PhD— Economics, University of Houston, May 2005
  Dissertation: “Three Essays on Currency Crises and Defensive Monetary Policy”
• MA—Economics, University of Houston, July 2004
• CIL (International Long Cycle)—International Relations/ Economics, École Nationale d'Administration Publique (ENA), Paris, France, July 1998.
• Diploma—Public Administration, Universidad Iberoamericana, México D.F., April 1997.
• BA—Economics, University of Texas at El Paso, May 1994
• BA—International Relations, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico, D.F., July, 1991.

Major Fields of Interest

• International Finance, International Economics, Monetary Economics.

Employment

• Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas/ Houston Branch, March 2005–present
• European Union Intern, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. April/July 1998
• Advisor to the Secretary of Industry and Commerce, Hidalgo, Mexico. January 1995–June 1997
• Economic Analyst, Mexico’s National Bank of Foreign Trade (BANCOMEXT), Mexico, DF. June 1990–July 1991

Academic Experience

• Teaching Fellow, University of Houston, fall 2000–fall 2004. Economics Instructor of Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, and Intermediate Macroeconomics.
• Research Assistant, University of Houston, fall 2002–spring 2005.

Published Papers

• “Quantifying the Effects of Environmental Regulations on US Gasoline Imports: A Natural Experiment,” with Jonathan Story and Bill Gilmer,
  Conference proceedings of the USAEE/IAEE Ann Arbor Conference, September 24–27, 2006.
• "In the Eye of the Storm: Gasoline Markets After the Hurricanes," with Jonathan Story and Bill Gilmer, Houston Business, June 2006.

Working Papers

• “Globalization and the Relative Performance of the Taylor Rule,” with Oleksandr Rzhevskyy, February 2007
• “Do Boutique Fuels Discourage Fuel Imports? Gasoline Content Regulation as a Trade Barrier,” with J. Story and B. Gilmer, Nov 2006, Submitted.
• “Defensive Monetary Policy in the Face of a Currency Attack: Does Institutional Quality Play a Role?” October 2005, Submitted.
• “Interest Rate Defense and Quality of Institutions,” July, 2005.
• “Do Currency Crises Have Transitory or Permanent Effects? Analysis in the Perspective of Structural Change,” work in progress, October 2005.

Awards

• Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston, 2000–05
• Prime Minister of France’s Scholarship (Ecole National d’Administration), 1997–98
• Universidad Iberoamericana Tuition Fellowship, 1996–97

Professional Memberships

• Southern Regional Economics Association
• International Economics and Finance Society
• American Economic Association
• International Association for Energy Economics