CINTIA MONICA MARTINEZ Age: 46. Citizenship: Argentine and Italian. Address: Rojas 1539 8 B. C1416CPK - Buenos Aires, Argentina. Telephone:+54 11 4586 1577 (Cell.) +54 11 15 6132 2091 E-mail: cintiam34@yahoo.com RESEARCH INTERESTS Econometrics and Statistics applied to Economic Growth and Monetary Economics. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS PhD. in Applied Economics (2004), School of Economics and Business, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Grade: 8.5 (scale 1 to 10). Final dissertation: Econometric Study of Regional Economic Growth in Mercosur Countries in the Last Decades. Advisor professor: Carmen Guisán Seijas. Master in International Economics (2001). School of Economics and Business, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Without final grade. Accountant, (1991). School of Economics and Business, National Northeast University, Argentina. Average grade: 7 (scale: 1 to 10). PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AS AN ECONOMIST Current position: School of Economics and Business, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina. - Researcher. Instituto de Métodos Cuantitativos (Quantitative Methods Institute) - Centro de Investigaciones en Econometría (Center of Econometrics Research). - Adjunct Professor of Statistics I, II (since 2005) and Econometrics I (since 2013); Assistant Professor of Stochastic Process in Econometrics (Time Series) since 2012. - Assistant Professor of the Master in International Economics Relationships (2009) and Master in International Accountancy (2008) at Quantitative Methods and Econometrics. Other Universities teaching positions: - School of Economics and Business, University of Del Salvador (USAL), Argentina: Adjunct Professor of Econometrics I y II. (since August 2005 till Febr. 2013) - School of Economics and Business, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), Argentina: Adjunct Professor of Statistics II (since 2009, August till 2011, May).
From April 2001 to December 2004: School of Economics and Business, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Department: Econometrics. Position: research assistant and Ph. D. candidate. From April to October 2000: participation in the development of a project relative to micro-banking services for low-income citizens, organized by Centro de Estudios de la Estructura Económica (Center for studies about economic structure). University of Buenos Aires. Position: Analyst. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AS AN ACCOUNTANT From July to October 2000: Company: Dapsa S.A., oil refinery and lubricators manufacturing (Argentina). Department: Budgets and Management Control. Position: Senior analyst. From February 1.995 to June 2000: Company: Aluar Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C. (Argentina).The main activity of the company is the manufacturing of primary and elaborated aluminum. Department: Accounting and Costs. Position: Supervisor of Department. From July 1.994 to January 1.995: Company: Angel Estrada y Cía. S.A., an editorial company (Argentina). Department: Costs and Budgets. Position: Analyst. From November 1.993 to 1990: Other positions as Assistant and Intern in private companies and banks. VISITING APPOINTMENTS September 2011 to March 2012: 2
Institution: University of California Santa Cruz, Economics Department, USA. Coordinator: Carl Walsh. October - December 2003: Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Atlanta, USA. Department: Latin America Research Group. Coordinator: Stephen Kay. Position: visiting Ph.D. student. October-December 2003: Institution: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. Atlanta, USA. Department: International Studies Program. Coordinator: Jorge Martínez-Vázquez. Position: visiting Ph.D. student. PUBLICATIONS Books and chapters of books: Martínez, C. y Trombetta, Martín (2011): La economía del Mercosur. Análisis histórico. (The Economy of Mercosur. Historical annalysis.) In Perspectivas del Mercosur: crecimiento económico, convergencia e integración regional (Mercosur Perspectives: Economic Growth, Convergence and Regional Integration), pp.13-22. Buenos Aires. Urbisaia, H.; Brufman, J.; Martínez, C. Y Trombetta, M. (2010): Estimación de modelos dinámicos con datos de panel (Dynamic Models Estimation with Panel Data). XXV Jornadas Nacionales de Docentes de Matemática en Facultades de Ciencias Económicas y afines. Editorial Universidad Adventista del Plata, Entre Ríos. Urbisaia, H.; Brufman, J.; Martínez, C. and Rodríguez Villegas, E. (2007): Evidencia empírica sobre mecanismos de transmisión monetaria (Monetary Transmition Mechanisms: Empirical Evidence). Séptimas Jornadas de Tecnología Aplicada a la Educación Matemática, Buenos Aires. Pp. 223-257. Martínez, Cintia (2005). Estudio Econométrico Regional del Crecimiento Económico en los países del Mercosur en las últimas décadas (Econometric study of the regional economic growth in Mercosur countries in the last decades). PhD. thesis. University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Guisán, M.C. and Martínez, C. (2004). Education, Industrial Development and Foreign Trade in Argentina: Econometric Models and International Comparisons. In Education and Development Issues in Economic Development, several authors. ICFAI University Press, Hyderebad, India, pp. 150-180. 3
Articles: Martínez, C. (2012): An Analysis of the Contribution of GMM System and GMM Differences Estimators to the Estimation of Economic Dynamic Equations. Cuadernos del Cimbage, n 15, pp.19-31. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brufman, J., Martínez, C. y Urbisaia, H. (2011): Estimadores GMM en paneles dinámicos. Aplicación al estudio de convergencia beta en el Mercosur. (GMM Estimators in Dynamic Panels, Applied to Convergence in Mercosur). Documentos de Trabajo de la Sección de Estadística y Econometría, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Univ. de Buenos Aires, nº9, pp. 7-54. Martínez, C. y Trombetta, M. (2009): Análisis exploratorio de variables involucradas en el estudio del crecimiento económico en los países del Mercosur (Statistic Annalysis of Variables involved at the Study of Economic Growth in Mercosur). Documentos de Trabajo de la Sección de Estadística y Econometría, vol. 5, pp. 45-69. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martínez, C. (2007): Crecimiento económico y disparidades regionales en los países del Mercosur (Economic Growth and Regional Disparities at Mercosur Countries). Documentos de Trabajo de la Sección de Estadística y Econometría, vol. 1, pp. 41-64. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martinez, C. (2002). Exchange rate, inflation and GDP growth in Argentina, 1979-2000 Estudios Económicos de Desarrollo Internacional, Vol. 2-2, 2002, 19 pages. Distribution Mundi-Prensa, Madrid (Spain). CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 1. As coordinator/organizer: 2013: Co-Organizer and coordinator of the Seminario de Econometria y Estadistica (Econometrics and Statistics Seminar) at School of Economics and Business, UBA. Buenos Aires, Argentina, fortnightly meetings. 2. As author and expositor: Martínez, C. y Landro, A. (2013): Metodología paramétrica y no paramétrica para desestacionalización de series de tiempo (Parametric and non-parametric Techniques for Detrending Time Series). XIII Jornadas de Tecnología aplicadas a la educación matemática universitaria del CMA, UBA. Buenos Aires. Martínez, C. (2013): Desestacionalización de series de tiempo (Time Series Detrend). Seminario de Econometría y Estadística, del Centro de Investigaciones en Econometría, UBA, Argentina. Martínez, C. (2012): Estimación de convergencia en el PBI p.c. de los países del Mercosur mediante técnicas econométricas. (Convergence Estimation in GDP p.c. in 4
Mercosur with Econometrics. I Jornadas de Estudio de América Latina y el Caribe. Sep. 2012, Instituto de Estudios de América Latina y el Caribe, University of Buenos Aires. Martínez, C. (2012): Convergence in Mercosur: Dynamic estimation with panel data. In Brown Bag Seminars, Economics Department, University of California Santa Cruz. Urbisaia, H.; Ianchilovici, B.; Martínez, C.; Trombetta, M. (2009): Mercosur Perspectives: Economic Growth, Convergence and Regional Integration. Día de la Investigación 2009, School of Economics and Business, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Urbisaia, H. and Martínez, C. (2008): Advances at Mercosur Economic Growth Project Día de la Investigación 2008, School of Economics and Business, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martínez, C.; Rodríguez Villegas, E. and Galker, M. (2008): Using specific software in Statistics Teaching. Octavas Jornadas de Tecnología Aplicadas a la Educación Matemática Universidaria., School of Economics and Business, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Urbisaia, H.; Brufman, J.; Martínez, C.; Rodríguez, E. (2007). VAR modelization applied to a Monetary Economics problem. XXII Jornadas Nacionales de Docentes de Matemática de Facultades de C. Econômicas y afines. Sep. 2007, Mendoza, Argentina. Martínez, Cintia (2006). Economic growth and regional disparities: a causality analysis. Día de la Investigación 2006, School of Economics and Business, UBA. Buenos Aires, Argentina. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 2011, Sept. to 2012, January: Thalmann Scholarship from University of Buenos Aires, for Professors, fulfilled at University of California Santa Cruz. Oct to Dic. 2003: Scholarship for visiting and working in a foreign research center, granted by University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. April 2001 to May 2004: pre-doctoral scholarship for Latin American students, granted by University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Foundation of Iguazú Bank Award, for the best average final marks at Secondary Schools, year 1984, Formosa, Argentina. LANGUAGES, SOFTWARE First Certificate in English, attained at English Culture Institute of Chaco, Argentina. 5
Italian: elemental level, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. French and Galician: elemental level. Econometrics and statistical software: EViews (advanced level), Stata and Crystal Ball (intermediate level). OTHER ACTIVITIES Participation in the Centro de Estudiantes Formoseños en Buenos Aires (a students organization), from the Control Committee (1993-1998). Participation in the Young Professionals Committee of the Economic Sciences Professional Council of Capital Federal (Argentina), along 1.993. 6