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Fidel Gonzalez |
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Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics and Intl. Business Sam Houston State University |
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Fidel Gonzalez Assistant Professor of Economics College of Business Administration, Box 2118, Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas 77341. Email: fidel_gonzalez@shsu.edu ; Ph (936)294-4796; Fax (936) 294-3488 Web Page: http://www.shsu.edu/~fxg001/
U.S. Permanent Resident.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Primary Fields: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Public Finance, Computational Economics. Minor Fields: Macroeconomics, Housing Finance.
EDUCATION August 2003 Ph. D. in Economics, The University of Texas at Austin Dissertation: Essays on Environmental Regulation and Robust Control
May 2000 M.S. Economics, The University of Texas at Austin August 1997 B.S. Economics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico B.S. Thesis: The Natural Gas Industry in Mexico, USA, Canada and England Fall 1995 Economics Exchange Student, University of Texas at San Antonio
PUBLICATIONS“Precautionary Principle, Robustness and Optimal Taxes for a Stock Pollutant with Multiplicative Risk”, Environmental and Resource Economics, forthcoming.
“Determinants of Housing Expenditures in Mexico” (with J.C. Navarro and M. Fontenla), Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
“Optimal Policy Response with Control Variable and Intercept Covariance”, Computational Economics, forthcoming.
“Self-fulfilling and Fundamental Banking Crises: A Multinomial Logit Approach” (with M. Fontenla), Economics Bulletin, Vol.6, No. 17, 1-11, 2007
“Uncertainty about the Persistence of Cost-Push Shocks and the Optimal Reaction of the Monetary Authority”, with (J. Gonzalez and A. Rodriguez), Banco de Mexico, Working Paper 2007-06, 2007
“Robust Control: A Note on the Response of the Control to Changes in the ‘Free’ Parameter” (with A. Rodriguez), Economics Letters, Vol. 89, Issue 3, 294-299, December 2005.
“Robust Control: A Note on the Response of the Control to Changes in the ‘Free’ Parameter Conditional on the Character of Nature” (with A. Rodriguez), Computational Economics, 24, 223-238, 2004. PAPERS IN SUBMISSION“The Demand for Housing Services in Mexico” (with M. Fontenla)
“Monetary Policy under Time-Varying Uncertainty Aversion about the Persistence of Cost-Push Shocks”, with (J. Gonzalez and A. Rodriguez)
WORK IN PROGRESS “The Role of Uncertainty in Weight Control” (with P. Gomis) working paper. “Distributional Effects of Carbon Policies: The Case of Mexico” working paper. “Indirect Taxes and Tax Reform in Mexico” (with J.C. Navarro) working paper. “Do Fatter Wallets Lead to Larger Waistlines? The Case of Mexico” (with T. Quast), work in progress “Distributional Effects of Etanol and Etanol-Fuelled Vehicles Policies” (with D. Mazumder) work in progress. “Impact of Water Pricing Policies in Mexico: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach”, work in progress. “Multiplicative and Additive Uncertainty in Matlab for Students”, Division de Economia, CIDE, mimeo. “Impact of the Restriction in the Number of Trips by Car in Mexico City”, work in progress
EMPLOYMENT 08/05 to present Sam Houston State University Assistant Professor of Economics Environmental Economics: Fall 05, 06 Economic Theory: Spring 06 Principles of Macroeconomics: Fall 05, 06 Principles of Microeconomics: Spring 06, 07 Intermediate Microeconomics: Spring 07
08/03-08/05 Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal (SHF), Mexico City, Mexico Subdirector of Economic and Mortgage Studies Perform economic research and policy recommendations on the housing market and SHF programs. In particular: estimation and analysis of housing and mortgage demand and supply; economic and statistical analysis of mortgage rates, affordability, taxes, and regulatory costs; technical assistance in the regulation of mortgage banks. Assisted in the programs: Remittances for Housing and Microfinance for Home Improvement. Negotiated two multimillion dollar loans with the World Bank.
01/04-12/04 Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), Mexico City, Mexico Instructor Introductory Macroeconomics: Fall 04. Intermediate Macroeconomics: Spring 04. Chair of Master’s Thesis: Jorge Guerrero “Construction of a Housing Price Index for Mexico”.
8/98 – 5/03 The University of Texas at Austin Assistant Instructor Principles of Microeconomics: Summer 01, Fall 01, Spring 02, Summer 02, and Fall 02. Teaching Assistant Monetary Economics: Fall 00, Spring 01. Money and Banking: Spring 00. Intermediate Macroeconomics: Fall 99, Spring 03. Principles of Microeconomics: Fall 98.
06/99 - 08/99 PMI Holdings Inc., Houston, Texas, USA. Consultant Find alternatives to the use of petroleum coke produced by PEMEX, which are economically and technically feasible.
PRESENTATIONS 11/07 77th Annual Southern Economics Association Conference Presentation: The Role of Uncertainty in Weight Control Presentation: Do Fatter Wallets Lead to Larger Waistlines? The Case of Mexico
06/07 15th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Thessaloniki, Greece Presentation: Distributional Effects of Carbon Policies: The Case of Mexico
03/07 Southwestern Social Science Association Meetings in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Presentation: Estimation of Housing Demand in Mexico.
02/07 Eastern Economic Association, New York City, New York. Presentation: Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy: The Case of Mexico.
11/06 The Econometric Society Latin American Meetings, Mexico City, Mexico Presentation: Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy: The Case of Mexico.
7/06 The Society for Computational Economics 12th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance in Cyprus. Presentation: Optimal Control Response to Multiplicative Uncertainty with a Constant Term.
3/06 Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics, Seminar Series Presentation: Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy: The Case of Mexico.
7/05 The Society for Computational Economics 11th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance in Washington, D.C. Presentation: Taxes and quotas for a Stock Pollutant with Multiplicative Uncertainty: A Comment.
11/04 Housing Finance Workshop, University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy. Presented: Housing Finance in Mexico: Recent Development and Trends
7/04 The Society for Computational Economics 10th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance in Amsterdam, Holland. Presentation: “Robust Control: A Note in the Response of the Control to the ‘Free’ Parameter Conditional on the character of Nature”
06/04 CIDE Seminar Program 2004 in Mexico City, Mexico. Presentation: “Precautionary Principle, Robustness and Optimal Taxes for a Stock Pollutant with Multiplicative Risk”
03/04 University of Guanajuato Seminar Program 2004 in Guanajuato, Mexico. Presentation: “Precautionary Principle, Robustness and Optimal Taxes for a Stock Pollutant with Multiplicative Risk”
7/03 The Society for Computational Economics 9th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance in Seattle, Washington. Presentation with A. Rodriguez: “Robust Control: A Note in the Response of the Control to the ‘Free’ Parameter”
4/03 Panel Discussion: “Critical Environmental Problems in Developing Countries”. Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Public Policy, University of Texas at Austin.
AWARDS AND HONORS The University of Texas at Austin 2002-2003 E.D. Farmer International Fellowship 2002-2003 Republic of Mexico Solidaridad Endowed Presidential Scholarship 1998-1999 Texas Competitive Scholarship
CONACYT/Institute of International Education(IIE) 1997-2002 Fullbright Scholarship in Social Sciences
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Summer 1997 Graduated with Honors 1994-1996 Academic Excellence Scholarship
The University of Texas at San Antonio. Fall 1995 Dean's List Fall 1995 Academic Exchange Scholarship
UNIVERSITY SERVICE 1/06- present Faculty Advisor of the International Business Society, Sam Houston State University. 8/06- present Member of the Faculty Achievement Awards Committtee 03/07 Visit with the International Business Society to Aeromexico in Houston, Texas.
REFEREE Computational Economics, Applied Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, book chapter.
LANGUAGES Spanish (Native), English (Fluent).
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