Resume for Current Work

MARTINA COPELMAN

Contact Information: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 301-405-3548 Office: Tydings Hall 3127 F

Fields of Specialization: Macroeconomics, and International Economics

Education:  Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1994. DATES: September 1989 - May 1994. THESIS TITLE: "Essays on Consumption and Money Demand After Stabilizations."

 B.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Magna Cum Laude, 1988

Professional Experience:  Vice-President of Financial Planning. Banamex-Accival Financial Group January 1997 – April 1999.  Economist for Argentina and Venezuela. International Finance Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. September 1994-October 1996.  Visiting Scholar Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Summer 1993  Summer Intern at the International Monetary Fund in the Maritime Division of the Western Hemisphere Department. Summer 1992:  Research Assistant. Institute for International Economics. Washington D.C. Worked on a study of U.S. exchange rate policy Summer 1988

Academic Experience:

 Lecturer: University of Maryland, College Park, MD August 2014- Present  Lecturer: Economics Department at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). 8/1999- 8/2013  Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Coordinator for the introductory macro course. Design all aspects of the course, which is obligatory for all students at the university. Fall 2004-Present  Professor and Researcher. Centro de Análisis e Investigación Económica (CAIE) and Economics Department at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). August 1999 –Dec. 2002.  Visiting Scholar Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Summer 1993  Research Assistant to Prof. Paul Krugman at M.I.T. Summer 1993

 Research Assistant to Prof. Robert Solow at M.I.T. Summer 1991.

 Research Assistant to Prof. Robert Solow at M.I.T. Summer 1990

 Economics Tutor at the Univ. of California, Berkeley. Spring 87-89

 Introductory Macroeconomics. Undergraduates under the supervision of Prof. Olivier Blanchard. Fall 1992. MARTINA COPELMAN

 Intermediate Macroeconomics. Undergraduate course. Teaching Assistant to Prof. Robert Solow. Spring 1993

 International Economics. Sloan School of Business Administration. Assistant to Prof. Lael Brainard. Spring 1994

 Macroeconomics for MBA's. Sloan School of Business Administration. Teaching Assistant to Prof. Julio Rotemberg. Spring 1994

 Professor of Introductory and Intermediate Macroeconomics for undergraduates. Instituto Tecnológico

Courses Taught:  Introductory Macroeconomics  Intermediate Macroeconomics  International Economics  Macroeconomics for MBA's. Sloan School of Business Administration  Introductory and Intermediate Macroeconomics for undergraduates

Publications:

 “Financial Structure and Economic Activity in Mexico.” World Bank Study, February 2000

 “Exchange Rate Policy and the Bank Lending Channel: Sectoral Evidence From Mexico.” Joint with Alejandro Werner. Federal Reserve Board mimeo, 1995

 "The Role of Credit in Post-Stabilization Consumption Booms."

 “The Transmission Mechanism in Mexico." Federal Reserve Board, June 1995. Joint with Alejandro Werner

 "Financial Innovation and the Speed of Adjustment of Money Demand: Evidence from Bolivia, Israel, and Venezuela." MIT mimeo, August 1992.

 "De Gaulle's Miracle: The French Stabilization of 1958." MIT mimeo, October 1992.

 "The Dynamic Response of U.K. Unemployment and Interest Rates to Demand and Supply Shocks." MIT mimeo, February 1990.

Grants and Honors:  American Economic Association/Federal Reserve System Minority Graduate Fellowship in Economics. April 1993

 National Science Foundation Graduate Minority Fellowship. 1989-1992