MARTIN G. RAPETTI Department of Economics Center for the Study of the State and Society (CEDES) Sánchez de Bustamante 27 (C1173AAA), Buenos Aires, Argentina www.martinrapetti.net Education 2006-2011 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2006-2008 M.A. in Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1995-2000 Licenciate. in Economics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Academic Possitions 2013 - Assistant Researcher, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina 2011 - Associate Researcher, Center for the Study of the State and Society, Argentina 2011- Associate Researcher, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política (IIEP), University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Argentina 2011 - Assistant Professor, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Publications Refereed Journals 1. Macroeconomic Policy Coordination in a Competitive Real Exchange Rate Strategy for Development, Journal of Globalization and Development, 3(2), pp. 1-31. 2. The Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth: Are Developing Countries Different?, International Review of Applied Economics, 26 (6), pp. 735-753 (with Peter Skott and Arslan Razmi). 3. External Fragility or Deindustrialization: What is the Main Threat to Latin American Countries in the 2010s?, World Economic Review, 1 (1), pp. 37-56, 2012 (with Roberto Frenkel). 4. The Real Exchange Rate and Economic Development, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 23 (2), pp. 151 169, 2012 (with Arslan Razmi and Peter Skott). 5. Exchange Rate Regimes in the Major Latin America Countries since the 1950s: Lessons from History, Revista de Historia Económica-Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 30 (1), pp. 157-188, 2012 (with Roberto Frenkel). 1
6. A Developing Country View of the Current Global Crisis: What Should Not Be Forgotten and What Should Be Done, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33 (4), pp. 685-702, 2009 (with Roberto Frenkel). 7. Five Years of Stable and Competitive Real Exchange Rate in Argentina, International Review of Applied Economics, 22 (2), pp. 215-226, 2008 (with Roberto Frenkel). Reprinted in Gerald Epstein and Erinc Yeldan, (eds.): Beyond Inflation Targeting: Assessing the Impacts and Policy Alternatives, pp.179-202,edwardelgar,2009. 8. Política Monetaria y Cambiaria después del Colapso de la Convertibilidad, Ensayos Económicos, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Nº 46, pp.137-166, 2007 (with Roberto Frenkel). 9. The Argentinean Debt: History, Default and Restructuring, Desarrollo Económico, 45(178), pp. 187-233, 2005 (with Mario Damill and Roberto Frenkel) [in Spanish]. English version in Barry, Herman José Antonio Ocampo and Shari Spiegel (eds.): Overcoming Developing Country Debt Crises, pp. 179-230, Oxford University Press, 2010. Book Chapters 1. Financial and Currency Crises in Latin America, in Gerald Epstein and Martin H. Wolfson (eds.): The Handbook of the Political Economy of Financial Crises, pp. 296-310, Oxford University Press, 2013 (with Mario Damill and Roberto Frenkel). 2. Exchange Rate Regimes in Latin America, in José Antonio Ocampo and Jaime Ros (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics, pp. 187-213, Oxford University Press, 2011 (with Roberto Frenkel). 3. Economic Development and the International Financial System, in Stephany Griffith-Jones, José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph Stiglitz (eds.): Time for a Visible Hand, pp. 253-268, Oxford University Press, 2010 (with Roberto Frenkel). Book Reviews 1. Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller, Eastern Economic Journal, 38, pp. 276-278, 2012. Non-refereed Publications 1. Fragilidad externa o desindustrialización: Cuál es la principal amenaza de América Latina en la próxima década?, Serie Macroeconomía del Desarrollo 116, ECLAC, 2011 (with Roberto Frenkel). 2. La crisis mundial desde la perspectiva de los paises en desarrollo: algunas reflexiones, Nueva Sociedad, No. 224, Noviembre-Diciembre, pp. 86-103, 2009 (with Roberto Frenkel). 2
3. The Argentine Macroeconomy during the Post-Convertibility Period: Evolution, Debates and Perspectives, Policy Paper Nº 5, Policy Papers Series, Economics Working Group, The Argentina Observatory, Graduate Program in International Affairs, New School University, October, 2005 [in Spanish]. 4. The Fall of the Welfare State in Argentina, Cuadernos del CEPED, Institute for Economic Research, University of Buenos Aires, March, 2002. (with Alberto Müller and Rocio Titiunik) [in Spanish]. Working papers and work in progress 1. Real Exchange Rates and the Long-run Effects of Aggregate Demand in Economies with Underemployment, Working Paper 2012-06, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2012 (with Peter Skott and Arslan Razmi). 2. Macroeconomic Policy Coordination in a Competitive Real Exchange Rate Strategy for Development: A comparative analysis of Argentina (2003-2011) and Chile (1984-1998). In progress. 3. The Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth: Some Reflections on the Possible Channels, paper prepared for the conference in Honor of Roberto Frenkel, University of Buenos Aires, October 11-12, 2012. Refereeing Activity The World Economy, Journal of Financial Stability, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Economics Bulletin, European Journal of Comparative Economics, Investigaciones en Historia Económica, Ensayos Económicos. Fellowships, Honors and Awards Listed in Marquis Who s Who in the World 2010. Graduate School Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, 2010-2011. Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar, Levy Institute, Bard College, NY, 19-26 June, 2010. Eighth Cambridge Advanced Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (CAPORDE), Development Studies Committee, Cambridge University, UK, 2-19 July, 2008. Political Economy Research Institute Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2006-2007. International Young Researcher Training Program in Economics, Ford Foundation at the Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES), 2004-2005. PROPAI Research Fellowship, School of Economics, University of Buenos Aires, 1999-2000. 3
Presentations in Conferences and Seminars Tipo de cambio real y desarrollo económico, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (March 2012), Secretaria de Finanzas, Ministerio de Economía de Argentina (July 2012), Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (July 2012) Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (August 2012). Latin American Crises: Some Lessons, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), New York, November 2011. Policy Coordination under a Competitive Exchange Rate Strategy for Development, Eastern Economic Association, Annual Conference, New York, February, 2011. A Concise History of Exchange Rate Regimes in Latin America, NSSR-UMass Annual Student Conference, New School of Social Research, New York, November, 2009. The Real Exchange Rate as an Instrument of Development Policy, Annual Conference, Asociación de Economía para el Desarrollo de Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2009. The Real Exchange Rate as an Instrument of Development Policy, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, August 2009. Five Years of Stable and Competitive Real Exchange Rate in Argentina, Eastern Economic Association, Annual Conference, New York, February 2007. Discussant of papers at NSSR-UMass Annual Student Conference (Amherst, 2008 and New York, 2009), Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference (New York, 2009 and Philladelphia 2010, New York, 2011). Professional Experience Adviser of the Board of Directors, Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires (BPBA), Argentina, January 2006 - August 2006. Junior Economist, Economic Research Department, Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires (BPBA), Argentina, August 2000- December 2003. Teaching Experience University of Buenos Aires, (2011-present) Graduate: Open Economy Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics for Developing Countries Undergraduate: Advanced Macroeconomics University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2007-2011) 4
Instructor: Intermediate Macroeconomics, International Monetary Theory, Introduction to Macroeconomics. Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Macroeconomics, Game Theory, Mathematical Methods (graduate level). University of Buenos Aires, (1999-2006) Instructor: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Principles of Economics. Teaching Assistant: Advanced Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, National Accounting, World Economic History. 5