MARIA SOPHIA AGUIRRE, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
THE
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Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics
UNIVERSIDAD
AUSTRAL, AREGENTINA. Fall 2001
Visiting
Professor, Instituto de Altos Estudios
Empresariales (IAEE)
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 1999 - Present
Associate Professor, Department of Business and Economics
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. D.C. 1993 - 1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Business and Economics
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
Lecturer
EDUCATION
Visiting Scholar, September 1991 - June 1993
Ph.D., ECONOMICS, January 1992
Area of Concentration: Public Policy: Monetary and Fiscal Policies.
Secondary Concentration: Development: International Financial Markets.
M.A. ECONOMICS, November 1988
University of Notre Dame
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, March 1985
Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires
Graduated summa cum laude
MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, March 1985
Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires
Graduated summa cum laude
BACHELOR OF ARTS, Business and Accounting, March 1983
Argentine Catholic University Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires
FELLOWSHIPS AND
GRANTS
Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship (Years 1989-1991)
Zaham Travel Research Grant (Summer 1990)
CUA Research Grant (Summer 1994)
CUA Research Grant (Summer 1996)
The Heritage Foundation (Summer 1999)
Vollmer Foundation (Summer 1999)
Population Research Institute (Summer 1999)
Human Rights Institute (Summer 1999)
Hartman Foundation (Summer 2000)
Vollmer Foundation (Summer 2000)
Vollmer Foundation (Summer 2001)
Vollmer Foundation (Summer 2002)
Hartman Foundation (2004)
AWARDS
Selected for the inclusion in Who's Who Among
America's Teachers, March 1996 and 2006.
Citation of Excellence, Paper published in Journal of Economic Studies, 25:6,
1998. ANBAR Electronic Intelligence, 1999
Selected to the
inclusion in Who’s Who in Social Sciences Higher Education, April 2004.
Awarded, Magister en Gestión Educativa Award, Consejo Iberoamericano, Lima, Peru, 2004
PUBLICATIONS
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Maria Sophia Aguirre, Kelly Kaczka,
"The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with Children", Annual
Review, Instituto per la Coperacione
Universitaria, May 1995.
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Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Multiculturalism in a Labor
Market with Integrated Economies", Management Decision, 35:7,
1997.
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Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Forward Discount Dynamics in
Integrated Markets", International Review of Economic and Finance, 8:1,
1999.
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Maria Sophia Aguirre and Reza Saidi, "Volatility
Behavior of Exchange Rate Future Contracts", Atlantic Economic Journal,
28:4, 2000.
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Maria Sophia Aguirre, "Family, Economics, and the
Information Society. How are They Affecting each Other?", International Journal of Social Economics,
28:3, 2001.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sophia Aguirre, "Currency Markets Competition in an
Interdependence Financial Markets", in International Monetary
Interdependence, ed. Rameshwar Tandom, Forthcoming.
PRESENTATIONS
Conference Presentations (selected sample)
Presented
paper "The Wealth of Nations, Sympathy and Economic Behavior" at the
Presented paper "Parallel Exchange Rates and Their Behavior", at the
American Economic Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Determinants of Capital Flight: The Case of Argentina
1973 - 1992", at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings,
Presented paper "EU, Asian Ring and NAFTA: Lessons from Their Degrees of
Integration", at the American Economic Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", at
the International Atlantic Economic Meetings,
Presented paper "Sudden Changes on Unconditional Variance and Balance of
Payments Behavior in Countries of Integrated Markets", at the Southern
Economic Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards
Economic Integration", at the America Economic Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Determinants of Forward Discounts in Integrated Markets:
The Case of Germany", at the Western Economic Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Canadian Economic
Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Multinational Finance
Society Meetings,
Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the
Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at the Financial
Management Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Volatility Behavior of Future Exchange Rate
Contracts", at the International Atlantic Economic Society Meetings,
Presented paper "Volatility Behavior of Future Exchange Rate
Contracts", at FMA Annual meeting,
Presented paper "Family and Economic Activity: Their Impact on Human
Capital", at American Economic Association Meetings,
Presented paper "Does the Family Have a Place in Habitat?", International Conference on
"Urbanizing World and UN Habitat II",
Presented paper “A Reevaluation of the Market Structure
Performance Relationship for Banks under Different Regimes”, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política XXXVI Annual meeting, Buenos Aires, November 2001.
Presented paper “Japanese Banking Crisis and the Balance of
Payments”, at FMA Annual meeting, Denver, CO, October 2003.
Presented
paper, “The Value of Water: Some Comments on the Water Crisis”, Seminar on
Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?, Santander, June,
Presented
paper, “Family and Economic Development: Socieconomic
Relevance and Policy Design”, European Regional Dialogue Conference for the
Family,
Presented
paper, “The Relevance of the Family for Economic Development”, Conference in
Migration, Microfinancing, and Education: The Role of
Women in the Arab World,
Presented paper, “The Role of Family Dinners in Economic
Development”, Excellence in the Home, London, May 2006.
Presented paper, “The Family in
Economic Development”, World Family Forum,
Presented paper at “Food
Distribution and Economic Growth”, at 2nd Cross-Cultural Dialogue on
Family Harmony and Economic Growth, Beijing University, Beijing, China, May
15-16th, 2007.
Presented Paper “Family and
Economic Development”,
Presented Paper “The Cost of Family
Decline in Lost Social Capital and Increased Poverty”, 2007 World Family Policy
Forum: Achieving Development without Losing our Families, BYU, July 9-11, 2007.
Invited
Presentations (selected sample)
Presented paper "EU, Asian Ring and NAFTA: Modeling Degrees of
Integration", at the Symposium on International Modeling, European Centre
for International Finance and World Bank,
Presented paper "Population and Development: The Family as a Production
Function", at the United Nations International Conference on Population
and Development 1994,
Presented paper "Family and
Economics", at the National Institute of Womanhood 5th. Annual
Conference Meetings,
Presented paper "Integrated Markets and Exchange Rate
Dynamics", at The University of Notre Dame, Economic Theory Seminar, Notre
Dame, In., October 1994.
Presented paper "The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with
Children", at the United Nations World Conference on Women,
Presented paper "EU, Pacific and North American Integration: Modeling
Their Degree of Financial Integration", at
Presented
lecture "The New Cultural Imperialism: The Cairo Conference, Its Origins
and Aftermath" at: University of Notre Dame (October 1994), The Catholic
University of America (October, 1994),
Presented paper "The World Conference on Women Programme
of Action: An Economic Perspective", at the National Institute of
Womanhood 6th. Annual Conference,
Presented lecture "World Conference on Women 1995: A Women and Economic
Perspective" at:
Presented paper "Integrated Markets and Exchange Rate Dynamics", at
Presented paper "Fundamentals of Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated
Markets", at
Presented paper "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards
Economic Integration", at the Symposium on Razon
Practica y Multiculturalismo,
Centro de Estudios Europeos,
Presented paper "Implementation of the European Monetary Union and Its
Sustainability, 1999-2002: Recommendations from a Dynamic Game", at
Presented paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the
Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across
Blocks", at The University of Notre Dame, Development Workshop, Notre
Dame, In., March 1998.
Presented
paper "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange
Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", at The University of
Chicago, International Economics Workshop,
Presented paper "Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development",
at the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, Round Table of Experts,
Uganda, June 1998.
Presented paper "Predictions of Bank Credibility: The Case of Japan",
at
Presented paper "The Case of Grameen Bank:
Solidarity and Citizenship?", at UNIV Conference:
Solidarity and Citizenship,
Presented paper "Pollution, Environment, and Sustainable Resources: Why
the focus on Population?", at Washington Semester
and World Capital Programs,
Presented paper "Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America: A
Response. Solidarity in America: The Church, the Poor, and Social Reform", Symposium on Strengthening the Bonds of Solidarity and
Communion, Sponsored by the
Presented paper, "The Dignity of Older People and Their Mission in the
Church and in the World: Some Considerations", at Closing of the UN Year of the Elderly, Baltimore,
October 1999.
Presented key note speech, "The Cost of the Family Breakdown in Developed
Economies: What Could We Learn?", Conference on
Solutions for the Modern Family, at the UN, October 1999.
Presented key note speech, "The Role of the Family in Economic
Development", at Conference on the Family, University College Dublin,
November 1999.
Presented paper, "Family, Economics, and the Information Society: How
are They Affecting each Other?", World Congress of
Families II,
Presented paper, "Sustainable
Development: Why the Focus on Population?",
Harvard-MIT Conference on International Health, Harvard,
Presented paper, "Paises en Vias de Desarrollo en una Economia
Global Creciente: Maercado Financiero, Privatizacion, y Politica de Integracion vrs. Politica de Proteccion", Conference
at the Foro Nacional de Convergencia (FONAC) and
Consejo Hondureno de Empresa Privada (COHEP),
Tegucigalpa, September, 2000.
Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on
Population?", Universidad Tecnica
de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, September, 2000.
Presented paper, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on
Population?", Universidad Americana and Consejo Superior
de la Empresa Privada (COSEP), Managua, September,
2000.
Presented paper, "Sustainable
Development: Why the Focus on
Population?", Camara de
Comercio e Industria de El Salvador, San Salvador, September,
2000.
Presented paper, "How to Manage
Human Resources for Sustainable Development", Comite por la
Defensa de la Vida y la Dignidad de la Persona, San Salvador, September, 2000.
Presented paper, "Population Growth:
Threat or Strength?", Centro Escolar
Lamatepec,
Presented Paper, "Sustainable Development and Two Side Effects", at
Presented Paper, "La Mujer, Clave Para el
Desarrollo", at Centro para la Mujer ILAMA, Tegucigalpa, March
2001.
Presented Paper, "UN and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind",
at World Family Policy Forum,
Presented paper, “La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Fundación
Bank Boston, November, 2001.
Presented paper, “Un Modelo de Sociedad ¿Elegido por Nosotros o
Impuesto?”, Biblioteca Popular de San Isidro, November
2001.
Presented paper, “La Mujer: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Key Note
Speaker UNIV Conference, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 2001.
Presented paper, “La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Club 20 de
Febrero, Promoción de la Mujer Salteña (PROMUS), Salta, November
2001.
Presented paper, “UN Economic Recommendations and Real Economic
Development”, Consejo Profesional de Ciencias
Económicas, Rosario, Santa Fé, Noviembre 2001.
Presented paper, “La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo”, Universidad
Católica de La Plata, December 2001.
Presented paper, “Family and Economic Development”, World
Congress of Families, Special Session, New York, March 2002.
Presented paper, “Family and Economics”, Inauguration
International Year of the Family+10, United Nations, December 2003.
Presented
paper, “Family and Human Capital: Their
Relevance for Policy Design”, Kennedy School of Government,
Presented
paper, “Socieconomic Relevance of the Family”,
Kennedy School of Government,
Presented
paper, “Socieconomic Relevance of the Family”, UN 49th
Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, on the occasion of
Presented paper,
“The Family and Economy Development”, International Conference on Social
Justice, Heritage Foundation, September 2005.
Presented paper, "Cognitive
Complexity of Decision Making: A Sustainable Development Economic
Perspective", UNESCO International Forum on the Social Science-Policy
Nexus, February, 2006,
Presented paper, "Creating
Effective and Sustainable Links: Addressing the Health and Social Needs in
Developing Countries", UNESCO International Forum on the Social
Science-Policy Nexus, February, 2006,
Presented paper “Family
Structure, Wealth, and Economic Growth”, at World Conference of Families IV,
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Testified (selected sample)
Congress of Uganda, "Reproductive Health and
Sustainable Development",
Congreso of
Parlamento
Centro Americano, "Women: A Key to Development",
Canadian Parliament, “Family and
Foreign Policy”, May 1, 2003
Economic Advisor
Advisor to Several US Congressmen and other countries' Permanent Missions to the UN and UN Delegates on economic aspects of UN Documents.
Advisor to Ugandan's Government on Women's Education and
Health.
Chair Sessions at Conferences
International
Atlantic Economic Meeting,
Symposium on Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios
Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, November 1996.
Western
Economic Association,
Paper Discussant at Conferences
Eastern
Economic Association Meeting,
International
Atlantic Economic Meeting,
Southern
Economic Association,
Western
Economic Association,
International
Atlantic Economic Conference,
Financial
Management Association Annual Meeting,
American
Economic Association Annual Meeting,
Editorial
Boards and Ad hoc Reviewer
Member of
the Editorial Board of Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 2003-
Ad
hoc Reviewer for European
Economic Review
Ad hoc
Reviewer for Journal of International Economics
Ad hoc
Reviewer for Applied Financial Economics
Ad hoc
Reviewer for The Review of Metaphysics
Ad hoc
Reviewer for International Journal of Business
Ad hoc
Reviewer for The Financial Review
APPOINTMENTS
Commission on the Status of Women, American Economic Association, 1991- Present
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Board Member, 2004- 2007
Home
Renaissance Foundation,
Board Member and Trustee, 2006-Present
Member of
Undergraduate Academic Board, CUA, 1993 - 2002
Member of Honors Program Faculty, CUA, 1993 - Present
National Institute of Womanhood, International Advisory Board, 1994-2000
The International Population and Family Association, Board Member, 1994-2003
Oakcrest Preparatory School, Board Member, 1994-1996
Philosophy Educational Society, Member of the Board of Directors, 1995-Present
Philosophy Educational Society, Board Member, 1995-Present
Program for Academic and Leadership Skills, Board President, 1995-1997
Youth Leadership Foundation, Board Member, 1999-2003
US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Commissioner, 2003-Present
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Delegate National Institute of Womanhood (a Non-Governmental
Organization) to the following UN Conferences:
International Conference on Population and Development,
Preparatory Committee, World
Preparatory Committee, IV World Conference on Women,
World Summit for Social Development.
IV World Conference on Women,
Preparatory Committee, Conference on Human Settlements: Habitat II,
Preparatory Committee,
23 Special Session of the General Assembly "Women 2000: Gender Equality,
Development, and Peace for the Twenty-First Century" (
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Economic Association, 1989 - Present
International Economic Association, 1991 - Present
Notre Dame Alumni Association, 1991 - Present
Pi Gamma Mu 1994
Commission on the Status of Women, 1994 - Present
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars 1994 - Present
International Atlantic Economic Society, 1995 - Present
European Economic Association, 1996 - Present
Western Economic Association International, 1996-Present
Society of
Catholic Social Scientists, 2000-Present