CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS
“Mexican President Lopez Obrador (AMLO)’S Economic Program: Is It Going To Be
A Bumpy, Uncertain Ride? 66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of
Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). Oaxaca, México. March 26-31, 2019
“Conflict, Peace, and Political Risk: A Case Study of Colombia.” Proposed
presentation to the International Trade and Finance Association’s 28th Annual
Conference, Beijing, China. May 23-26, 2018,
“Colombia’s Peace Accords: The Good, The Bad, And The ....” San Antonio
Fulbright Association Symposium, Sept. 30, 2017.
“Debating Trade And Income Inequality In An Election Year: Are We Wrongly
Blaming Imports For Losses In US Earnings? Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, June
21, 2016. Global Economic Forum.
https://www.dallasfed.org/educate/events/2016/16global.aspx
“Can Latin America Finally Shed Its "Banana Republic" Image by Investing in
Human Capital? A Closer Look at Colombia and Ecuador.” Charleston, South
Carolina, March 12-14, 2015.
Keynote address by Dr. Alejandro Velez. Texas International Business
Accelerator (TIBA) program: “How to Invest in Texas - Spanish Language
Program.” “La Economía de Texas: Invirtiendo en Texas.” Conferencia Diseñada
Para Empresarios Interesados En Hacer Una Inversión En Texas. November 14,
2014. The International Trade Center. Durango Building. University of Texas at
San Antonio, Downtown Campus.
“A Troubled South American Economic Integration Scheme (the Andean
Community): Can a Combination of Diplomacy and Market Forces Guarantee its
Long Term Success?” 61st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin
American Studies (SECOLAS), New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27-29, 2014 (With
Leopoldo Laborda Castillo, Ph.D. and Andrea Parra, Ph.D. candidate, The
University of Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium).
“From Pablo Escobar To Cut Flowers In HEB: Colombia’s New International Profile
(With Notes on Its Small Neighbor, Panama).” San Antonio Business and
Economics Society. Plaza Club of San Antonio, Texas, April 24, 2013.
“Globalization and Pedagogical Innovation in Latin American Universities: A
Critical Look at Business Plan Competitions as a Curricular Response to
Globalization.” 60th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin
American Studies (SECOLAS). Panama City, Panama. March 6-10, 2013.
"Mexico's Expanding Economy: Impressive Economic Strides In Spite of Drug
Violence and Poor Governance." 2012 South and Central Texas Conference for
Accounting, Finance, and Legal Professionals. August 3, 2012.
“Alleviating Poverty: The Role of Free Trade Agreements.” Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas, San Antonio Branch. Global Economic Forum. August 6, 2011.
“Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Colombia y los Estados Unidos de América:
Acuerdo de Promoción Comercial, Características, ganadores y perdedores, y la
brecha Norte-Sur.” Foro de Derecho Mercantil, vol. 35, pp. 30-55. Bogotá: Legis.
(With Orlando Muñoz-Neira, J.D.)Laborda, L, D. Sotelsek, and A. Velez. “Second Hand Machinery and Technical
Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis in the South African Manufacturing Industry.”
African Journal of Business Management. Vol. 6(6), pp. 2361-2374, 15 February,
2012.
“An Upcoming Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and the United States of
America: Features, Winners and Losers, and the North-South Divide.”” Sixth
Transatlantic Studies Conference, Instituto Franklin at the Universidad de Alcalá,
20-22 October, 2011. (With Orlando Muñoz-Neira, J.D.).
“Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons: Can Natural ‘Catastrophes’ Be Used to Teach
Basic Economic Concepts?” West Coast Economics Teaching Conference, College
of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno & McGraw-Hill/Irwin. March 10-13,
2011.
“Internationalization and a Mexican Small Business: A Personal Memory,”
Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies, Mexico City, March 2010. With
Daniel Glaser-Segura.
“Are JIT and TQM More Important than Culture in Explaining Interorganizational
Cooperation? The Case of the Automotive Parts Industry in Mexico,” International
Trade and Finance Association, 19th International Conference Working Papers,
Beijing, China. May 2009. With Daniel A. Glaser-Segura and Richard Wayne
Coleman.
“Pictures of the Financial Crisis As a Teaching Tool,” West Coast Economics
Teaching Conference, College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno &
McGraw-Hill/Irwin. April 16th-18th, 2009.
“US Census Estimates Of Women’s Lifetime Earnings: A Critique Using
Economic Theory And Trends In Female Educational Attainment And Labor
Experience,” in Proceedings of the National Association of National Association
of Hispanic & Latino Studies, 2008 Annual Meetings, February 1-16, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana (with the assistance of Maridela Ortiz).
“Branding Myopia: Why Can’t Most Latin American Exporters Brand Goods for
International Markets?” National Meeting of the International Trade and Finance
Association, May 16-18, 2007. Miami, Florida. With Daniel A. Glaser-Segura.
“Intra-Industry Trade between the US and Five Central American Countries:
Measurement, Economic Prospects, and Issues,” International Finance and
Economics Association, San Antonio, Texas. May, 2004 (With Jorge G.
Gonzalez).
"Cross-Sectional Evidence of Deficiencies in Computing Skill Acquisition by
Female University Students: Some Implications for Globalization Issues in
Higher Education and for Student Employability in the 21st Century," Paper
presented at the national meetings of the International Trade and Finance
Association, Casablanca, Morocco, May 26-29, 1999 (With Andrea Berndt and
Daniel Knickrehn).
“Prospects for Doing Business in Cuba: An Analysis of Cuba’s New Foreign
Investment Law,” Southwest Council of Latin American Studies Meetings, March
1998, La Habana, Cuba (With Richard Dovalina and Hugh H. Farr).
"Mexico's External Sector and the 1994-1995 Crisis: Old Wine in New Bottles?"
with Jorge G. Gonzalez (in D. Dimon, I. Gutierrez, and S. Nichols, eds.,
Competitiveness in International Business and Trade, Laredo, TX: Texas A&M
International University, May 1996, Vol. I, pp. 57-68).
“Estimating Lost Wages for a Mexican Citizen in U.S. Courts: Differences and
Similarities,” National Association of Forensic Economists, Western Meetings,
San Diego, California, July, 1995. With John A. Swiger, Ph.D. and Charles F.
Krause, J.D.
“Intra-Industry Trade between the U.S. and the Major Latin American Countries:
Measurement and Implications for Free Trade in the Americas,” International
Trade Journal, Winter 1995, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 519-536 (With Jorge G. Gonzalez).
Intra-Industry Trade Between the U.S. and Major Latin American Countries:
Measurement and Implications of Hemispheric Free Trade,” International Finance
and Economics Association, San Jose, Costa Rica, C.A., May, 1995 (With Jorge G.
Gonzalez).
“Impact of the Maquiladora Program on the Level of Intra-Industry Trade between
Mexico and the United States,” in The Globalization of Business in the 1990s:
Implications for Trade and Investment, Proceedings of the International Trade and
Finance Association Conference, Summer 1994, Vol. 5, pp. 1509-1524 (With Jorge
G. Gonzalez).
"US and Mexican Agriculture: Portents of Things to Come Under NAFTA and
GATT," San Antonio World Trade Association Journal, Fall 1993 (With Robert
Blackburn).
“An Empirical Estimation of the Level of Intra-Industry Trade Between Mexico
and the United States,” Ed. Fatemi, K. The North American Free Trade
Agreement. London: McMillan Press UK, 1993, pp. 161-172 (With Jorge G.
Gonzalez).
“Empirical Estimation of US Exports to Mexico and the Impact of NAFTA," with
Jorge G. Gonzalez, Journal of Economic and Business Perspectives, Fall, 1992.
“Financial Ratio Classification Structures in a Developing Country," Decision
Sciences Institute, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, April 1988 (With J. Thomas Yokum and
Robert J. Sweeney).
"Maquiladoras: Mexico's 'Unbalanced' Growth Approach to Production
Sharing." Proceedings of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American
Studies. Mexicali, Mexico, October 20-23, 1988
"Trade Adjustment Assistance in the U.S.: Past and Future," North American
Economics and Finance Association, Chicago, IL, December 1987.
"Toward More Effective Planning for Risk by Business: Applications to the US-
Mexico Border," Southwest Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall, 1985, (With Ronald M. Ayers).
“The Cost of Living, Inflation, and the ‘New’ Consumer Price Index," Journal of
Business and Economic Perspectives, Fall, 1984, pp. 1-13, (With Ronald M. Ayers).
"Financial Ratios and Inflation: Empirical Findings for Mexican Firms,"
Southwestern Economics Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 1982.
"Providing Counseling and Consulting Services to the Hispanic Firm: An Analysis
of Small Business Institute Experiences," Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual
Conference of International Council for Small Business, June 1980, (with William
T. Flannery).
"The Small Business Institute and the Hispanic Business in the San Antonio and
South Texas Region, 1976-1979,” Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium
of Hispanics and the Economy, November, 1979, pp. 89-109 (With William T.
Flannery).
"Hispanic Fertility in Texas," Texas Business Review, May-June, 1979.
"Comment on Tools for Monitoring Public Enterprise Goal
Achievement: Consumer Attitude Research," Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Council of Latin American Studies, College Station, Texas, February, 1978.
"Solar Energy: State of the Art and Economic Feasibility," Business and Economic
Dimensions, January-February, 1976, pp. 22-30.
"Slowing Energy Consumption: Economics and Constitutionality of Some Options
Available to State and Local Government," Business and Economic Dimensions,
May-June, 1975, pp. 6-17. Remediation and Learning of Economics: Comment of Experimental Findings,"
The Atlantic Economic Journal, II, No. 2, November 1974.
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