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Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

• Full time professor for the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). (august 2004 -). Teach Comparative Political Economy and Political Economy Seminar.
• Visiting Lecturer for the University of San Diego (winter 2004). Taught International Political Economy.
• Visiting Lecturer for the University of California San Diego (summer 2003). Designed and taught Introduction to Comparative Politics.
• Teaching Associate for the University of California Washington Center (fall/winter 2001-2002). Designed and taught Research Methodology to advanced undergraduates in Washington, DC.
• Teaching Assistant for a variety of courses in comparative and international politics (summer 2003/2001; fall 2000/1999; winter 2000).

Research

• Publications
  
  “The Political Determinants of Economic Performance: Political Competition and the Sources of Growth,” (with Pablo M. Pinto), Comparative Political Studies, vol. 38, no. 1 (Feb 2005): 26 - 50.

  The Fiscal Contract: States, Taxes and Public Services (Ph.D. Tesis 2004)
  + Committee: David A. Lake (co-chair), Gary W. Cox (co-chair), Peter H. Smith, James Rauch, Peter A. Gourevitch, Christopher Woodruff.
  + Awarded Western Political Science Association “best dissertation” prize for a dissertation completed in 2003/2004.
  + Awarded Jean Fort Dissertation Prize (2004) for a UCSD Ph.D. recipient of “unusual intellectual breadth whose doctoral research has met the highest standards of academic excellence and will make a significant contribution on an issue of humanitarian or public concern.”
  
  “Challenges to Governance in Latin America and the Pacific Rim: A Project Report,” CILAS Working Paper No. 15, June 1999.
  
  “U.S. Policy and the Arming of Iraq,” World Outlook, Spring 1993.

• Working Papers
  
  “The Fiscal Contract: States, Taxes and Public Services,” presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Sept. 2004, (under review).
  
  “Left, Right and Center: Partisanship, Taxes and the Welfare State,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, April 2005 (under review).

  “Mexican Markets: Cartels and their Consequences,” book length project.

Education

• 09/98 – present
  University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA
  Ph. D. in Political Science
  Fields: political economy, comparative politics and international relations
  Research interests: economic development, taxation & fiscal policy, political institutions, globalization, Latin America
  Graduate Student Representative on the Graduate Admissions Committee

• 10/97 – 09/98
  London School of Economics: M.Sc. in Economic History London, UK
  Focused on developing countries, notably Latin America & East Asia.
  Thesis examined political economy of property rights in 20th century China.

• 09/89 – 06/93
  Dartmouth College: B.A. in Government Hanover, NH, USA

Invited Presentations

• “Finanzas Públicas y Servicios Públicos: Un recorrido breve,” Delivered in Spanish for the Fundación Desarrollo Humano Sustentable, México City (Dec. 2004).
• “The Fiscal Contract: States, Taxes and Public Services,” presented at the Society for Comparative Research Graduate Student Retreat, San Diego, CA (May 2004)
• “The Fiscal Contract in Brazil.” Delivered in Portuguese at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Rio de Janeiro (Dec. 2002).
• “The Policy-Making Process in Brazil.” Delivered in Portuguese at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP), Brasília (June 2002).

Professional

• 12/95 – 7/97
  Unidad de Inteligencia de The Economist, Caracas, Venezuela. Principal contributor to Reporte de País, Reporte de Negocios, Financiamiento de Negocios Externos, e Inversión, Licensia & Comercio for Venezuela. Offered editing position in London (May 1998).
• 01/95 – 06/96
  VenEconomy Caracas, Venezuela. Political analyst for leading publication enterprise in Venezuela. Wrote articles and editorials on politics, economics and social affairs. Regularly interviewed government officials, corporation executives and NGO leaders.
• 03/95 – 07/97
  Freelance journalist in Caracas, Venezuela and Bogotá, Colombia. Contributed to a variety of publications, including Associated Press and Time.
• 03/94-09/94
  Carnegie Foundation for International Peace, Washington, DC, USA. Editing assistant for Foreign Policy.

Awards

• Western Political Science Association “Best Dissertation” Prize for a dissertation completed in 2003/2004
• Jean Fort Dissertation Prize (2004)
• Fulbright Scholar, Brazil (2002)
• CILAS Dissertation field research grant (2002)
• Distinguished Teaching Assistant (2001)
• Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship to Brazil (2000)
• Distinction in research design course, LSE (1998)
• Institute for Humane Studies Fellow (1997)
• Dartmouth College Fellow (1997).

Languages

• Native English, fluent Portuguese, fluent Spanish.

References

• David A. Lake (dlake@ucsd.edu)
• Gary W. Cox (gcox@ucsd.edu)
• Peter A. Gourevitch (pgourevitch@ucsd.edu)