Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal Information

Name: COLOMA, Germán.

Nationality: Argentine.

Date of birth: January 25th, 1965.

Marital status: married.

Address: Av. Cordoba 374 Piso 7 – Buenos Aires, C1054AAP – Argentina.

Telephone: (54-11) 6314-3000.

Fax: (54-11) 4314-1654

E-mail: gcoloma@cema.edu.ar

 

2. Education

Undergraduate:

- Public Accountant, School of Economic Sciences of the National University of La Plata, Argentina (graduation date: 2-25-1988).

 

Graduate:

- Master in Public Policy, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina (graduation date: 5-15-1990).

 

- Master of Arts in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (graduation date: 12-16-1994).

 

- Specialist in Financial Management, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (graduation date: 11-20-1995).

 

- Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (graduation date: 3-21-1997).

 

3. Published Work

3.1. Books

Análisis económico del derecho privado y regulatorio [Economic Analysis of Private and Regulatory Law], 306 pgs; Buenos Aires, Ciudad Argentina, 2001.

Defensa de la competencia: análisis económico comparado [Antitrust: A Comparative Economic Analysis], 1st edition, 438 pgs; Buenos Aires, Ciudad Argentina, 2003.

Economía de la organización industrial [Industrial Organization Economics], 390 pgs; Buenos Aires, Temas, 2005.

Defensa de la competencia: análisis económico comparado [Antitrust: A Comparative Economic Analysis], 2nd edition, 571 pgs; Buenos Aires, Ciudad Argentina, 2009.

3.2. Articles published in refereed journals

“Productividad global de los factores: teoría y aplicación al caso de una empresa pública argentina” [Global Factor Productivity: Theory and Application to the Case of an Argentine Public Enterprise]; Económica (La Plata), vol 36, pp 21-51, 1990 (with summary in English).

 

“Diferenciación de productos y poder de mercado” [Product Differentiation and Market Power]; Económica (La Plata), vol 44, pp 3-27, 1998 (with summary in English).

 

“Socialismo de mercado, marginalismo y empresa pública: síntesis y puntos de contacto” [Market Socialism, Marginal Cost Pricing and Public Enterprise: Overview and Connections]; Desarrollo Económico, vol 39, No 153, pp 31-44, 1999 (with summary in English).

 

“Product Differentiation and Market Power in the California Gasoline Market”; Journal of Applied Economics, vol 2, No 1, pp 1-27, 1999.

 

“Capital Accumulation and Income Distribution as the Outcome of a Dynamic Game”; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol 23, pp 1177-1196, 1999.

“An Economic Analysis of Horizontal Property”; International Review of Law and Economics, vol 21, pp 343-354, 2001.

“Las funciones económicas del derecho” [The Economic Functions of Law]; Problemas del Desarrollo, vol 32, No 126, pp 125-147, 2001 (with summary in English).

“Un modelo integrado de depredación y colusión” [An Integrated Model of Predation and Collusion]; Cuadernos de Economía, vol 39, No 116, pp 123-133, 2002 (with summary in English).

“The Effect of the Repsol-YPF Merger on the Argentine Gasoline Market”; Review of Industrial Organization, vol 21, No 4, pp 399-418, 2002.

“Price Discrimination and Price Dispersion in the Argentine Gasoline Market”; International Journal of the Economics of Business, vol 10, pp 169-178, 2003.

“Fusiones horizontales que reducen los precios” [Price-Reducing Horizontal Mergers]; El Trimestre Económico, vol 72, pp 31-53, 2005 (with summary in English).

“Econometric Estimation of PCAIDS Models”; Empirical Economics, vol 31, pp 587-599, 2006.

“Mergers and Acquisitions in Mixed-Oligopoly Markets”; International Journal of Business and Economics, vol 5, pp 147-159, 2006.

“The Arcor/Bagley Merger and the Argentine Biscuit Market: Price Increases vs. Cost Reductions”; Icfai Journal of Mergers and Acquisitions, vol 4, no 2, pp 15-28, 2007.

“The Effect of the Telefonica-BellSouth Merger on the Argentine Cellular Telephone Market”; Telecommunications Policy, vol 31, pp 541-557, 2007.

“Penalty Kicks in Soccer: An Alternative Methodology for Testing Mixed-Strategy Equilibria”; Journal of Sports Economics, vol 8, pp 530-545, 2007.

“Damages for Breach of Contract, Impossibility of Performance and Legal Enforceability”, 16 pgs; Review of Law and Economics, vol 4, pgs 65-80, 2008.

“Equilibrios competitivos y de Bertrand, con y sin diferenciación de productos” [Competitive and Bertrand Equilibria, with and without Product Differentiation]; Revista de Análisis Económico, vol 24, pp 43-53, 2009 (with summary in English).

 “Estimation of Demand Systems Based on Elasticities of Substitution”; Review of Applied Economics, vol 5, pp 31-48, 2009.

“Bertrand Competition in Markets with Fixed Costs” (joint with Alejandro Saporiti), 28 pgs; B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, vol 10, art 27, 2010.

 “El número óptimo de empresas bajo competencia de Bertrand” [The Optimum Number of Firms with Bertrand Competition]; Estudios de Economia, forthcoming (with summary in English).

“Market Delineation and Merger Simulation: A Proposed Methodology with an Application to the Argentine Biscuit Market”; Journal of Competition Law and Economics, forthcoming.

3.3. Book chapters

“Reforma de la empresa pública y privatización en la Argentina” [Public Enterprise Reform and Privatization in Argentina] (joint with Pablo Gerchunoff), 44 pgs; in Gerchunoff, Pablo (editor): Las privatizaciones en la Argentina [Privatizations in Argentina]. Buenos Aires, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, 1992.

 

“Empresa pública y empresa privada: un análisis teórico de eficiencia comparada” [Public and Private Firms: A Theoretical Analysis of Comparative Efficiency], 30 pgs; in Gerchunoff, Pablo (editor); op cit, 1992.

 

“Privatization in Argentina” (joint with Pablo Gerchunoff), 50 pgs; in Sánchez, M. and Corona, R. (editors): Privatization in Latin America. Washington DC, IDB and Johns Hopkins University, 1993.

 

“Teoria econômica da atividade telefônica” [Economic Theory of Telephony], 36 pgs; in Da Costa, Carlos (editor): Telecomunicações [Telecommunications]. Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Liberal, 1996.

“Introducción” [Introduction], 17 pgs; in Coloma, Germán (editor): Progresos en organización industrial [Advances in Industrial Organization]; Buenos Aires, Temas, 2006.

“Análisis económico de los derechos de propiedad” [Economic Analysis of Property Rights], 26 pgs; in Kluger, Viviana (editor): Análisis económico del derecho [Economic Analysis of Law]; Buenos Aires, Heliasta, 2006.

“The Economic Analysis of US Antitrust Merger Law”, 13 pgs; in Gregoriou, Greg and Neuhauser, Karyn (editors): Mergers and Acquisitions. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

“Comentarios sobre los argumentos económicos analizados en cinco casos de apelación de la ley argentina de defensa de la competencia” [Comments on the Economic Analyses Used in Five Argentine Antitrust Cases], 17 pgs; in Favier Dubois, Eduardo and Tajan, Guillermina (editors): Derecho de la competencia y su control judicial [Competition Law and its Judiciary Control]. Buenos Aires, Ad-Hoc, 2008.

“The Argentine Competition Law and its Enforcement”, 24 pgs; in Fox, Eleanor and Sokol, Daniel (editors): Competition Law and Policy in Latin America. Oxford, Hart, 2009.

3.4. Other academic papers

“Teoría de la empresa como repartidora de excedentes” [Theory of the Firm as a Surplus Apportioner], 18 pgs; Annals of the XXVI Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (AAEP), (with summary in English). Santiago del Estero, AAEP, 1991.

 

“La productividad global de las empresas públicas: teoría y aplicación al caso de la DEBA (1983-1988)” [Global Productivity of Public Corporations: Theory and Practical Application in the Case of the DEBA (1983-1988)], 10 pgs. Estudios (Fundación Mediterránea), No 60, 1991 (with summary in English).

 

“Privatizaciones y reforma regulatoria en la Argentina” [Privatizations and Regulatory reform in Argentina] (joint with Pablo Gerchunoff), 38 pgs; Seminário Internacional de Desregulamentação. Brasilia, IPEA, 1992.

 

“La fijación de los precios del gas natural: aspectos normativos, positivos y empíricos” [Natural Gas Pricing: Normative, Positive and Empirical Issues], 30 pgs; Annals of the XXV Argentine Public Finance Meeting. Córdoba, UNC, 1992.

 

“Costo laboral relativo y competitividad de la industria” [Relative Labor Cost and Industrial Competitiveness], 33 pgs (Working Paper No 3 of the IDI). Buenos Aires, Fundación Unión Industrial Argentina, 1992.

 

“La fijación de precios con objetivos productivos” [Pricing with Productive Aims] (joint with Mariana Conte Grand), 37 pgs; Annals of the XXVII Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy. Buenos Aires, AAEP, 1992.

 

“Desempeño empresario y contexto económico: un análisis del período 1991-1992” [Firm Performance and Economic Context: An Analysis of the period 1991-1992], 40 pgs (Working Paper No 12 of the IDI). Buenos Aires, Fundación UIA, 1993.

 

“La privatización de las telecomunicaciones en Argentina” [The Privatization of the Argentine Telecommunications] (joint with P Gerchunoff and M Schiappacasse), 44 pgs; SRPP No 22. Santiago de Chile, Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA), 1994.

 

“La privatización de Aerolíneas Argentinas” [The Privatization of the Argentine Airlines] (joint with P Gerchunoff and M Olmos), 28 pgs; SRPP No 23. Santiago de Chile, Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA), 1994.

 

“Eficiencia y manipulabilidad del mecanismo de mercado” [Efficiency and Manipulability of the Market Mechanism], 14 pgs; Annals of the XXX Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (with summary in English). Río Cuarto, AAEP, 1995.

 

“Acumulación de capital y distribución del ingreso en un juego dinámico infinito” [Capital Accumulation and Income Distribution in an infinite-horizon dynamic game], 33 pgs. Buenos Aires, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, 1996.

 

Two Studies on Efficiency and Market Power, 151 pgs; doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.

 

“La ley argentina de defensa de la competencia” [The Argentine Competition Act], 20 pgs; Annals of the XXXII Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (with summary in English). Bahía Blanca, AAEP, 1997.

 

 “Análisis del comportamiento del mercado argentino de combustibles líquidos” [Analysis of the Behavior of the Argentine Fuel Market], 17 pgs; Annals of the XXXIII Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (with summary in English). Mendoza, AAEP, 1998.

 

“Integración y contratos verticales entre empresas” [Integration and Vertical Contracts Among Firms], 28 pgs. Buenos Aires, Instituto Superior de los Economistas de Gobierno (ISEG), 1998.

 

“Competition, Bargaining and Income Distribution in Argentina and the United States”, 25 pgs; Working Paper No 148. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 1999.

 

 “La discriminación de precios y la defensa de la competencia” [Price Discrimination and Antitrust], 27 pgs. Buenos Aires, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, 1999.

 

“Apuntes para el análisis económico del derecho privado argentino” [Lecture Notes for the Economic Analysis of the Argentine Private Law], 123 pgs; Working Paper No 156. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 1999.

“Prácticas horizontales concertadas y defensa de la competencia” [Horizontal Restraints and Competition Policy], 38 pgs; Working Paper No 170. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2000.

“Elementos para una teoría económica unificada de la responsabilidad civil contractual y extracontractual” [Elements for a Unified Economic Theory of Contractual and Non-Contractual Liability] (joint with Sergio Pernice), 12 pgs; Annals of the XXXV Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (with summary in English). Córdoba, AAEP, 2000.

“A Note on the Equivalence Between Contractual and Tort Liability Rules” (joint with Sergio Pernice), 18 pgs; Working Paper No 179. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2000.

“Breve análisis económico de la propiedad horizontal” [A Brief Economic Analysis of Horizontal Property], 18 pgs; Working Paper No 186. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2001.

“A Preliminary Analysis of the Competitive Effects of the Repsol-YPF Merger on the Argentine Gasoline Market”, 16 pgs; Annals of the VI Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association. Montevideo, LACEA, 2001.

“Un análisis preliminar de los efectos competitivos de la integración entre Repsol e YPF sobre el mercado argentino de nafta” [A Preliminary Analysis of the Competitive Effects of the Repsol-YPF Merger on the Argentine Gasoline Market]; 16 pgs; Annals of the XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (with summary in English). Buenos Aires, AAEP, 2001.

“Apuntes de organización industrial (parte 1)” [Lecture Notes on Industrial Organization, part 1], 96 pgs; Working Paper No 221. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2002.

“Apuntes de organización industrial (parte 2)” [Lecture Notes on Industrial Organization, part 2], 89 pgs; Working Paper No 222. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2002.

“Prácticas horizontales exclusorias y defensa de la competencia” [Horizontal Exclusionary Practices and Antitrust], 25 pgs; Working Paper No 228. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2002.

“La tragedia de los comunes y la tragedia de los anticomunes: una reinterpretación” [The Tragedy of the Commons and the Tragedy of the Anticommons: A Reinterpretation], 8 pgs; Annals of the Argentine Academy of Economic Sciences, vol 48, pgs 173-180, 2003.

“Empresa pública, privatización, regulación y competencia: su papel en la provisión de servicios de infraestructura” [Public Enterprise, Privatization, Regulation and Competition: Their Role in the Provision of Infrastructure Services], 23 pgs; Working Paper No 268. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2004.

“¿Integración vertical o cartelización?: el caso del fútbol codificado” [Vertical Integration or Collusion?: The Case of the Argentine Pay-Per-View Soccer], 16 pgs; Derecho Comercial y de las Obligaciones, vol 208, pgs 1032-1047, 2004.

“Fusiones y adquisiciones en mercados con empresas públicas y privadas” [Mergers and Acquisitions in Markets with Public and Private Firms], 25 pgs (with summary in English); Working Paper No 299. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2005.

“Estrategia comercial: formas indirectas de discriminación de precios” [Business Strategy and Indirect Price Discrimination]; Temas de Management, vol 3, pgs 3-7, November 2005.

“Bertrand Equilibria in Markets with Fixed Costs” (joint with Alejandro Saporiti), 15 pgs; Economics Discussion Paper 0627, University of Manchester, 2006.

“The Argentine Competiton Law and its Enforcement”, 30 pgs; Working Paper No 342. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2007.

“Competencia, fusiones y prácticas anticompetitivas en los mercados de distribución de programas de televisión” [Competition, Mergers and Anticompetitive Practices in Television Program Distribution], 13 pgs; Annals of the XLII Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (with summary in English). Bahía Blanca, AAEP, 2007.

“Bertrand and Price-Taking Equilibria in Markets with Product Differentiation”, 9 pgs; Working Paper No 369. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2008.

“Bertrand’s Price Competition in Markets with Fixed Costs” (joint with Alejandro Saporiti), 23 pgs; Working Paper No 541, Rochester Center for Economic Research, 2008.

“The Optimum Number of Firms under Bertrand Competition”, 12 pgs; Annals of the IX Latin American Meeting of Economic Theory. San Luis (Argentina), IMASL, 2008.

“Una metodología unificada para el cálculo de elasticidades críticas, la definición de mercados relevantes y la simulación de fusiones horizontales” [A Unified Methodology for Critical Elasticity Calculation, Market Delineation and Horizontal Merger Simulation], 34 pgs (with summary in English); Working Paper No 394. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2009.

“Importancia económica de las características fonéticas del idioma español y sus variedades regionales” [Economic Importance of the Phonetic Characteristics of the Regional Dialects of the Spanish Language], 22 pgs (with summary in English); Working Paper No 425. Buenos Aires, CEMA University, 2010.

3.5. Other publications

“Plan antitrust a favor del Mercosur” [An Antitrust Plan for Mercosur], 1 pg. Ambito Financiero, 3/2/1993.

 

 

“La renegociación del contrato de concesión de Aguas Argentinas” [The Renegotiation of the Aguas Argentinas Franchise] (joint with Mariana Conte Grand), 2 pgs; Expe-Outlook, vol 5, No 48, 1997.

 

“Breve análisis económico de la ley argentina de defensa de la competencia” [Brief Economic Analysis of the Argentine Competition Act], 6 pgs; Boletín Latinoamericano de Competencia, No 2, 1997.

 

“La fusión en el derecho de defensa de la competencia” [Mergers and Competition Law] (joint with Arquímedes Soldano), 4 pgs; Jurisprudencia Argentina, No 6069, 12/24/1997.

 

“El caso de YPF y la defensa de la competencia” [Competition Policy and the YPF Case], 6 pgs; Expe-Outlook, vol 7, nº 53, 1999.

 

“El control de las fusiones y adquisiciones en la nueva ley de defensa de la competencia” [Merger Control in the New Argentine Competitition Act] (joint with Santiago Dellepiane Avellaneda), 8 pgs; Expe-Outlook, vol 7, nº 54, 1999.

“El análisis económico del derecho” [The Economic Analysis of Law], 1 pg; C-mail, vol 5, nº 21, March 2000.

“Competencia y poder de mercado en combustibles líquidos” [Competition and Market Power in Fuels] (joint with Manuel Abdala), 9 pgs; Expe-Outlook, vol 8, nº 55, 2000.

“La experiencia argentina en el control previo de fusiones y adquisiciones” [The Argentine Experience in Pre-Merger Notifications], 4 pgs; Análisis, vol 3, no 16, April 2001.

“La adquisición de YPF por Repsol y sus efectos sobre el funcionamiento del mercado argentino de nafta” [The Acquisition of YPF by Repsol and its Effects on the Argentine Gasoline Market], 9 pgs; LECG Newsletter Latin America, vol 9, No 60, 2001.

“El equilibrio de Nash y los tiros penales” [Nash Equilibrium and Soccer Penalty Kicks], 1 pg; C-mail, vol 9, no 44, September 2004.

“El proyecto para regular los servicios públicos” [The Public Utility Regulation Bill], 1 pg; El Cronista Comercial, October 20, 2004.

“La defensa de la competencia y los medios de comunicación” [Antitrust and the Media], 3 pgs; Análisis, vol 7, no 40, June 2005.

“Importancia del sector hidrocarburífero en la Argentina” [Importance of the Hydrocarbon Sector in Argentina] (joint with Mariana Conte Grand and Joel Schneider), 3 pgs; Análisis, vol 7, no 41, September 2005.

“La ley argentina de defensa de la competencia: cinco predicciones acerca de su aplicación” [The Argentine Competition Law: Five Predictions About its Enforcement]; La Ley (UCEMA Supplement), pgs 1-2, 6/7/2007.

“Normas y políticas de competencia y la regulación de los servicios públicos” [Competition Policy, Competition Law and Public Utility Regulation], 32 pgs. San José de Costa Rica, Commission for the Promotion of Competition (COPROCOM), 2007.

“Indemnizaciones por incumplimiento contractual, seguridad jurídica y caso fortuito” [Contract Damages, Legal Enforceability and Fortuitous Case]; Revista UCEMA, vol 1, no 4, pgs 12-14, November 2007.

“Competencia, monopolio y televisación del fútbol” [Competition, Monopoly and Soccer Broadcasting], 1 pg; El Cronista Comercial, August 26, 2009.

“¿Concentración monopólica o de conglomerado?: El caso de Telecom Italia” [Monopolistic or Conglomerate Merger?: The Case of Telecom Italia], 3 pgs; La Ley, February 17, 2010.

 

4. Academic Experience

Teaching Assistant of “Analysis of Financial Statements”, National University of La Plata (October 1987-September 1992).

 

Teaching Assistant of “Economics of the Firm”, National University of La Plata (April 1990-August 1993).

 

Member No 368 of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (since 1992).

Lecturer of “Public Utility Economics”, National University of La Plata (August 1992-August 1993).

Visiting Professor of the seminar on “Difference Equations and Dynamic Optimization”, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (July-August 1994).

 

Teaching Assistant at the Economics Departament of the University of California, Los Angeles (September 1994-June 1995).

 

Teaching Associate at the Economics Department of the University of California, Los Angeles (September 1995-March 1996).

 

Teaching Assistant Consultant at the Economics Department of the University of California, Los Angeles (June 1996-March 1997).

 

Associate Professor of “Microeconomics I”, University of San Andrés (March 1997-July 1998).

 

Professor of “Microeconomics I” at the Government Economics Graduate Program, University of San Andrés (April-June 1997).

 

Associate Professor of “Industrial Organization”, University of San Andrés (August-December 1997).

 

Professor of “Information Economics” at the Economics Graduate Program, National University of La Plata (October 1997-December 1998).

 

Academic referee of research projects sponsored by the National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology of Argentina (ANPCyT), and the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina (CONICET), since 1998.

Associate Professor of the seminar on “Antitrust and Competition”, National University of La Plata (August-December 1998).

 

Full-time Professor, CEMA University (since February 1999).

Professor of “Industrial Organization”, Undergraduate Program in Economics, Graduate Program in Economics and Graduate Program in Business Administration, CEMA University (since February 1999).

Professor of “Economic Analysis of Law”, Graduate Program in Finance, CEMA University (February 1999-December 2008).

 

Director of the Graduate Program in Project Evaluation, ITBA and CEMA University (since August 1999).

 

Member of the Academic Consultive Board of CEMA University since October 1999.

 

Visiting Professor of “Industrial Organization” at the Economics Graduate Program, National University of La Plata (October 1999-December 2001).

 

Professor of “Microeconomics and Public Finance”, Graduate Program in Project Evaluation, ITBA and CEMA University (since March 2000).

Researcher in charge of the project “Economic Analysis of the Argentine Private Law”, partially financed by the Nacional Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology of Argentina, PICT99, Project 2-5073 (August 2000-July 2001).

Member of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) between 2001 and 2002.

Professor of “Advanced Microeconomics (Economic Analysis of Law)”, Ph.D. Program in Economics, CEMA University (September 2002-November 2003).

Academic Evaluator of FASTA University (Mar del Plata), hired by the National Commission of University Evaluation of Argentina (November 2002-February 2003).

Co-editor of the Journal of Applied Economics (March 2003-April 2008).

 

Visiting Professor of “Economic Analysis of Property Rights” at the Law and Economics Graduate Program, University of Buenos Aires (March 2003-August 2007).

Visiting Professor of “Public Administration and Economics” at the Law and Economics Graduate Program, University of Buenos Aires (August 2003-November 2004).

Visiting Professor of “Competition and Antitrust”, Ciudad Argentina Graduate School (EPOCA), Buenos Aires (since August 2003).

Visiting Professor of “Economic Analysis of Property Rights” at the Law and Economics Graduate Program, Congress University, Mendoza (October 2003).

Visiting Professor of the seminar on “Competition Law” at the Austral University, Buenos Aires (October-November 2003).

Member of the Organizing Committee of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Colloquium of ForoCompetencia (Pilar, Argentina, October 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009).

Professor of “Competitive Strategy and Market Regulation” at the Graduate Program in Business Administration, CEMA University (since September 2004).

Member of the Executive Board of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (November 2004-November 2008).

Visiting Professor of “Antitrust Law and Economics” at the Law and Economics Graduate Program, University of Buenos Aires (March 2005-October 2009).

Member of the Advisory Committee to nominate the professor of “Economics of the firm and industrial organization”; School of Economic Sciences of the National University of La Plata (July 2005).

Academic Evaluator of the Master Program in Economics at Alberto Hurtado University (Santiago, Chile), hired by the National Commission of University Evaluation of Chile (March-May 2008).

Editor of the Journal of Applied Economics (since April 2008).

Professor of “Market Regulation and Antitrust” at the Graduate Program in Finance, CEMA University (since September 2009).

Four undergraduate theses chaired at the University of San Andrés (1998-2001).

Thirty-nine master theses chaired at CEMA University, the University of Buenos Aires, the National University of La Plata, and the University of San Andrés (1998-2010).

Four doctoral dissertation committees chaired at CEMA University (2002-2009).

Academic Referee for the following journals: Económica, Economic Theory, Energy Journal, Ensayos Económicos, International Game Theory Review, International Journal of Business and Economics, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Sport Economics, Manchester School, Problemas del Desarrollo, Review of Industrial Organization and Telecommunications Policy.

 

5. Other Professional Experience

Regent of the School of Economic Sciences of the National University of La Plata, in representation of the students (1986-1988).

 

President of the Students’ Union of Economic Sciences of the National University of La Plata  (1987-1988).

 

Assistant to the Financial Manager of the Energy Social Enterprise of Buenos Aires (ESEBA SA), assigned to the Budget Division (May 1990-March 1992).

 

Associate Researcher in the study “Privatizations in Argentina”, directed by Pablo Gerchunoff. Instituto Torcuato Di Tella and Inter-American Development Bank (1991-1992).

 

Permanent Researcher at the Institute for the Development of the Industry (IDI) of the “Fundación Unión Industrial Argentina” (UIA) (March 1992-August 1993).

 

Consultant on energy economics for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in the study “The Competitiveness of the Argentine Industry”; Project Arg/92/008 (April-July 1992).

 

Associate Researcher in the study “Antitrust Policy in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur)”. Instituto Torcuato Di Tella and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina (1992-1993).

Delegate to the XV International Conference of Labor Statisticians, in representation of the Unión Industrial Argentina. Geneva, International Labor Organization (January 1993).

 

Associate Researcher in the study “Fiscal Harmonization Between Brazil and Argentina”. National University of La Plata and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina (1993).

 

Consultant to YPF S.A. about gasoline pricing and market structure in Argentina (July 1996).

 

Permanent Consultant to the National Competition Commission of Argentina (April-December 1997).

 

Consultant to Aguas Argentinas S.A, hired for the renegotiation of the franchise contract of water and sewage in the Buenos Aires area (May-July 1997).

 

Chief Economist of the National Competition Commission of Argentina (December 1997-December 1998).

 

Affiliate to the Law and Economics Consulting Group (LECG, LLC) since January 1999.

 

Consultant to Marby S.A, about antidumping in the Argentine steel market (August 1999).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of the competitive behavior of the Argentine cement market (September 1999-June 2005).

 

Consultant to the Argentine Association of Long-Distance Transportation Companies, about competition in the Argentine air transport market (October 1999-January 2000).

Consultant hired by LECG for the rate structure revision of the water and sewage franchise in the La Paz area (July-September 2001).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine fuel markets (March-April 2002).

Consultant to Air Liquide S.A, about competition in the Argentine oxygen market (September 2002-June 2005).

Consultant hired by LECG for preparing documents to be presented in public utility rate hearings of the water and sewage concession in the Buenos Aires area (September-October 2002).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine wholesale natural gas market (December 2003-February 2007).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine cellular telecommunications market (May-July 2004).

Consultant to the associations of milk producers from the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and La Pampa, about market power measurement in the Argentine wholesale milk market (September 2004).

Consultant hired by LECG for the elaboration of antitrust regulations in the Uruguayan telecommunications’ markets (October 2004-September 2005).

Consultant hired by an important tobacco company to analyze the economic regulation of products subject to health risks (April-December 2005).

Consultant hired by Voridian SRL for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine plastic packaging market (December 2005-February 2006).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine electricity and natural gas industries (January-March 2006).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine biscuit market (March-October 2006).

Consultant hired by the National Competition Commission of Argentina for the analysis of antitrust issues in the television markets, sponsored by a research grant from the International Development Research Center of Canada (April 2006-February 2007).

Consultant hired by the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), for the analysis of regulation and antitrust issues in Costa Rica (May 2006-September 2007).

Consultant hired by the Panamanian Authority of Consumer Protection and Competition Policy (APCDC), for the analysis of competition issues in Panama (July 2007).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine beer market (August-September 2007).

Consultant hired by Megavisión Santiago S.A. for the analysis of antitrust issues in the cable television markets in the province of Santiago del Estero (December 2007).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Chilean beer market (March-May 2008).

Consultant hired by the Colombian Authority of Industry and Commerce (SIC), for the analysis of competition issues in Colombia (July-August 2008).

Consultant hired by the Peruvian Regulatory Agency of Energy and Mining (OSINERGMIN), for the analysis of competition issues in energy markets (September 2008).

Consultant hired by the Uruguayan Regulatory Agency of Telecommunications (URSEC), for the analysis of competition issues in telecommunications’ markets in Uruguay (October-December 2008).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of competition regulation issues in the Colombian mobile telecommunications market (February 2009).

Consultant hired by the Argentine Association of Building Firms (Cámara Argentina de la Construcción) for the analysis of socio-economic benefits of water and sewerage infrastructure (May-November 2009).

Consultant hired by the Argentine Treasury Attorney’s Office (PTN) for the analysis of regulation issues concerning the concession of water and sewerage services in the Province of Buenos Aires (June 2009-March 2010).

Consultant hired by an important oil company to analyze competition and regulatory issues in the oil markets of Argentina and Bolivia (June-September 2009).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine beer market (July-September 2009).

Consultant hired by LECG for the analysis of antitrust issues in the Argentine telecommunications market (August-October 2009).

Consultant hired by the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), for the analysis of topics related to abuse of dominance and collusive practices in Colombia and Peru (since March 2010).