Fidel Pérez Sebastián's C.V.

Assistant Professor,
Dpto. de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico,
Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain

Office: (34) 96-590-3614, ext. 3234
Fax: (34) 96-590-3898
E-mail: fidel@merlin.fae.ua.es

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Virginia, May 1997.
  Advisor: B. Ravikumar

· M.A. in Economics, University of Virginia, May 1993.

· B.S. in Economics, University of Zaragoza, June 1989.

Research Interests

• Technological Change
• Economic Development and Growth
• Macroeconomics
• Open Economy Macroeconomics

Publications

• “Transitional Dynamics in an R&D-Based Growth Model with Imitation: Comparing its Predictions to the Data,” Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 45:437-461, April 2000.

· “The Adoption and Adaptation of Externally Originated Ideas,” Spanish Economic Review, Vol. 2:249-266, 2000.

Working Papers

· “Capital Skill Complementarity? Evidece from a Panel of Countries” (joint with John Duffy and Chris Papageorgiou). Revise and resubmit at the Review of Economics and Statistics.

· “Can Transition Dynamics Explain the International Output Data?” (joint with Chris Papageorgiou). Revise and resubmit at Macroeconomic Dynamics.

· “Public Support to Innovation and Imitation in a Non-Scale R&D Growth Model”

· “Matching up the data on education with economic growth models” (joint with Chris Papageorgiou)

· “Human Capital and Convergence in a Non-Scale R&D Growth Model” (joint with Chris Papageorgiou).

· “Growth Miracles Reexamined” (joint with Chris Papageorgiou). IVIE working paper no. 2001-03.

· “Growth with Technical Change and Human Capital: Transition Dynamics Versus Steady State Predictions” (joint with Chris Papageorgiou). D.T. 9908, Universidad Pública de Navarra.

References:

B. Ravikumar	(814) 865-9029	ravikumar@uiowa.edu
Robert G. King	(617) 353-5641	rking@bu.edu
Aubhik Khan	(215) 574 3905	aubhik.khan@phil.frb.org
Charles A. Holt	(804) 924-7894	cah2k@Virginia.edu

Teaching Experience:

• At current position:
• Advanced Macroeconomics
• Macroeconomics I (Graduate)

· Assistant Professor, Departamento de Economía, Universidad Pública de Navarra

o Intermediate Macroeconomics, Spring 1998.

o Economic Growth (Graduate), Spring 1998, Spring 1999.

o Economic Development, Fall 1998, and Fall 1999.

o Mathematical Economics (Graduate), Fall 1999.

· Instructor, Dept. of Economics, University of Virginia

o Intermediate Macroeconomics, Spring 1997

o Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 1994, Spring 1995, and Fall 1996

· Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics, University of Zaragoza,1989-91, Principles of Macroeconomics

Fellowships and Awards:

• Academic Enhancement Program Fellowship, University of Virginia, 1995-96
• DuPont Fellowship, University of Virginia, 1994-95
• Academic Enhancement Program Summer Research Fellowship, U. of Virginia, 1994
• Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Diputacion General de Aragon, Spain, 1992-96

Professional Activities

• Member of American Economic Association, Spanish Economic Association, and Society of Economic Dynamics.

· Referee for Investigaciones Económicas, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Review of Development Economics, and Revista de Economía Aplicada.

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Last Modified: October, 2002.