Research Interests

• Effects of currency boards and/or dollarization on risk premia in emerging markets

Selected Publications

• “A Fisherian Approach to Trade, Capital Movements and Tariffs,” American Economic Review (coauthor with Stephen A. Ross)
• “Exchange Market Pressure in Brazil,” American Economic Review (coauthor with José Dantas da Silvéira)
• “Testing the Monetary Approach to Devaluation in Developing Countries,” Journal of Political Economy (coauthor with Dean Taylor)
• “Trade in Public Goods: A Diagrammatical Analysis,” Quarterly Journal of Economics

Teaching & Professional Experience

• Editor, Journal of Policy Reform
• Harvard University
• Columbia University
• Fulbright Scholar, Instituto de Economía de Montevideo, Uruguay
• Fulbright Scholar, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico
• Université de Paris-Dauphine, France
• Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpement International (CERDI), France
• Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• Université de Yaoundé, Cameroon

Degrees

• B.A. Economics, University of California at Berkeley (Phi Beta Kappa), June, 1964
• M.A. Economics, University of Chicago, June 1967
• Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago, June 1969

Specialties

• International finance, trade and development
• Currency boards and exchange speculation