Mauricio Ramírez Grajeda is a Mexican economist born in 1970. He received his Ph.D from Ohio State University in 2006. He has since worked as a professor and researcher at various universities in Mexico. His research focuses on development economics, spatial econometrics, and international trade. He has published over 20 papers and book chapters on these topics.

1. MAURICIO RAMĺREZ GRAJEDA
April, 2012
Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas,
Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos.
Periférico Norte 799, Esq. Av. José Parres Arias, Módulo M, 2do nivel, Núcleo Universitario los
Belenes, C.P. 45100, Zapopan, Jalisco, México. Tel. +52 (33) 37703300 ext. 25335,
maurmez@yahoo.com.mx.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Mexican citizen.
Born in Mexico City, Dec/02/1970.
Married with one child.
EDUCATION
2006 Ph. D. The Ohio State University (OSU), Department of Agricultural,
Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE). Fields: Development
Economics and Spatial Econometrics. Dissertation: Three Essays on
Geographic Consequences of Trade Openness.
2002 M. A. OSU, Department of Economics.
2000 M. S. Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Department
of Economics. Dissertation: Competencia en el Mercado de Crédito de la
Banca Múltiple en México: Un Análisis a través de Procesos de Markov con
Carteras Desagregadas por Calificación de Riesgo.
1998 B. S. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Department of
Economics. Dissertation: Análisis de las Cajas de Ahorro y Préstamo bajo el
Paradigma de la Información Imperfecta: El Caso de las Cajas Solidarias.
2000 Diploma . ITAM. Financial Derivatives.
1997 Diploma. ITAM. Bank and Credit.
PUBLICATIONS
2012 El Impacto Socioeconómico del Crédito en los Hogares Pobres con Jefatura
Femenina en México. International Review of Business Research Papers.
Vol. 3, No. 3. With Xiomara Vázquez Guillén.
2012 Modelo Estocástico de Difusión con Saltos del Comportamiento de una
Empresa ante Innovaciones Tecnológicas. Chapter book. BUAP. With
Semei Coronado and Francisco Venegas.
2012 The Effects of Trade Openness on City Size with Taste Heterogeneity and
Amenities. Chapter book. Universidad de Guadalajara. Forthcoming. With
Willy Cortez.
2012 Non-linear Dependence of Oil Price Behavior. With Semei Coronado and
Leonardo Gatica. Journal of Mahematics and System Science. Vol. 2. No. 2.
2011 ¿Por qué China crece más que México? Chapter book. ITESM. With Willy
Cortez.
2011 Análisis Espacial de la Criminalidad en la Zona Metropolitana de
Guadalajara. With Socorro Padilla. Chapter book. UMSH.
2011 Análisis sobre la No Linealidad del Rendimiento Diario del Precio del Café.
Revista Mexicana de Agronegocios. Forthcoming. With Semei Coronado
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2. and Pedro Celso.
2010 Trade Openness and City Size with Taste Heterogeneity. With Willy Cortez.
Spatial Economic Analysis. Vol. 5. No. 3.
2009 Spatial Implications of International Trade under the New Economic
Geography Approach. With Adrián de León. Carta Económica Regional,
Nueva Época. Vol. 22.
2008 Apuntes sobre el Sector Maquilador en México: Una Revisión Crítica de la
Bibliografía. With Willy Cortez. Asian Journal of Latin American Studies.
Vol. 21. No. 3.
2007 El Análisis Espacial de la Competencia Política. With Leonardo Gatica.
EconoQuantum. Vol. 3, No. 2.
2006 The Bell-Shaped Curve of International Trade: A Panel Data Test for OECD
countries. With Leonardo Gatica. EconoQuantum. Vol. 3, No.1.
2000 La Banca de Desarrollo en los Mercados de Crédito Agropecuario: El Caso
de Banrural, 1989-1998, Federalismo y Desarrollo 69.
SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS
2011 Inefficiencies in the International Coffee market: the Colombian Arabica
type case With Semei Coronado.
2010 Trade Openness and City Interaction. With Ian Sheldon.
PUBLICATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS
2008 Paul Krugman. Mural. October 18 th.
2007 El combate a la inflación es la prioridad. El Financiero. October 29 th.
2007 El impacto de la CETU en el corto y largo plazos. El Financiero. July 23th.
2007 Las reformas a la Reforma Fiscal. El Financiero. August 27 th.
2007 Moody´s eleva la calificación crediticia de México. El Financiero. July 9th.
WORK IN PROGRESS
 Patterns of Crime Victimization in Guadalajara.
 Spatial Consumption Patterns in Mexico.
 Credence Good Imperfect Labeling.
TEACHING
2009/B-2011/A ITESM, Aguascalientes campus. Econometrics. At undergraduate level.
Academic Leader.
2008/A-2012/A ITESM, Guadalajara campus. Economics and Financial Programming. At
undergraduate level.
2007/A-2011/A Universidad de Guadalajara (U de G). Statistics, Econometrics, Numerical
Methods y Dynamic Optimization. At graduate and undergraduate level.
2001/V CIDE. Macroeconomics. At graduate level.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 Academic Journal. EconoQuantum. Editor
2008 U de G. Researcher and professor.
2007 Vector: Casa de Bolsa. Economic adviser.
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3. 2006-2007 U de G. Visiting scholar.
2003-2006 OSU (AEDE). Staff member of the Rural Finance Program.
2000-2001 Academic journal: economia mexicana. Assistant Editor.
1997-1998 Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL). Economic Analysis Unit.
Deputy Director.
1996-1997 BBVA-Bancomer Bank. Analyst in Credit Performance.
1994 ITAM. Department of International Affairs. Assistant.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2001-2006 National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT).
2001-2004 Ministry of Public Education of Mexico (SEP).
1999-2000 CONACYT.
1998-1999 Central Bank of Mexico (BANXICO).
1995 Government of Japan.
1990-1991 ITAM.
GRANTS
2009 SEP. Applied Economics Network. US$ 16,000
2008 SEP. University Faculty Program US$3,000.
2008 CONACYT. Basic Science Fund. US$27,000.
RECOGNITIONS
2008 CONACYT. SNI. Member of the National Research System (Level 1 #
42175).
2006 The North American Regional Science Council (NARSC). Finalist paper in
the Graduate Student Competition. “Taste Heterogeneity, Amenities and
Trade Openness”.
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
2010 The NARSC Meeting. Denver, USA. Features of Victimization in Urban
Mexico. Speaker.
2010 A week course on Spatial Econometrics. Ministerio de Coordinación de
Desarrollo Social de Ecuador and the Inter-American Development Bank.
Quito, Ecuador. Lecturer.
2009 The NARSC Meeting. San Francisco, USA. The Impact of Trade Costs on
Mexico´s Cities Size. Speaker.
2009 The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Milwaukee, USA. Paul
Krugman´s contribution in Spatial Economics. Speaker.
2009 UN-WIDER Workshop Beyond the Tipping Point: Latin American
Development in an Urban World. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trade Openness
and City Interaction. Speaker.
2008 The NARSC Meeting. New York City, USA. Trade Openness and City
Interaction. Speaker.
2008 Workshop: Local Dynamics and Immigrant Economic Outcomes. Maastricht
University, Holland. Trade Openness, City Size and Taste Heterogeneity.
Speaker.
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4. 2008 XVIII Coloquio Mexicano de Economía Matemática y Econometría. Mexico
City. Geographic Consequences of Trade Openness. Speaker.
2006 VII Congreso de la Américas. Universidad de las Américas. Puebla, Mexico.
Taste Heterogeneity, Amenities and Trade Openness. Speaker
2006 The NARSC Meeting. Toronto, CA. Taste Heterogeneity, Amenities and
Trade Openness. Speaker.
2006 Universidad de Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Mexico. “An Introduction to Spatial
Econometrics.” Speaker.
2006 American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting, Long
Beach, USA.
2006 OSU. AEDE. “Trade Openness and City Interaction”. Speaker.
2005 OSU. AEDE. “The Bell-Shaped Curve of International Trade Openness: A
Spatial Panel Data Test”. Speaker.
1997 Seminar on Fundamentals and Experiences in Microcredit. Universidad
Anahuac. León, Guanajuato.
1995 The Ship for the World Youth: Japan, Australia, Ecuador and Mexico. Deputy
Leader
MEMBERSHIPS
2011 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
2007-2011 EconoQuantum Technical Committee
2008 Regional Science Association of the Americas Conference. Cartagena,
Colombia. Scientific Program Committee.
REFEREE
 EconoQuantum.
 Ensayos Revista de Economía.
 Economía: Teoría y Práctica
 Spatial Economic Analysis
 Journal of Research in International Business and Management
 Educational Research
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