Assistant Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch

Education

• University of Texas at El Paso, M.S. in Economics, 2002
• University of Texas at El Paso, B.B.A. (cum laude and honors degree) in Accounting and Economics, 2000

Employment

• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch, 9/06–Present
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch, 11/01–9/06
• Assistant Economist since 9/04; Economic Analyst 11/02–8/04
• Economic Research Assistant 11/01–10/02

Academic Publications

• "The Effect of Undocumented Immigration and Border Enforcement on Crime Rates along the US-Mexico Border,” with Pia M. Orrenius, Migraciones Internacionales, forthcoming
• "Exported Retail Sales along the Texas-Mexico Border," with Keith R. Phillips, Journals of Borderlands Studies, Spring 2007
  
• “Short-Run Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Tijuana," with Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr. and Don P. Clark, Annals of Regional Science, Fall 2004
• “Maquiladora Downturn: Structural Change or Cyclical Factors?,” with Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, International Business and Economics Research Journal, August 2004
• “Evidencia Respecto de la Valoración del Peso Mexicano en la Región Fronteriza," with Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr., Investigación Económica, 2001
• “Restaurant Prices and the Mexican Peso," with Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr., Southern Economic Journal, July 2001

Dallas Fed Publications

• "Explaining the Increase in Remittances to Mexico," with Jesus Cañas and Pia M. Orrenius, Southwest Economy, July/August 2007
• "Maquiladora Recovery: Lessons for the Future," with Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, March/April 2007
  
• "Border Benefits from Mexican Shoppers," with Jesus Cañas and Keith Phillips, Southwest Economy, May/June 2006.
• “U.S., Mexico Deepen Economic Ties,” with Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, January/February 2006.
• “Texas Border Benefits from Retail Sales to Mexican Nationals,” with Keith R. Phillips, The Face Texas: Jobs, People, Business and Change, November 2005
• “Texas Border Employment and Maquiladora Growth,” with Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, The Face Texas: Jobs, People, Business and Change, November 2005
• “Cyclical Differences Emerge in Border City Economies,” with Jesus Cañas, Crossroads, Issue 1, 2005
• “Trade, Manufacturing Put Mexico Back on Track in 2004,” with Robert W. Gilmer and Jesus Cañas, Houston Business, March 2005
• “Framing the Future: Tomorrow’s Border Economy,” with Robert W. Gilmer, Keith R. Phillips and Jesus Cañas, Vista, Issue 1 2005
• “Framing the Future: Tomorrow’s Border Economy,” with Robert W. Gilmer, Keith R. Phillips and Jesus Cañas, Business Frontier, Issue 4, 2004
• “U.S.–Mexico Trade: Are We Still Connected?,” with Jesus Cañas, Business Frontier, Issue 3, 2004
• “Maquiladora Downturn: Structural Change or Cyclical Factors?,” with Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, Business Frontier, Issue 2, 2004
• “Workers’ Remittances to Mexico,” Business Frontier, Issue 1, 2004
• “Falling Crime and Rising Border Enforcement: Is There a Connection?,” with Pia M. Orrenius, Southwest Economy, May/June 2003
• “Maquiladora Industry: Past, Present and Future,” with Jesus Canas, Business Frontier, Issue 2, 2002
• “Economic Update on El Paso del Norte,” with Lucinda Vargas, Business Frontier, Issue 2, 2001

Other Publications

• "Border Crime and Border Enforcement," with Pia M. Orrenius, Basic Border Econometrics, Martha Patricia Barraza de Anda and Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr. eds., Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez, 2006.
• “El empleo en la frontera de Texas y el crecimiento de las maquiladoras,” with Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, Acontecimientos Recientes sobre Desarrollo Económico Fronterizo, Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Conference Proceedings Book, Editor Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota, forthcoming, Summer 2006
• “Commentary on Permanent Establishment and Taxation: The Maquiladora Case,” Maquiladoras Today, Conference Proceedings Book, Second NOBE/REF International Economic Research Forum, Editor Van Miller, forthcoming, Summer 2006
• “Menu Prices and the Peso," 2001, with Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr., The University of Texas at El Paso Technical Report Series, 2001
• “Empirical Evidence on the Mexican Peso," with Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr., American Statistical Association: 1999 Proceedings of the Business and Economic Statistics Section, 1999

Working Papers

• “The Effect of Illegal Immigration and Border Enforcement on Crime Rates along the U.S.–Mexico Border,” with Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 03-03