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Ramón González-Hernández

Phone Numbers: (786) 845-8756 Home; (786) 486-6341 Mobile

Address: 5078 NW 114th Path, Doral, FL, 33178, USA.

E -Mails: rgonz002@fiu.edu ; rgonzalez03@gmail.com.

Url: www.fiu.edu/~rgonz002

Florida International University (FIU)

Department of Economics

11200 S.W. 8th Street

DM Building, 3^rd Floor

Miami, FL., 33199

USA

Tel: (305) 348-2316 – Fax: (305) 348-1524

EDUCATION

Ph.D. candidate. Department of Economics, Florida International University (FIU).

Miami, FL.,USA. August 2004-Present. Graduation expected in April, 2008.

M.A. in Economics with concentration in Macroeconomics.

Awarded with Two Votes of Distinction. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile, 2000.

Post-Graduate degree in Applied Macroeconomics,

“Inter-American Program in Applied Macroeconomics” (PIMA). Maximum Distinction. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,

Santiago, Chile, 1998.

Post-Graduate degree of Specialist in Corporate Finance.

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1997.

B.S. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude.

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1996.

Research Fields

-Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

-International Economics.

WORKING PAPERS

Dissertation Title: “Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics”

-Habit Formation, Adjustments Costs, and International Business Cycle Puzzles

-Comparison Utility, Endogenous Time Preference, and Economic Growth

-An Empirical Assessment of the Exchange Rate Expectation Formation Mechanism in Developing Countries (Work in Progress)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor. Department of Economics. Florida International University (FIU).

Miami, FL., USA.

-Principles of Macroeconomics. Fall 2007, Spring 2008

-Principles of Microeconomics. Spring 2007, Fall 2006.

Teaching Assistant. Department of Economics. Florida International University (FIU).

Miami, FL., USA.

-Principles of Macroeconomics. Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006.

-Fundamentals of Graduate Microeconomics. Fall 2005

Instructor. Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM).

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

-Economic Development. Fall 2002.

-Principles of Economics. Spring 1997

Instructor. Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

European Union-Sponsored Master in Economic Policies and Reforms for Development.

-Monetary and Financial Programming. Summer 2001, Summer 2000.

-Open Economy Macroeconomics. Spring 2000.

-Applied Econometrics. Spring 2000.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

-Technical Consultant/Deputy Director. Monetary Programming and Economic Research Department.

Supervisor of the Monetary Programming, Fiscal and Foreign Policy Divisions.

Banco Central de la República Dominicana (Central Bank of the Dominican Republic).

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. March 2003 – August 2004.

-Director of Research. Superintendencia de Pensiones de la República Dominicana (Superintendency of Pensions of the Dominican Republic).

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. September 2002 – March 2003.

-Chief of the Foreign Policy Division / Monetary Policy Specialist working with the Monetary and Financial Program of the Central Bank.

Monetary Programming and Economic Research Department. Banco Central de la República Dominicana (Central Bank of the Dominican Republic).

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. June 2000 - September 2002.

-Economist III / Monetary Policy Specialist working with the Monetary Program of the Central Bank.

Monetary Programming and Economic Research Department. Banco Central de la República Dominicana (Central Bank of the Dominican Republic).

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. September 1999-June 2000.

August 1997-September 1999 (On Leave of Absence, studying abroad, M.A. in Economics).

-Economist I. Economic Research Division. Monetary Programming and Economic Research Department.

Banco Central de la República Dominicana (Central Bank of the Dominican Republic).

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. September 1996- August 1997.

OTHER TRAINING AND RELEVANT STUDIES

Monetary Policy Strategies and Instruments. Deutsche Bundesbank. Technical Central Bank Cooperation Division.

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June, 2004.

Building Models for Monetary Policy. Centre for Central Banking Studies (CCBS). Bank of England, London, U.K./

Center of Latin-American studies (CEMLA), Mexico City, Mexico. July, 2002.

Economic Modeling and Forecasting: Co-Integration, Error-Correction and the Econometric Analysis of Non-Stationary Data.

Centre for Central Banking Studies (CCBS). Bank of England, London, U.K., November, 2001.

Advanced Macroeconomics. ITAM (Mexican Autonomous Institute of Technology).

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. July, 2000.

Quantitative Methods for Economists. IDESA Consulting S.A.C. of Valencia, Spain.

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. June, 2000.

Monetary Policy: Reaction Functions and Transmission Mechanisms. Third Annual Conference, Central Bank of Chile. September, 1999.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Mathematica, EViews, Gauss, Stata.

Scientific Word (LaTex), Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher).

LANGUAGES

Spanish (Native Language)

English (High Proficiency)

CITIZENSHIP

Dominican Republic

REFERENCES (DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS)

Cem Karayalçin (Main Advisor)	Peter Thompson	Mihaela Pintea
Professor and Graduate Director	Professor	Assistant Professor
Department of Economics	Department of Economics	Department of Economics
Florida International University (FIU)	Florida International University (FIU)	Florida International University (FIU)
Tel: (305) 348 3285	Tel: (305) 348 6031	Tel: (305) 348 3733
Email: karayalc@fiu.edu	Email: peter.thompson2@fiu.edu	Email: pinteam@fiu.edu
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