
Education:
Ph.D.
Economics,
M.A.
Economics,
B.A.
Economics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1993
Address:
4907
W.W. Posvar Hall
Department
of Economics
University of
Phone: Fax: E-mail:
(412) 648 2243 (412) 648 1793
New
Conference on Economic
Development, October 13-14, 2007
McKay Lecture: Peter
Diamond, November 16, 2007
Vitae
¨ Graduate: International Trade, Econ 2500
Topics in Growth, Economic Development and Open Economies, Econ 2713
Advanced Macro Theory I, Econ 2110
¨
Undergraduate: Introduction
to Development Economics, Econ 530
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Econ 1110
Intermediate International Trade, Econ 1500
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Teaching
Award:
2004 Tina and David Bellet Arts and Sciences Teaching
Excellence Award
¨ Endogenous TFP and Cross-Country Income Differences, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 55 (6) (with Juan Carlos Cordoba)
¨
Do
Self-Control Preferences Help Explain the Puzzling Behavior of Asset Prices?,
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007,
54 (4), 1035-1050 (with David N. DeJong)
¨
Tariffs and
Growth: An Empirical Exploration of Contingent Relationships, Review of Economics and Statistics,
2006, LXXXVIII (4), 625-640 (with David N. DeJong)
¨ Real Exchange Rate Targeting, Macroeconomic Performance, and Sectoral Income Distribution in Developing Countries, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2005, 14 (2), 167-196.
¨ Trade Liberalization and the Skill Premium in Developing Economies, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2005, 52 (3), 601-619.
¨ Collateral Constraints in a Monetary Economy, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, 2 (6), 1172-1205 (with Juan Carlos Cordoba)
¨ Credit Cycles Redux, International Economic Review, 2004, 45 (4), 1011-1046 (with Juan Carlos Cordoba)
¨ Agriculture, Aggregation, Wage Gaps, and Cross-Country Income Differences (with Juan Carlos Cordoba)
¨ The Role of Education in Development (with Juan Carlos Cordoba)
Work in
progress
¨
Life Expectancy and The Wealth of Nations (with Juan Carlos Cordoba)