Andrés Velasco
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-3255
andres_velasco@harvard.edu
Professional Employment
Minister of Finance, Republic of Chile, since March 2006.
Advisory work for the governments of the Dominican Republic,
El Salvador and Kazakhstan, 2003-2005.
Harvard Institute for International Development, advisory
work for the Government of Ecuador, 1998-1999.
Member, Time Magazine's Inter-American Board of
Economists, 1995-2001.
U.S.
AID, advisory work for the Government of El Salvador,
1996-1997.
Chief Economist and Deputy Lead Negotiator, NAFTA Accession
Team, Chile, 1995.
Coordinador de Finanzas Internacionales, Ministry of Finance,
Chile, 1990-1992.
Research Fellow, CIEPLAN, Santiago, Chile, 1987.
Summer Intern, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC,
1986.
Summer Associate,
Economics Group, The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, 1985.
Academic Employment
Sumitomo Professor of International Finance and Development,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
(since July 2000).
Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
New York University, (1998-2000).
Associate Professor of Economics (tenured), New York
University, (1995-2000).
Assistant Professor of Economics, New York University,
(1989-1995, on leave 1990-92).
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Graduate
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
University, (1988-89, one-year appointment).
Visiting Positions
Visiting Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University, Fall 1997.
Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Applied Economics,
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile,
Summer 1997.
Visiting Scholar, Federal Research Bank of Atlanta, 1996,
1997, 1998 and 1999.
Visiting Scholar, Research Department, World Bank, July
1995.
Visiting Scholar, Research Department, International
Monetary Fund, 1993-1995, 2002.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of
Economics, October 1994.
Visiting Scholar, Research Department, Inter-American
Development Bank, July 1994.
Visiting Scholar, Federal Research Bank of Minneapolis,
June 1994.
Other Employment
Advisory work for the governments of Chile, the Dominican
Republic and El Salvador, 2003-2004.
Harvard Institute for International Development, advisory
work for the Government of Ecuador, 1998-1999.
Member, Time Magazine's Inter-American Board of
Economists, 1995-2001.
U.S. AID, advisory work for the Government of El Salvador,
1996-1997.
Chief Economist and Deputy Lead Negotiator, NAFTA Accession
Team, Chile, 1995.
Coordinador
de Finanzas Internacionales, Ministry of Finance, Chile,
1990-1992.
Research Fellow, CIEPLAN, Santiago, Chile, 1987.
Summer Intern, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC,
1986.
Summer Associate, Economics Group, The Chase Manhattan
Bank, New York, 1985.
Education
and Degrees
Harvard University, M.A. (Honorary), 2000.
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Political Economy,
1994-95.
Columbia University, Ph.D. in Economics, 1989.
Yale
University, M.A. in International Affairs, 1984.
Yale
University, B.A. in Philosophy and Economics, 1982.
Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts, 1976-78.
The
Grange School, Santiago, Chile, 1967-76.
Honors and Awards
National Science Foundation Research Grant, 2001-04.
Research Associate, NBER, 1998-present.
C.V.
Starr Center Faculty Research Grant, 1995-2000.
Andes Foundation Research Grant, 1997.
Faculty Research Fellow, NBER, 1994-1998.
Harvard-MIT Fellowship in Positive Political Economy,
1994-95.
Institute for Policy Reform Junior Research Fellow, 1993-94.
C.V.
Starr Center Faculty Research Grant, 1992-95.
Sloan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, Columbia University,
1987.
President's Fellowship, Columbia University, 1987.
SSRC
Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1986.
University Fellowship, Yale University, 1982-84.
Miscellaneous
Selected by Time Magazine as one of 50 Latin American
Leaders for the Next Millennium, 1999.
Selected by Time Magazine as one of 100 World Leaders
for the Next Millennium, 1994.
Selected by Qué Pasa Magazine (Chile) as one of
Chile's Leaders Under 35, 1995.
Recent Professional Activities
Editor-in-Chief, Economía, Journal of the Latin
American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2000-present.
Elected
Vice-President of LACEA (Latin American and Caribbean
Economic Association), 2004-2006.
Co-Editor, Journal of International Economics,
1996-2000.
Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics.
Associate Editor, Revista de Análisis Económico.
Associate Editor, Economía Chilena.
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.
Research Associate, Center for Applied Economics, University
of Chile.
Books
1.
Trade, Development and the World Economy: Selected Essays of
Carlos Díaz-Alejandro.
A. Velasco, Editor. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988.
2.
Vox Populi
(novel). Santiago: Editorial Sudamericana, 1995.
3.
Lugares Comunes
(novel). Santiago: Editorial Planeta, 2003.
4.
Free
Trade and Beyond:
Prospects for Integration in the Americas. A.
Estevaordal, D. Rodrik, A. Taylor and A. Velasco (eds.).
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
Journal Articles
1.
“Balance Sheets and Exchange Rate Policy” (with L. F.
Céspedes and R. Chang). American Economic Review,
September 2004.
2.
“Market Imperfections and the Instability of Open
Economies” (with Q. Meng). Forthcoming, Journal of
International Economics, 2004.
3.
“IS-LM-BP in the Pampas” (with L. F. Céspedes and R.
Chang). IMF Staff Papers, Vol. 50, 2003, pp. 143-156.
4.
“Indeterminacy in a Small Open Economy with
Endogenous Labor Supply,” (with Q. Meng). Economic Theory,
Vol. 22, N. 3, October 2003, pp. 661-670.
5.
“How Should Emerging Economies Float their Currencies?”
(with F. Larraín). The Economics of Transition, Vol.
10, No. 2, 2002.
6.
“Revisiting the Case for a Populist Central Banker: A Comment,”
(with V. Guzzo). European Economic Review,
(46)3, 2002, pp. 613-621.
7.
“Exchange Rate Policy in Emerging Markets: The Case
for Floating,” (with F. Larraín). Princeton Studies in
Internacional Economics, No. 224, December 2001.
8.
“The Impossible Duo? Globalization and Monetary
Independence in Emerging Markets.” Brookings Trade Forum
2001, pp. 69-99.
9.
“A Model of Financial Crises in Emerging Markets,”
(with R. Chang). Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Volume 116, No. 2 ,
May 2001.
10.
“Monetary Policy in a Dollarized Economy where Balance
Sheets Matter” (with R. Chang), Journal of Development
Economics, (66)2,
2001, pp. 445-464.
11.
“Public Capital and Optimal Taxes without Commitment,” (with
J. Benhabib and A. Rustichini), Review of Economic Design,
Volume 6, Number 3-4, 2001, pp. 371-397.
12.
“Exchange Rate Policy for Developing Countries,”
(with R. Chang). American Economic Review Papers and
Proceedings, May 2000.
13.
“Financial Fragility and the Exchange Rate Regime,”
(with R. Chang). Journal of Economic Theory, 2000.
14.
“Fixed versus Flexible Exchange Rates: Which Provides
More Fiscal Discipline?” (with A. Tornell). Journal of
Monetary Economics, 2000.
15.
“Banks, Debt Maturity and Crises,” (with R. Chang).
Journal of International Economics, 2000.
16.
"Debts and Deficits under Fragmented Fiscal
Policymaking." Journal of Public Economics, 2000.
17.
“Illiquidity and Crises in Emerging Markets: Theory
and Policy,” (with R. Chang). NBER Macroeconomics Annual,
1999.
18.
“The Case for a Populist Central Banker” (with V.
Guzzo). European Economic Review, 1999.
19.
“Fiscal Discipline and the Choice of a Nominal Anchor
in Stabilization” (with A. Tornell). Journal of
International Economics, Vol. 46, 1998.
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