Gabriel Xavier Martínez 5050 Ave Maria Blvd. (239) 280-1611 Ave Maria, FL 34142 gmartinez@avemaria.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics, University of Notre Dame, May 2002 Dissertation: "Stabilization - cum - Liberalization and Endogenous Financial Crises," defended on March 1, 2002 Dissertation Completion Grant, Department of Economics, Summer 2001 and 2000. Helen Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2000-2001 Master of Arts in Economics, University of Notre Dame, January 4, 1998 GPA: 3.850 Project Latin America 2000 Fellow, 1996-2000 Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of South Carolina, May 4, 1996 GPR: 4.0. Concentration: Business Economics Member of the Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society and the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, University of South Carolina. President's List, Spring and Fall 1995 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Chair of the Department of Economics, Ave Maria University, Naples, FL, May 2006 Present Assistant Professor of Economics, Ave Maria University, Naples, FL, July 2004 Present Courses taught: Principles of Macroeconomics Intermediate Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics Statistics for the Social Sciences Markets, State, and Institutions The Economics and Ethics of Development Latin American Economic History
Banking, Money, and Finance International Trade International Monetary Economics Forecasting Macroeconomic Fluctuations Assistant Professor of Economics, Ave Maria College, Ypsilanti, MI, July 2002 July 2004 Courses taught: Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Life Banking, Money, and Finance International Trade International Monetary Economics Introduction to Econometrics Calculus I Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Fall 2000-Spring 2002 Principles of Macroeconomics (three weekly Friday discussion sessions. Spring 2002: taught 81 students; Spring 2001: taught 90 students). Principles of Microeconomics (two weekly Friday discussion sessions. Fall 2001: taught 50 students; Fall 2000: taught 30 students). Intern, Office of Evaluation and Oversight, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C., May July 2001. Prepared a framework for a financial sector strategy study. Wrote country studies on Ecuador s and Mexico s financial systems. Participated in the Office s assessments of the evaluability of the Bank s loan proposals. Intern, Central Bank of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, March May 2000. Prepared a database on the Ecuadorian banking system and general economy for the study of the Ecuadorian financial crisis. Intern, Department of Finance, Banco La Previsora, Guayaquil, Ecuador, June-July 1996. Prepared a statistical program for the improvement of the bank s budget process.
COMMITTEE SERVICE Evaluated other banks for purposes of Treasury operations. Personal Assistant to the Minister of Government of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Aug-Oct 1993. General office work, in contact with high political circles. Salesman at CASH, credit-card company, Guayaquil, Ecuador, February-April 1992. Sold credit cards. Director, Institute of Business, 2007 - Assessment Committee 2002-2003, 2004-2007 (Chairman of the committee 2006-2007); Chairman of the Institutional Effectiveness Committee 2007 - General Education Assessment Taskforce, 2006-2007 American Academy for Liberal Education Self-Study Committee 2006 Housing Committee 2006, 2008 Security and Compensation Committee 2006 Website Committee 2005-2006 Academic Standards Committee 2002-2003 PUBLISHED PAPERS IN ECONOMICS (2006) The Political Economy of the Ecuadorian Financial Crises, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 30, Number 4, July, pp. 567-585. Advance Access published online on December 6, 2005, http://cje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/bei097v1 (2003), Disciplina y Percepción: Dolarización de Activos y Maquillaje de Capital en la Crisis de 1999, Cuestiones Económicas, 2003:3. SUBMITTED PAPERS IN ECONOMICS (2007) Credit Rationing and Exchange-Rate Stabilization: Examining the Relation between Financial Frictions, Exchange- Rate Volatility, Lending Rates, and Capital Inflows, received by the Journal of International Economics on Friday, October 05, 2007
BOOK REVIEWS CONFERENCE PAPERS WORKING PAPERS A Vocation to Business, Review of Business and Religion, A Clash of Civilizations Journal of Business Ethics, 2007, 71, (1), 101-101. Credit Rationing and Exchange-Rate Stabilization: Examining the Relation between Financial Frictions, Exchange-Rate Volatility, Lending Rates, and Capital Inflows (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, San José, Costa Rica, November 5, 2005) Bank Runs and Financial Liberalization: The Case of Ecuador. (Eastern Economic Association, New York, February 25, 2001) The Causes of Financial Crises: The Case of Ecuador. (Eastern Economic Association, New York, February 25, 2001, Midwest Economics Association, Cleveland, March 31, 2001) Sudden-Stops and Institutions: A Review Essay. A Financial Exchange-Rate Based Stabilization Cycle Liability Dollarization and Depositor Perceptions: The Case of Ecuador Cosmetic Accounting and Crisis Containment in Ecuador Signals Methodology in the Ecuadorian Financial Crisis Bank Solidity and Financial Liberalization in Ecuador The Second Lost Decade: the Ecuadorian Financial Crisis Twin Crises - Literature Review Endogenous Financial Crises and the Financial Accelerator - Literature Review OTHER PUBLICATIONS The Unfeasibility of the Social Credit Solution, University Concourse, Jan 13, 2003 Over two dozen articles in The Observer, the student newspaper of the University of Notre Dame, on religious, political, and economic matters. Translated The Apocalypse of Being: The Esoteric Gnosis of Martin Heidegger, by Mario Enrique Sacchi, from Spanish into English.
RESEARCH INTERESTS Open-Economy Macroeconomics International Finance Latin America Catholic Social Teaching Economics and Ethics SKILLS Languages: Near-native in English, native speaker of Spanish, basic proficiency in French. Computers Statistics and Econometrics: EViews, Stata Scientific Computing: MatLab, Scientific Word MS Office