Jorge Miguel Streb - C.V.
Universidad
del CEMA (Ucema)
Professor
since May 1995 (courses: Political Economy, Political Analysis, History
of Economic Thought, Research Workshop)
Director
of Research
since February 1996
Editor,
Journal of Applied Economics (JAE), since November 2008
(co-editor,
November 2001-October 2008; member of Editorial Board, May 1999-October
2001)
Editor,
Serie Documentos de
Trabajo (D.T.), since April 2007
Email
jms@cema.edu.ar, web
page http://www.cema.edu.ar/~jms/
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1993
MA in Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1989
Licenciado en Economía, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA),
1981
Topics of interest
Political
Economy, Institutions,
Economic Development, Information Economics
Journal
articles
13. “Checks and balances on political budget cycles: Cross-country
evidence”, with Daniel Lema and Gustavo Torrens, Kyklos, vol. 62, no. 3, pp.
425-446, August 2009
[working paper version: D.T.
286, Ucema, February
2005]
12. “Separation of
powers and political budget cycles”, with Alejandro D. Saporiti, Public Choice, vol. 137, no. 1/2, pp.
329-345, October 2008 [D.T. 251,
Ucema, November 2003]
11.
“Economic
development as a
matter of political geography”, with Pablo F. Druck, Estudios
de Economía, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 5-20, June 2007 [D.T.
182, Ucema, January
2001]
10.
“Real
exchange rate cycles around elections”, with Ernesto H.
Stein and Piero Ghezzi, Economics
& Politics, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 297-330, November 2005 [
D.T. 174, Ucema, August 2000]
9. “Signaling in political budget cycles. How far are you willing to
go?”,
Journal
of Public Economic Theory, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 229-252, May 2005
[D.T. 193, Ucema, July 2001]
8. “Elections and the timing
of devaluations”, with Ernesto H. Stein, Journal
of International Economics, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 119-145, May 2004
[D.T. 140, Ucema, January 1999]
7. “Political
uncertainty and economic underdevelopment”, Estudios de
Economía,
vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 89-114, June 2001 [D.T. 168, Ucema, May 2000]
6. “Reelection
or
term limits? The short and the long view of economic
policy”, Estudios de Economía, vol. 26, no. 2, pp.
187-206,
December 1999 [D.T. 144, Ucema, March 1999]
5. “Y, si no hay más remedio ... Inflación, desconfianza
y la desintegración del sistema financiero en Argentina”, Desarrollo
Económico, vol. 38, pp. 199-214, Fall 1998 [D.T. 128, Ucema,
April 1998]
4. “Political
stabilization cycles in high inflation economies”, with
Ernesto
Stein, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 56, pp. 159-180,
June
1998 [D.T.
123, CEMA, October 1997; CIDER W.P., U.C. Berkeley, August
1994]
3. “Economías
de escala y utilización de la capacidad
instalada:
evidencia empírica de los bancos minoristas en Argentina”, with
Laura D'Amato, Monetaria, vol. 18, no. 2, pp.149-170, April
1995; “Economies of scale and utilization of installed capacity:
empirical
evidence
from retail banks in Argentina”, Money Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1,
pp.
97-117, June 1995 [D.T. 108, CEMA, November 1995]
2. “Una
función de costos para la industria bancaria” , with
Laura
D'Amato, Beatriz López and Fabiana Penas, Económica,
vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 1-33, December 1994
1. “Influencia
de la estabilización de precios sobre la
recaudación
tributaria” , with Jorge Domper, Ensayos económicos, no.
38, pp. 45-84, October 1987. Reprinted in Omar O. Chisari, ed., Aspectos
fiscales de la inflación, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de
Buenos
Aires, 1989
Chapters in books and
other publications
5. “Corporate bond
markets in Argentina”, with Roque B.
Fernández and Sergio Pernice, in E. Borensztein, K. Cowan, B.
Eichengreen and U. Panizza, eds., On the
Verge of a Big Bang? Bond Markets in Latin America, chapter 4, pp.
89-117, Cambridge, MA,
MIT
Press, 2008 [D.T. 348,
Ucema, April 2007]
4. “Estabilización
económica e
incentivos políticos”, in Daniel Heymann, editor, Progresos
en macroeconomía (Colección Progresos en
Economía -
AAEP), pp. 179-236, Buenos Aires, Editorial Temas, 2007
3. “The
effect of bank relationships on credit for firms in Argentina”,
with Javier Bolzico, Pablo Druck, Alejandro
Henke, Javier Rutman and Walter Sosa Escudero, in Arturo Galindo and
Fabio Schiantarelli, editors, Credit
Constraints
and Investments in Latin America, chapter 2, pp. 23-69,
Inter-American Development
Bank,
Washington, D.C., 2003 [D.T. 216, Ucema, May 2002; IADB Research
Network WP R-444, May 2002]
2. “La racionalidad en
economía”, Ciencia Hoy, vol. 8,
no.
48, pp. 32-36, October 1998 [D.T. 139, Ucema, November 1998]
1. On the political economy of inflation, Ph.D. dissertation,
U.C.
Berkeley, May 1993
Unpublished working
papers
13. “Hume: The power of abduction and simple observation in economics”
[D.T. 417, Ucema, March 2010]
12. “Temporal aggregation in political budget cycles”, with Daniel Lema
[D.T. 403, Ucema, August 2009]
11. “Making rules credible: Divided government and political budget
cycles”, with Gustavo Torrens [D.T. 395, Ucema, April 2009].
10. “Determinants of the development of corporate bond markets in
Argentina: One size does not fit all”, with Roque Fernández and
Sergio
Pernice [D.T. 348, Ucema, April 2007].
9. “Corporate bonds, asset-backed securities and
deferred checks in Argentina”, with Alejandro Bedoya, Roque
Fernández, Celeste González and Sergio Pernice [D.T. 347,
Ucema, April
2007]
Databases: asset-backed
securities, deferred
checks
8.
“Determinants
of the development
of corporate bond markets in Argentina:
Survey to firms and investors”, with María Alegre and Sergio
Pernice
[D.T. 345,
Ucema, April
2007]
7.
“Database
of corporate bonds
from Argentina”,
with Alejandro Bedoya, Celeste González, Sergio Pernice, Alejo
Czerwonko and Leandro Díaz Santillán [D.T. 344, Ucema,
April
2007]
Database: corporate
bonds
6.
“Loan
and bond finance in Argentina,
1985-2005”, with Roque B. Fernández, Celeste González
and Sergio
Pernice [D.T. 343, Ucema, April
2007]
5. “Job market
signals and signs” [D.T. 326,
Ucema, August 2006]
4. “Currency substitution, capital flight, and real exchange
rates”
[D.T. 113, CEMA, July 1996]
3. “The politics of wage decisions. Union cooperation or harassment”
[D.T. 103, CEMA, May 1995]
2. “Convertibilidad y sistema financiero” , with Beatriz López
[manuscript,
BCRA, September 1993]
1. “Déficit del sector público. Metodologías
alternativas
de medición”, with Norma Riavitz and Liliana Schumacher [Serie
de Finanzas Públicas, BCRA, November 1989]
Teaching experience
Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional
de San
Luis, 2009, 2007 and 2004 (Research Methodology)
Visiting Professor, Universidad
Nacional de Tucumán, 1998-2003, and Universidad del
Pacífico, Lima, 2002
(Political Economy)
Visiting Professor, Instituto de Desarrollo
Económico y Social, UBA, Universidad de San Andrés, and Universidad
Torcuato Di Tella, 1990-1995 (Political Economy and other courses)
Assistant
Professor, before
Teaching Assistant, UBA, 1981-1987 (Comparative Economic Systems)
Assistant
Professor, Universidad
Católica Argentina,
1982 (History of Economic Thought)
Professional
experience
Member of Board, Asociación Argentina
de Economía Política, 2002-2004.
Coordinator, Master en Economía de
Gobierno / Posgrado en Economía Pública, Ucema, May
1995-March 2001
Consultant,
Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB), August 1998, July-August 1997, February-March
1996
Visiting
Economist, Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas,
November 1996
Deputy
Manager, Gerencia de
Administración de Reservas, Banco Central de la República
Argentina (BCRA),
February 1994-May 1995; Analyst, Gerencia de Investigaciones
Económicas, August
1992-February 1994
Research
Assistant, U.C. Berkeley, summers of 1992, 1989 and 1988
Head,
Departamento de Financiamiento del Sector
Público, Gerencia de Finanzas Públicas,
BCRA, September 1989-January 1991; several positions, December
1982-August 1987
Research
Fellowship, CONICET,
February-November 1982
Statistical Assistant, Fundación de
Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL), December
1979-February 1981
Evaluation experience
Referee:
Cuadernos de Economía; Desarrollo
Económico; Economia; Economics
& Politics; Estudios
Gerenciales; FinanzArchiv;
Journal of Applied
Economics; Journal of Banking & Finance;
Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Law,
Economics, and Organization;
Manchester School; Public Choice; Revista
de Economía Política de Buenos Aires; Scottish
Journal of Political Economy ; Trimestre
Económico
President, Evaluation Comittee, Asociación
Argentina de
Economía Política (AAEP), 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007
Referee
for congresses: AAEP 2006; CNEPE 2009, 2007, 2005 and 2003; LACEA 2004
and 2003
Evaluator,
2007 and 2004 Call for Research Projects in Science and Technology,
Argentina.
Peer Evaluator of Graduate Programs
in Economics: Acreditación de Posgrados, CONEAU, Argentina, 2001
and 2000;
Comisión de Acreditación de Posgrados, Ministerio de
Cultura y Educación, Argentina,
1995
Jury Member, Economics III Professorship Contestants,
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires,
1999
Evaluator,
1998
Awards for Advanced Study in the UK,
from the British Embassy, The British Council
and Fundación Antorchas, Buenos Aires,
1998
Grants
and research projects
Director,
Project on “Electoral Cycles in Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Latin
America: The
Influence of Budgetary and
Monetary Institutions”, FONCyT, 2007 (PICT 2005, Project 34790).
Researcher,
Country Project on
Argentina, Research Network Project on
“Development of Latin-American Bond
Markets”, IADB, 2005.
President
Local Organizing
Committee, 2001 Annual Meeting of the Asociación Argentina de
Economía Política
(FONCyT grant RC2001-0688).
Director, Country Project
on Argentina, Research Network Project on
“Determinants and Consequences of Financial
Constraints Facing Firms in Latin America and the Caribbean”, IADB, 2000
Scholarships
and fellowships
John
H. Wheeler and Elliot H. Wheeler
Fellowship for distinguished academic record, U.C. Berkeley, 1991-1992
academic
year
Scholarship,
BCRA, to attend the
Masters Program in Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1987-89
Languages
Fluent in Spanish,
English, and Portuguese