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Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres

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Sheila Amin Gutierrez de Pineres
Professor and Associate Provost
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Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres is an associate professor of Economics and Political Economy in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas.

She graduated from Texas A&M University in 1988, and received a MA from the University of Chicago in 1989. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University in 1992.

Before coming to UTD in 1996, she was an assistant professor of Economics at The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

She has authored or co-authored numerous scholarly journal articles in the areas of development economics, international economics, and Latin America in such journals as Journal of Development Economics, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Latin American Politics and Society, Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, International Journal of Public Administration, Review of Development Economics, Latin American Business Review, Terrorism & Political Violence, Agricultural Economics, and Journal of International Consumer Marketing.

She is also currently on the advisory board of The J. McDonald Williams Institute.

Dr. Gutierrez de Pineres’ major area of research focuses on the economic development in developing countries. Her work is not limited to economic development but much broader in that the research asks more fundamental questions about development and its sustainability.

Her original research on export dynamics and economic growth has been expanded to examine the relationship between exchange rate policies and economic growth.

How does a currency devaluation affect the disaggregated exports of a developing country, and consequently, is a policy of devaluation an effective policy tool when the government’s goal is sustainable economic growth?

Once economic growth is achieved, questions surrounding its sustainability arise. For example, what is the impact of political instability and/or violence on the economy and investment, both foreign and domestic?

Additionally, this research is also being expanded by applying the effects of the drug trade, violence and terrorism on democratic stability, and consequently, economic growth in Peru and Colombia.

This research employs a sub-national analysis and includes new methodological applications such as spatial econometrics. Her work is interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary.

Past Work Experience

1992-1996
Assistant Professor of Economics
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Other:
1998- 2000
Consultant, Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin, TXDOT (Texas Department of Transportation) Project no. 0-1763 “Economic Impact of the Development of the Texas Trunk System”
Summer 1994
Fulbright Senior Scholar (Colombia)
Summer 1992
Economic Research Service: Commodity Economics Division, United States Department of Agriculture

Awards

2005
Chancellors Teaching Award Finalist
2004
Chancellors Teaching Award Finalist
2002
Chancellors Teaching Award Finalist
WebCt Training Class Grant, University of Texas at Dallas
WebCt Class Development Grant, University of Texas at Dallas
FIPSE Summer Course Development Grant, University of Texas at Dallas
2001
FIPSE Summer Course Development Grant, University of Texas at Dallas
Board Member: The Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (IN-PAE) steering committee for NASPAA
2000
Board Member: The Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (IN-PAE) steering committee for NASPAA
Bruton Center Faculty Research Grant in GIS
1997
University Representative on The Atlantic Council
College of Social Science Students’ Choice Teaching Award
1995
University of Arkansas Teaching Portfolio Grant
University of Arkansas Summer Research Grant
1994
Fulbright Research/Lectureship Fellowship to Colombia
1993
AAEA Foundation travel grant for Minority Professionals

Courses

Academic Journals

“What a Difference a Source Makes! An analysis of export data” Applied Economics Letters, January 2006, Vol 13, No. 1, pp 35-40.

“The Illegal Drug Industry and the Economy in Colombia:  A Department Level Analysis” with Jennifer Holmes, Bulletin of Latin American Research,  Jan 2006, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p104-118.

“The Democratic Development Scorecard: A Balanced Method for Assessing National Development in Democracies,” with Jennifer Holmes, International Journal of Social Economics, January 2006, Vol.33, Issue 1, pp 54-76.

 “Export-Led Growth: Are the results robust across methodologies and/or data sets? A Case Study of Latin America” with Manuel Cantavella, Applied Economics, forthcoming (accepted 10/05)

“Drugs, Violence and Development in Colombia:  A Department Level Analysis,” with Jennifer Holmes and Kevin Curtin, Latin American Politics and Society, forthcoming (Accepted 6/05).

“Deepening Democracy and Reforming Public Administration: Applying the Balanced Scorecard Approach to the Americas” with Jennifer Holmes and L. Douglas Kiel, International Journal of Public Administration, forthcoming (Accepted 9/05).

 “Sources of Fujimori’’s Popularity: Neoliberal Reform or Ending Terrorism?” (with Jennifer S. Holmes), Terrorism & Political Violence (Winter 2003) Vol. 14 No. 4.

“Open capital markets and FDI: implications for Mexico,” (with Joel Nicholson and Juan Espana) International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 23 (2000), no. 5-8.

“Commodity Composition of Trade: A Comparative Analysis of Latin America,” (with Michael Ferrantino), Latin American Business Review Vol.1. no. 3 (2000) pp. 1-16.

"Export Sector and Domestic Growth: Can Granger-Causality Capture the Structural Dynamics?  The Case of Colombia," (with Michael Ferrantino), Review of Development Economics, October 1999, vol. 3, no.3, pp. 268-280.

"Externalities in the Agricultural Export Sector and Economic Growth: A Developing Country Perspective,” Agricultural Economics, 21 (1999) 257-267.

"Do Government Policies Distort Relative Factor Prices: Evidence from Colombia,” (with Chris Giosa), Applied Economics, June 1999, vol 31, pp 755-759.

"Export Diversification and Structural Dynamics in the Growth Process: A Case Study of Chile" (with Michael Ferrantino) Journal of Development Economics, April 1997, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 375- 391.

"Country of Origin Attitudes in Mexico: The Malinchismo Effect" (with Bill Bailey), Journal of International Consumer Marketing, vol. 9, no. 3, 1997, pg 25- 43.

"Export Diversification Trends: Some Comparisons for Latin America," (with Michael Ferrantino) International Executive, July/August 1997, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 465-477.

"Externalities in the Export Sector and Long Run Growth Rates," Singapore Economic Review, April 1996, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 13-24.

"Externalidades en el Sector de Exportaciones y Crecimiento en el Largo Plaza: Un Caso de Colombia" in Ensayos de Economica, vol. 5, no. 8, 1994, p.11- 26.

“Economic Literacy-Choices for the Agricultural Economics Profession” (with Borich, P and Johnson, S) in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol 75, no 5, pgs 1291-1291, Dec 1993.

Books

Export Dynamics and Economic Growth in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective, with Michael Ferrantino Ashgate Publishers, April 2000.

Book Chapters

“Corruption: is dollarization a solution?” in Institutions, Globalization, and Empowerment (with Jennifer S. Holmes),   Edited by Kartik C. Roy, Jörn E. Sideras. Cheltenham, England and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers, forthcoming.

Funded Research Projects

2005
Special Faculty Development Assignment (Fall semester)
First Generation College Student Grant from Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board ($25,000)
2003
2003 Kauffman Collegiate Entrepreneurship Network grant ($50,000)

Grants under Submission

2005                           
Fulbright Senior Scholar Program (submitted for 2006 summer in Colombia- notification date January 2006)
2005
The Creation of an Integrated Network of International Programs and Degree Offerings submitted to Department of Education: Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program Grant Proposal (two years for $179,111- notification date late March 2006)
  • Updated: July 26, 2006