PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Paul Kroopkin, "Exchange Rate Dynamics in Integrated Market," International Advances in Economic Research, 3:3, 1997.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Multiculturalism in a Labor Market with Integrated Economies," Management Decision, 35:7, 1997.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Working Mothers and the Supervision of Their Children: A Value Chain Approach to Schooling," Logistics Information Management, 11:1, 1998.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Evidence of Forward Discounts Determinants and Volatility Behavior," Journal of Economic Studies, 25:6, 1998.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets," International Review of Economic and Finance, 8:1, 1999.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, Book Review, Cravero, Jose, "El Tomismo en la Filosofia Contemporanea de la Economia," The Review of Metaphysics, 52:3, 1999.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from within and Across Blocks," Journal of Economics and Finance, 23:1, 1999.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", Applied Financial Economics, 25:1, 2000.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Volatility Behavior of Exchange Rate Future Contracts", Atlantic Economic Journal, 28:4, 2000.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Implementation of the European Monetary Union and its Sustainability During 1999-2002: Recommendations from a Dynamic Game", Journal of Economic Integration, 15:1, 2000.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Family, Economics, and the Information Society. How are They Affecting each Other?", International Journal of Social Economics, 28:3, 2001. 

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations Policy and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind", Journal of Public Law, Winter Issue, 20:2, 2002.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?", International Journal of Social Economics, 29:12, 2002.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, “Japanese Banks Liability Management Before and During The Banking Crises and Macroeconomic Fundamentals”, Journal of Asian Economics, 15:2, 2004.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "Hindered Growth: The Ideology and Implications of Population Assistance", International Journal of Social Economics, 32:9, 2005.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Working Mothers’ Contributions to Family Income: Proportions and Effects”, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 20:2, 2006.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Marriage and the Family in Economic Theory and Policy”, Ave Maria Law Journal, 4:2, 2006.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Comidas Familiares, Dietas, y Distribución de Alimentos: Plantando las Semillas del Crecimiento Económico”, Dirección en la Industria de la Hospitalidad, 11:1, 2007.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family, Economics, and Sustainable Development”, The Family, Paradigm of Social Change, Proceedings of Conference Family and Society, Barcelona: International University of Cataluny Press, 2008.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family and Economic Development”, La Familia Ante las Crisis del Mundo Contemporáneo, Proceedings of IV Congreso Internacional de la Familia, Bogota: Universidad de la Sabana Press, 2008.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, Thomas Lee, and Themis Pantos, “Universal Versus Functional Banking Regimes: The Structure Performance Hypothesis Revisited”, Journal of Banking Regulations, 10:1, 2009.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Feminine Vocation and the Economy”, Ave Maria Law Journal, forthcoming 2009.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Requirements of the family that Forms: Some Economic Considerations”, Familia et Vita, Vatican: Pontificio Consigio per las Famiglia, forthcoming 2009.

Books and Book Chapters

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "EU, Pacific and North American Integration: Lessons from Their Degree of Financial Integration," in Dev Gupta, Globalization and Development, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Balance of Payments: Keynesian and Monetarist Approaches," Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1996.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration," in Enrique Banus (ed), Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, 1997.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, “Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate”, in Population Bomb- Myth or Reality?, ed. Laura Huggins and Hanna Skandera, Hoover Institute, 2004.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Relevance of the Family for Economic Development”, Women and Development, proceedings of Conference in Migration, Microfinancing, and Education: The Role of Women in the Arab World, September 2004.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Value of Water and Theories of Economic Growth”, in Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?, ed. Peter Rogers and Ramon Llamas, London: Taylor and Francis, 2006.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Family and Economic Development: Socioeconomic Relevance and Policy Design”, in The Family in the New Millennium, ed. Scott Love and Thomas Holman, London: Praeger Perspectives, 2006.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, Determinants of Economic Growth: The Case of Guatemala, Guatemala: FADEP, 2007.

Other Articles

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Cairo from an Economic Perspective," National Institute of Womanhood Studies, September, 1994.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Alberto Martinez Piedra, "Social Summit 1995 Draft Declaration and Program of Action: An Economic Perspective," National Institute of Womanhood Studies, February 1995.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, Kelly Kaczka, "The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with Children," Annual Review, Instituto per la Coperacione Universitaria, May 1995.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Comments on the World Conference of Women Programme of Action: An Economic Perspective," National Institute of Womanhood Studies, August 1995.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family: The Family Strikes Back”, News Weekly, Issue 26, 26 February, 2000.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Aging Popualtion: Paying the Consequences", World and I, April, 2000.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "The Ideology of Population Assistance", The Family in America, 15:2, 2001.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Cecilia Hadley, "Population Assistance and the Need for True Development", The Family in America, 15:2, 2001.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations's Policy and the Family in the Context of Population Control", Veritas, 34:1, 2001.

Maria Sophia Aguirre and Ann Wolfgram, "Human Rights and the Family within United Nation’s Policy", Veritas, 34:1, 2001.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Malthus and Becker: Who Was Right?”, Population Research Institute Review, 12:6, 2002.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Family and Economic Development”, Legatus Magazine, December, 2004.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family and Economic Development”, Studies, Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, 2004. (Translated into Chinese)

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Socioeconomic Implications of the Family”, Legatus Magazine, February 2005.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Economy Begins in the Kitchen”, MercatorNet:, June 14^th, 2006.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, “China’s Demographic Doom”, MercatorNet:, November 26^th, 2008.