CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: ALEJANDRO IBARRA-YUNEZ DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: JULY 11, 1952 IN PUEBLA, MEXICO AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez is a full professor of Economics and Public Policy, at the Department of Economics at ITESM (1978-present), and the Graduate School of Business and Leadership (EGADE Business School) at the same Institution (1983 to present). His specialization areas are International Trade and Finance, International Integration, Economic Modeling, Industrial Organization and Regulations, Econometrics, Latin American Economics, NAFTA and trading blocs. In the past years, he has worked in the areas of imperfect contracts in international integration, problems of moral hazard, game theory, and economic networked sectors (telecommunications, infrastructure, transport, energy, banking, and multinational subcontracting). At present he holds the chaired professorship in Network Economics and Regulations. For his contributions in his lines of research, Ibarra-Yunez has been awarded the National Researcher, level 1, by the Mexican National Council of Sciences and Technology (CONACYT): SNI- 1. Ibarra-Yunez is also professor of International Integration, Industrial Organization, and Economic Problems and Policies of Latin America, University of Texas at Austin since 1994 as summer visiting scholar. In 2011-2012 he is a leading visiting professor of public policy conducting a graduate group thesis on US-Mexico challenges and opportunities for electricity trade, investment, and policy cooperation. Administratively, Ibarra-Yunez has been director of the PhD Program in Business Administration and Management, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus, from January 2004 to 2008; Chairman of the Department of Economics, and the Econometrics Research Unit (UNET), 1980-1987. PRESENT POSITIONS: Visiting professor LBJ School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin, September 2011-May 2012. Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas [Graduate School of Business and Leadership], EGADE Business School, and the Department of Economics, ITESM-Monterrey. Chair, Economics of Networks and Regulations, EGADE Business School, ITESM. Guest Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, and Theresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin (Summers). 1
FORMER ACADEMIC RECORD: In 34 years of academic experience, Ibarra has held the following positions: Director, PhD Program in Business Administration and Management, EGADE, ITESM- Monterrey, 2004-2008 Chair, Center for Studies on Western Hemispheric Trade, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin (Spring 2000) Guest Professor, Department of Economics, University of Texas at Austin, summers of 2001, to present. Professor of Economics, Department of Economics at ITESM-Monterrey, June 1991 to July 1996. 1997 to present. Associate to the Centro de Estudios Estratégicos [Center for Strategic Studies] CEE, ITESM- Monterrey, September, 1990 to present. Senior Guest Lecturer, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, Summers of 1991, 1992, 1994, and 1995. Fulbright Exchange Scholar, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, January to August, 1988, and 2000. Guest Lecturer, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin in Economic Theory, International Economics, and US-Mexico relations and policies, 1988 Chairman, Department of Economics, ITESM-Monterrey, 1980-1987 Director of the Econometrics Research Unit [Unidad Econométrica Tecnológico] UNET, at ITESM, 1980-1987. Associate Professor, Department of Economics at ITESM, 1980 to 1990. Associate Professor, EGADE, 1979 to 1990. Associate Researcher, 1979 to 1987. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, ITESM-Monterrey, 1978 to 1980 RA for Prof. William G. Shephard, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1976 to 1977, during PhD studies in Economics Instructor, Department of Economics, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, in 1975 OTHER NON ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Planning Advisor, Administrative Vicepresidency Mexican Institute for Social Security [Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social] IMSS, Mexico City, October 1977 to April 1978, in charge of the study for the location of a regional health center Researcher, Market Research and Planning Department, E. Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, 1975, with work in econometric models 2
CONSULTING: Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez has been advisor and consultant for over thirty years. Some relevant activities have included: Secretary of Communications and Transport, Government of Mexico, on state of airport networks and airline and non-airline players in the industry, November 2010. Federal Competition Commission, Mexico City, and OECD project on Mexico s Market Structure and Dynamics in the Electricity Sector and Policy Projections, 2008-2009. Advisor, State Government of Nuevo Leon s commission on Nuevo Leon- Texas Strategic Integration, 2006 to 2009 Texas Perspectives (TXP), Austin, Texas, Bi-national projects in Regional Development in Southern Texas and Mexico, 2008 IC4DT, Ottawa, Prospective analysis on ICTs in the future of Cuba, 2007 Advisory group, governmental commissions (Senate, COFETEL regulator) on telecommunications policy and regulation, 2002-2005 Member, economic studies committee, Mexican Institute of Financial Executives IMEF- Monterrey, 2001 to present Member, Nuevo León s state government regulatory reform commission, 2003-2004. Grupo Axa, acquisitions and business planning, 2001. President-elect Vicente Fox s transition commission; external advisor on regulatory reform in telecommunications and transport in Mexico, for the incoming government; September- December 2000. Mexican Coordinating Commission on Foreign Trade Enterprises [COECE] for the Mexican negotiation of a trade agreement with the European Union; Northern Triangle (Central America); Mexico-Nicaragua: 1998-2003. Mexican Telecommunications Regulator [COFETEL], evaluation of regulatory policies of an opening telecommunications market; 1997-1998; 2000. Center for Strategic Studies at ITESM, 1992 to date in areas of long term strategic studies for sectors and firms on International Integration, Industrial Organization and Regulations, US- Mexico Economic Relations, Regional and Sectoral Studies. Center for International Economics, Washington DC, in International Regulations for LAC telecommunications, 1996 DOMOS International, international business and acquisitions, 1994-95 Ministries of Communications and Transport (SCT); of Labor (ST), Government of Mexico, areas of international integration, economic planning, and comparative regulations, 1994-95 Cigarrera La Moderna, S.A., Market Planning Department, data systems and modeling, 1994 Mexican Chamber of Deputies, economic and regulatory analysis towards an Amendment in the Constitution on Fiscal Federalism, 1992. 3
Grupo PRIME-Monterrey and, BITAL bank, 1989 to 1993, external advisor to the board of directors, Monterrey, Mexico. US Consulate General of Monterrey, 1988 to 1992, in International Integration and US- Mexico Relations. State Government of Veracruz, Secretary of Economic Development [Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico], 1989 to 1991, studies and international promotion. Mexican Institute of Financial Executives [Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas] IMEF, 1989 to 1994, in studies and issues of national priorities in Mexico. Banco Nacional de México (Banamex) 1989; in sectoral studies; studies on technology position to calculate risks and financial opportunities. Chamber of Commerce of the State of Nuevo León, from 1978 to 1987, and from 1993 to 1994, in leading indicators generation and followup. Grupo Protexa, Monterrey, 1984, advising towards the creation of a Department of Economic Studies for the Consumer Goods division. Chamber of Industry of the State of Nuevo León, 1983; studies in sectoral productivity and modeling. ACADEMIC ARTICLES AND BOOKS (HISTORICAL SUMMARY): Interstate Migration in Mexico, Research Assistant to J. King, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Oct. 1978 Demanda de Dinero y Distribución del Ingreso en México [Money demand and income distribution in México], with L. Derbez, in El Dilema de Dos Naciones, Osborn, Ortiz, et. al. Eds., Ed. Trillas, (1981) Short Term Capital Flows in Mexico: 1977-1982, El Colegio de Mexico, (1984) Structure of Interest Rates: The Mexican Case, Premio IMEF-CONFIA (1984) Hacia un Modelo Económico del Estado de Nuevo León [Towards an economic model of the State of Nuevo Leon], UNET, ITESM-Monterrey, 1986 A Consistent Model of State Government Finances: the Case of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, UNET (mimeo), ITESM-Monterrey, 1988 Labor Demand in Mexico: the Case of Monterrey s Manufacturing Industry, with E. Quintanilla, UNET, The Tinker Foundation, (1987) Estructura Económica del Monterrey Metropolitano [Economic structure of metropolitan Monterrey], UNET, ITESM-Monterrey, 1987 Los Swaps: Instrumentos de Desarrollo, México, IMEF eds. (1989) Exports and Employment Generation in Mexico: A Sectoral Study, with Chandler Stolp, Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development, No.33, (1990) 4
Los Bloques Económicos y sus Impactos en México, IMEF eds., (1990) Sources of Industrial Growth and Structural Change: the Case of Nuevo Leon s Industry with Tariff Liberalization, in Economía de la Frontera Norte, Dávila Flores A. (ed.), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, (1993) Política Económica y Bienestar Social: La Necesidad de sus Interrelaciones, IMEF, eds. (1991) Causality between Exports and Industrial Growth: further Evidence for Mexico, ITESM, Serie de Documentos de Investigación del Departmento de Economía, #1 (1994) Exportaciones y Generación de Empleo en México durante los Ochenta, con Ch. Stolp, Investigación Económica, No. 200, Agosto (1992) Exportaciones Mexicanas y Protección Extranjera [Mexican exports and external protection], ITESM, Memorias del Encuentro de Experiencias en Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico, (1993) Tendencias de Internacionalización y Crecimiento de la Banca Mexicana [Trends in internationalization and growth in the Mexican banking sector], ITESM, Centro de Estudios Estratégicos Serie de Documentos de Investigación, (1993) Enlazamientos Industriales del Sector Financiero en México [Industrial linkages of the Mexican financial sector], ITESM, Centro de Estudios Estratégicos Serie de Documentos de Investigación, (1993) Enlazamientos Industriales del Sector Mexicano del Plástico [Industrial linkages of the Mexican plastics sector], ITESM, Centro de Estudios Estratégicos Serie de Documentos de Investigación (1993) Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico s Strategy of Economic Opening, American Association for Business and Society, Proceedings, (1993) Determinantes de la Inversión Extranjera en la Apertura Mexicana [Determinants of foreign investment in México s economic opening], in Davila-Flores, A. (ed.), El TLC y la Frontera Norte, (1993) El Sector de Transporte en México ante el Reto de la Integración del TLC [The Mexican transportation sector and the challenge of NAFTA], LBJ School of Public Affairs, Program fo US-Mexico Policy Studies, Special Series, (1995) Alianzas Estratégicas: Retos para las Empresas Mexicanas, IMEF eds., (1996) Las Telecomunicaciones en México ante el Reto de la Integración, (ed.) with Petrazzini, Salinas, Horrigan and Stolp, ITESM- U.California at San Diego, (1994) Dominant Firm in a Two Country Integration: the Case of Trucking Companies in the Nineties, LBJ School of Public Affairs, and ITESM, Dep. Economics Working Paper Series #5, 1996 Dominant Firms and Company Integration: The Case of Transportation in Mexico and the US, Latin American Business Review, Vol. 2, No. 4, USD-ITESM, International Business Press, 2000. International Contracts and Reputation Games, Association for Borderlands Studies and Universidad de Tamaulipas, 1998 5
Privatization and Regulatory Reform: A Case of Modeling Latin American Economies, PhD Dissertation, EGADE-Monterrey, April (1998) Telecommunications Regulatory Frameworks: Implications for Latin America, CLADEA, Monterrey, Mexico, October (1998) Contrataciones de Empresas Mexicanas y sus Retos [Contracts for Mexican enterprises and main challenges], El Mercado de Valores, México, February (1998) Inversión Extranjera Mexicana y Contratación Internacional [Mexican foreign investment and international contracting], Comercio Exterior, México, April (1998) Latin American Integration and Competition Policy Diversion: A Principal-Agent Approach, mimeo, EGADE-Monterrey, for ISINI, Helsinki (wp 1999.01) Regulations and Firms Conduct: An Analysis of the Telecommunications sectors in Mexico and Chile, International Trade and Finance Association Journal, Fall 2000 Capital Market Liberalization and its Impact On Privatization-Regulatory Change in Latin America, International Trade and Finance Association, New York, February 2000 Retos de los Encadenamientos Productivos de Empresas Mexicanas en la Apertura Económica [Challenges of productive linkages of Mexican firms during recent liberalization], in Empresas Mexicanas ante la Globalización, J. Basave-Kunhart (ed.), México, UNAM-Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, 2000. RECENT ARTICLES, BOOKS, CHAPTERS (2003-2012) ARTICLES: Análisis del Sector Eléctrico de México a la Luz de los Cambios Internacionales de Mercado y Regulación, [Analysis of the Electricity Sector in Mexico in Light of International Market and Regulatory Changes], Gaceta Economica, Universidad de Chile, summer 2003. Spaghetti Regionalism or Strategic Trade: Further Evidence for Mexico, Journal of Development Economics, # 72, November 2003. Spaghetti Regionalism or Strategic Foreign Trade, NBER working paper 9692, 2003 Institutions, Policy Learning and Industrial Development, Manuel Heitor and Alejandro Ibarra, International Journal of Technology Policy and Management, special issue on Policy Learning and Practice, Issue #4, Lisbon, 2003 Estructura de Mercado e Implicaciones Regulatorias en las Comunicaciones Rurales PLC/BPL, [Market Structure and Regulatory Implications on Rural PLC/BPL Communications], Cofetel, working papers, April 2004. NAFTA as a Vehicle for Regulatory and Institutional Convergence in the North American Region, Pan American Partnership for Business Education, and the Americas Society, International Review of Public Policy (IRPP W SE), Montreal, 2004 Strategic Conduct and Access Discrimination, in the Semi-liberalized Electricity Sector in Mexico, Frontiers in Finance and Economics, I (1), 2004 6
Analisis del Efecto de la Industria de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones en la Manufactura Electronica y de Componentes, [Analysis of the Effects of the Mexican Telecommunication Service on the Manufacturing and Components Industry], ACACIA, May 2004. Tecnologías PLC/BPL en México y sus Retos para las Regulaciones: Existen Oportunidades de Desarrollo? [PLC/BPL Technologies in Mexico and Regulatory Challenges: Are there Development Opportunities?], with Castruita, E., México, Gestión y Política Pública, CIDE, XIV (2), 2005 Fronteras Seguras y Facilitación de Comercio: Análisis de Economía Institucional, [Secure Borders and Trade Facilitation: An Institutional Economics Analysis] México, Gestión y Política Pública, CIDE, Vol. XVII (1), first semester 2008. Capital Mobility and Mexico s Challenge Toward Financial Integration, Latin American Business Review, Vol. 9, #3/4, 2008-09. El Ciclo Político Oportunista y el Gasto de los Estados Mexicanos [Opportunistic Political Cycle and State-Level Government Expenses], con Cesáreo Gámez, Gestión y Política Pública, CIDE, Vol. XVIII, #1, primer semestre 2009. User Intention and Consumer Needs of Packaged Mobile Data Services in Mexico, with Raquel Castaño and Luis E. Pérez-Monjarás, International Journal of Business Competition and Growth, Vol. 1 (2), 2010. Is there an Integrated Electricity Market in North America? Institutional Challenges in Mexico, in I. Morales (Ed.), National Solutions to Cross Border Problems, London, Ashgate, 2011. Análisis de la Distribución Territorial de Proyectos del Mecanismo para un Desarrollo Limpio: El Caso de los Estados de la República Mexicana [Analysis of Territorial Project Distribution of the Clean Development Mechanism: The case of Mexican States], with Ariel Cruz, Alfredo Flores and Homar Zamorano, Economía Mexicana Nueva Epoca, CIDE, first semester 2012. RECENT BOOKS: Gibson, D., M. Heitor, and A. Ibarra-Yunez (Eds.), Learning and Knowledge in the Network Society, Purdue University Press, 2005 Gibson, D., M. Heitor, and A. Ibarra-Yunez (Eds.), Connecting People, Ideas, and Resources Across Communities, Purdue University Press, 2007. Ibarra-Yunez, A. (Coord.), Economic and Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities for US- Mexico Electricity Trade and Cooperation, PRP Report #174, University of Texas at Austin, May 2012. RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS: Regulatory Shields and Firms Conduct: Application to Telecommunications Companies in Chile and Mexico, in Learning and Knowledge for the Network Society, D. Gibson, M. Heitor, and A. Ibarra-Yunez (eds.), Purdue University Press, 2005. Building the Learning Economy: Trends and Perspectives for Governance, in Learning and Knowledge for the Network Society, David V. Gibson, Manuel V. Heitor, and Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez Eds., Purdue University Press, 2005 7
Connecting People, Ideas, and Resources Across Communities (Prologue and Ch. 1), in Connecting People, Ideas, and Resources Across Communities, D. Gibson, M. Heitor, and A. Ibarra-Yunez (eds.), Purdue University Press, 2007 Is there and Integrated Electricity Market in North America? Institutional Challenges for Mexico, in Morales, I. (Ed.), National Solutions to Cross Border Problems, London, UK, Ashgate Pub. 2011. PRINCIPAL ADVISOR TO GRADUATE THESES AND DISSERTATIONS (2003-2012): Abel Hibert Sánchez (2012), Incumbent versus Non-incumbent Investment Strategies and Risktaking: Capital Structure and Market Power: Application to Supermarkets, Telecommunications, and Spectrum Auctions, PhD in Business Administration and Management, EGADE Business School, ITESM-Monterrey, April. Luis Treviño Villarreal (2011), Managing Electricity Sourcing in Europe s Energy Intensive Industry, PhD in Technology Management, EPFL, Lausanne, July. Ricardo Jimenez Pérez (2010), 3G (migrando a LTE) vs WiMAX: Complementos o Rivales, Aplicación a un estudio de Caso en México [3G (migrating towards LTE) vs WiMAX: Complements or Rivals, Application to a Case Study in Mexico], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM-Monterrey, April. Luis Ernesto Pérez Monjarás (2009), Actitudes y Posturas de Deseo de Pago de Servicios de Datos Móviles Empaquetados, [Attitudes and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Packaged Mobile Data Services], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM- Monterrey, November. José Rosario González (2007), Economic Regulators and the Interface between New Institutional Economics and Capture Theory, as Applied to Energy, Telecommunications, and Banking: The Mexican Case, PhD Dissertation in Business Administration and Management, ITESM-Monterrey (in progress) Cesareo Gámez (2006), The Political Cycle in Mexico: Analysis at the Federal and State Levels and Implications for Company Strategic Contracting, PhD Dissertation in Business Administration and Management, ITESM- Monterrey Homero Zambrano (2006), Compensation Structure as a Determinant of Firm Performance, Ph Dissertation in Business Administration and Management, ITESM-Monterrey José G. Aguilar (2006), Competencia, Regulación y Eficiencia en los Mercados de Telecomunicaciones [Competition, Regulation, and Efficiency in Telecommunications Markets], PhD Dissertation in Economic Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México, coadvisor 8
Laura Suárez S. (2005), Regulación de Voz por IP en México [Regulation of VoIP in Mexico], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM-Monterrey Ramsés Ríos (2005), Tecnologías VSAT para Teleeducación en México: Un Enfoque Técnico- Económico [VSAT Technologies for Teleeducation in Mexico: A Technical- Economic Approach], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM-Monterrey Edmundo Castruita (2004), Sstemas PLC/BPL y sus Condicionantes Tecnológicos, Económicos y Regulatorios en México [PLC/BPL Systems, and their Technological, Economic, and Regulatory Restrictions], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM-Monterrey Itzel Nolasco (2004), Análisis del Impacto de Inversión en Tecnologías inalámbricas en PYMES Mexicanas [Analysis of the Impact of Investment in Wíreless Technologies applied to Mexican SMEs], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM-Monterrey Luis A. Méndez (2004), Impacto de GSM en México y el Futuro hacia 3G [GSM Impact in Mexico and the Future towards 3G], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM- Monterrey Perla R. Huerta (2004), Posición Competitiva Global de la Industria Manufacturera para PCS en México ante la Evolución de las Comunicaciones Inalámbricas hacia 3G [Competitive Position of the PCS Manufacturing Industry in Mexico around the Evolution of Wireless Communications towards 3G], MSc in Telecommunications Management, ITESM-Monterrey MEMBERSHIPS: American Economic Association Association for Borderlands Studies Business Association for Latin American Studies Colegio de Economistas de Nuevo León International Trade and Finance Association ISINI; ICTPI; CLADEA; ACACIA COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN EDITORIAL BOARDS: Member, Editorial Board and Committee, Latin American Business Review; European Journal of Marketing; International Trade Journal; Gestión y Política Pública; Ejecutivos de Finanzas; Portal for North America, 2007 to present. Member, Editorial Board and Committee, Romulo Garza Prize in book production at the ITESM System, 2009, 2010, 2011. Coordinator, PhD Faculty (14 professors) in all academic and administrative PhD matters and mentoring of 36 PhD students. Faculty Advisor Omicron Delta Epsilon, Chapter Beta, ITESM Mexico, 1995 to date 9
Advisor and Honorary President, Colegio de Economistas de Nuevo León, A.C., 1992 to present President, Colegio de Economistas de Nuevo León, A.C, 1990 a 1991, Academic Advisor, National Economics Student Research Prize Luis Donaldo Colosio, 1995 to present Member of the Board, National Commission of Foreign Trade [COMCE], 2002 to 2004, and 2007 Member, International Editorial Committee and International Advisory Committee, International Conferences on Technology Policy and Innovation, Lisbon, 1999 to present. Member, editorial board and committee, Ensayos, UANL-México, 2006 to present Member, editorial board, Social Sciences area, CONACYT, Mexico, 2003 to present Reviewer, UNCTAD World Investment Report 2005 DISTINCTIONS: National Researcher Level 1, CONACYT, 2003 to date Visiting Professor/ researcher, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, academic year 2011-2012 Fellow, Center for Studies of Western Hemispheric Trade, University of Texas System, 2000 to date. Member and country leader, Portal For North America, 2000-2009; University of Ottawa, 2011 to date. Fellow, Pan American Partnership for Business Education, Nueva York, 2000 to date. Premio a la Labor Docente y de Investigación, [best profesor award], ITESM, 1994, 1998, 2008, administrative and social sciences. Premio Rómulo Garza por Investigación, [best researcher award], ITESM, First prize, 1993. Premio Rómulo Garza por Producción de Libros, [best book], ITESM, First prize, 1992. EDUCATION: BA in Economics [Licenciado en Economía], Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, 1974 M.A. in Economics, (Minor in Latin American Studies), Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico, 1975. M.A. Applied Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1977 PhD Studies in Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1977 10
PhD in Management; Areas in Economics and Public Policy, ITESM- Monterrey, 1998 Monterrey, April 2012 (updated) EGADE Business School-ITESM Ave. Fundadores y Rufino Tamayo s/n, Col. Valle Oriente Garza Garcia, NL 66269, Mexico Tel. 011+ (5281)- 8625-6075; Fax. 011+(5281)-8625-6098 Email: aibarra@itesm.mx 11