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Guillermo J. Vuletin
Assistant Professor of Economics
Economics


Office: Diamond 359
Phone: 207-859-5235
Fax: 859-5229
Email:
gvuletin@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5235 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8852

Office Hours:
Tu-Th: 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Semester Schedule

Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.

M.A. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.

M.A. Economics, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, 2001.

B.A. Economics, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, 2000.

Areas of Expertise:
  • Exchange rate regimes
  • Monetary and fiscal policy
  • Capital flows to developing countries
  • Capital controls
  • Inflation stabilization
  • Balance of payments
  • Debt and banking crises
  • View Curriculum Vitae

    Professional Information

    Assistant Professor Guillermo Vuletin’s current research focuses on exchange rate regimes, capital controls and monetary and fiscal policy. In addition, he also worked on empirical issues related with poverty, informal markets, inequality and labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean during his internships at the IMF and World Bank. He had the opportunity to present his work at several international and regional conferences including the meetings organized by the Econometric Society, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, the Brazilian Economics Meeting and the Argentine Economics Meeting. He teaches Principles of Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics and Open-Economy Macroeconomics.

    Publications

    “Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean”, Working Paper No 102, IMF, April 2008. Money Affairs, forthcoming. Reprinted in: Asha Joshi ed. Underground Economy : A Constant Companion (India: ICFAI University Press, forthcoming).

    “The Size of the Informal Economy in the Caribbean Countries”, Chapter III in IMF, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: Selected Issues. March 2007.

    “Sustainability of Fiscal Policies, Exogeneity and Causality Between Expenditures and Revenues in the Provinces of Argentina”, Económica, Vol. 49, pp. 117-160, December 2003.

    “Demographic Characteristic and Poverty in Argentina and El Salvador” (with L. Gasparini, M. Marchionni and W. Sosa Escudero). The IADB, Regional Policy Dialogue, Poverty and Social Protection Networks. June 2002.

    “Benefit Incidence of the Public Expenditure in Buenos Aires Province " (with L. Gasparini, V. Alaimo, F. Cuenin, M. Rabassa). Cuadernos de Economía Nº50, Ministerio de Economía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. August 2000.

    “Risk-Rent Analysis of Argentinean Exports in the Nineties" (with M. Rabassa). Revista IEFE, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales y Económicos (Institute of Fiscal and Economic Studies), Argentina, Vol. 105, pp. 47-58. August 2000.

    Working Papers

    “Exchange Rate Regimes and Fiscal Discipline: The Role of Capital Controls”. Mimeo; submitted.

    “Exchange Rate Regimes and Fiscal Performance. Do Fixed Exchange Rates Generate More Fiscal Discipline Than Flexible Ones?”. Working Paper 474, 2004 North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society.

    “The Effects of Exchange Rate Regimes on Real Exchange Rate Volatility. A Dynamic Panel Data Approach” (with J. Carrera). Working Paper c67, ANPEC, 2003.