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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 and Th: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 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:
  • Open economy macroeconomics
  • Macroeconomic policies in developing countries
  • Monetary and fiscal policy
  • Exchange rate regimes

View Curriculum Vitae

Professional Information

Guillermo Vuletin is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Colby College. His research focuses on exchange rate regimes, and fiscal and monetary policy, with a particular interest in macroeconomic policy in developing countries. Guillermo holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the National University of La Plata (Argentina), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland. He has held policy and research positions at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Central Bank of Argentina. At Colby, he teaches principles of macroeconomics, mathematical economics and open economy macroeconomics.

Publications

“Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean”, Money Affairs, Vol. 21 (January 2009), pp. 161-191. Working Paper No 102, IMF, April 2008. Reprinted in: Asha Joshi ed. Underground Economy : A Constant Companion (India: ICFAI University Press, forthcoming).

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

“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

“How do federal transfer systems affect fiscal cyclicality at the sub-national level?” (with Carlos Végh).

“Real exchange rate volatility and exchange rate regimes: Neutrality, complementarities and announcements.” (with Jorge Carrera). Mimeo; submitted.

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