Jorge Miguel Streb

Resume

Address

Universidad del CEMA
Av. Córdoba 374
C1054AAP Buenos Aires
Argentina

Phone 54-11-6314-3000,  email jms@cema.edu.ar
 

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1993.

MA in Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1989.

Licenciatura en Economía, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), 1981.
 

Topics of interest

Political Economy, Institutional Economics, Financial System, Economic Development, Information Economics.
 

Professional activities

Co-editor, Journal of Applied Economics (JAE), November 2001-; member, Editorial Board, JAE, May 1999-October 2001.

Director of Research, Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA), February 1996-.

Coordinator, Master en Economía de Gobierno and 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.
 

Teaching experience

Professor, UCEMA, May 1995- (courses: Political Economy, Rational Choice Approach to Politics, History of Economic Thought, Thesis Workshop).

Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, 1998-2003, and Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, 2002 (Political Economy).

Visiting Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Universidad de San Andrés, UBA and Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social, 1990-1995 (Political Economy and other courses).

Assistant Professor, UBA, 1985-1987; Teaching Assistant, 1981-1984 (Comparative Economic Systems).

Assistant Professor, Universidad Católica Argentina, 1982 (History of Economic Thought).
 

Grants and research projects

Researcher in charge, as 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
 

Review activities

Referee: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Development Economics, The Manchester School, Economics & Politics, Journal of Applied Economics, Desarrollo Económico.

Referee for congresses: 2004 LACEA Meeting at UCR, 2003 LACEA Meeting at UDLA.

Peer Evaluator of Graduate Programs in Economics: Acreditación de Posgrados, CONEAU, Argentina, 2001 and 2000; Comisión de Acreditación de Posgrados, Ministerio de Educación, Argentina, 1995

Evaluator, 1998 Awards for Advanced Study in the UK, from the British Embassy, The British Council and Fundación Antorchas, Buenos Aires, 1998

Scholarships and fellowships

John. H. Wheeler and Elliot H. Wheeler Fellowship for distinguished academic record, U.C. Berkeley, 1991-1992 academic year.

Graduate Scholarship, BCRA, to attend the Masters Program in Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1987-89.
 

Languages

I speak and write in English, Portuguese and Spanish.