Alfonso Mendoza Department of Economics Tel: +44 1 904 433791 The University of E-mail: [email protected] Heslington, York, UK Web Page: YO10 5DD http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~amv101

Education - PhD, Economics, The , , Oct. 1999 to Sep. 2003. Thesis: Monetary Policy Analysis and Conditional Volatility Models in Emerging Markets. - MSc., Project Analysis & Investments, The University of York, United Kingdom, Sep. 1998–Sep 1999. Dissertation: Market Efficiency in the Mexican Foreign Exchange Market. - MSc., Finance, Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM), Jan. 1995- Dec. 1996. Dissertation: Asset Management and Hedging with Swaps: the case of Bank One Co. - Diploma, Short Course in Social Projects Appraisal, CEPEP-BANOBRAS, Mexico, 1998 - Diploma, Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV), Jun. 1993-Jun. 1994. - B.S., Economics, State of Mexico Autonomous University, Sep. 1988-Jun. 1993. Thesis: International Capital Mobility and Economic Policy Efficiency in Mexico, an application of the Mundell-Fleming model.

Publications ____and Fountas and S. Karanasos, M. "Output Variability and Economic Growth: the Japanese Case", Bulletin of Economic Research, July 2004. ____and Domac, I. "On the Effectiveness of Foreign Exchange Interventions, Evidence from Mexico and Turkey in the Post Float Periods", Policy Research Working Paper, No. 3288, The World Bank, April 2004. ____"The Inflation-output Volatility Tradeoff and exchange rate shocks in Mexico and Turkey", Central Bank Review, Vol 3, No. 1, January 2003.

Work in Progress - "Modeling Long Memory and Default Risk Contagion in Latin American Sovereign Bond Markets", presented at the Annual Meeting of the Monetary, Macro and Finance Research Group Conference, University of Cambridge, September 2003. - "Preemptive Policy Strikes and Bond Price Stability: A Study on the Credibility of the Monetary Policy in Mexico under Inflation Targets", Presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the LACEA, Madrid, Spain, October 2002. - “The implications of Strong Dependence for the Valuation of basket derivates” - "Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: the Empirical Evidence in LA"

Research Experience - Scholar, Easter School on Monetary Policy Analysis 2003, Royal Economic Society, University of Birmingham. - Discussant, Workshop on International Capital Movements, Centre for Central Bank Studies (CCBS), Bank of , June 2002.

- Research Intern, Research Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Summer 2001. Output: The Inflation/Output volatility trade-off and nominal interest rates shocks, The experience of Turkey. mimeo, September 2001. Are nominal interest rates increases related to exchange rate appreciations or depreciations?: Turkey, a post devaluation experience. Mimeo, September 2001.

Teaching and consulting experience - Certified Teacher and Online Instructor, The School of Management, The University of Liverpool, from April 2004 Instructor in Quantitative Methods and Corporate Finance MBA Dissertation Supervisor - Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of York, Oct. 2003- Sep 2004. Lecture: International Economics. Graduate Seminars: Open Economy Macroeconomics and Theory of Finance. Undergraduate Seminars: Econometrics, Statistical Theory and Macroeconomics. MSc Dissertation Supervision: International Economics, Finance and Applied Monetary Policy. - Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of York, Oct. 1999 to Sep. 2003. Pre MSc Courses: Mathematics and Statistics. Tutorial Courses (undergraduate): Macroeconomics, Econometrics for Economists, Mathematical Techniques for Economists II, Mathematics and Microeconomics. - Teacher, Monterrey Institute for Technology and Advanced Studies (ITESM), Campus Toluca, Mexico, 1997 - 1998. Course: International Finance. - Account Manager and Analyst, Pacific Wooten International, Mexico City from 1996-1997. Duties: Foreign Exchange Spot market analysis; Accounts Management. - Project Leader and external consultant, Department of Development, Ministry of Finance, State of Mexico Government, Toluca, Mexico, January - July 1997.

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