CLAUDE LOPEZ

   August 2003

 

Address:         1209 Crosley Tower                                                               Email: Claude.Lopez@uc.edu 

Cincinnati, OH 45221-0371                                                Website: http://www.uh.edu/~cmlopez2   

             

 

Citizenship:     France

D.O.B:             07/21/1975

 


 

Education:      Ph.D. in Economics, University of Houston. Jan.2000- May 2003

            M.Sc. in Econometrics, Université de Toulouse I, France, May 1999

                        B.Sc. in Econometrics, Université de Toulouse I, France, May 1998

 

Major Fields  Empirical International Finance, Time Series Econometrics,

Of Interest:    Macroeconomics

 

Employment   Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003-present

 

Dissertation:  “Improving the Measurement of Real Exchange Rate Persistence”

                         Advisors: Chris Murray, David Papell

                                   

Teaching         Teaching Fellow, University of Houston, Summer 2001.

Experience:    Instructor for Microeconomics Principles

 

Teaching Assistant, University of Houston, Professors and courses

included:

                       

Chris Murray – Econometrics I, Graduate Course

           – Applied Econometrics, Graduate Course

           – Time Series, Graduate Course

 

Research        Research Assistant, University of Houston. Professors and duties included:

Experience:

Chris Murray – measurements of persistence in real exchange rates using

  several techniques and data, 2001 – 2003

 

Other              Tutor, University of Houston. Support offered included:

Experience:                           – Economics (Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Game

  Theory), 2000 –2001

– Statistics, Mathematics, Undergraduate levels,

   2000 – 2001

 

Scholarships/  Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowship, 2000 – 2003

Fellowships:               


 

Working          “Panel Unit Root Tests with GLS Detrending With an Application for

Papers/            Purchasing Power Parity”, C. Lopez, working paper, August 2003

Publications:              

 “State of the Art Unit Root Tests and the PPP Puzzle”, C. Lopez, C.

 Murray and D. Papell, working paper, August 2003

                         submitted to the Review of Economics and Statistics

 

 “Convergence to Purchasing Power Parity at the Commencement of the

 Euro”, C. Lopez and D. Papell, working paper, April 2003

                          submitted to the European Economic Review

 

 

 

Conferences/    Texas Econometrics Camp VII, February 2002

Presentations:  Presented “State of the Art Unit Root Tests and the PPP Puzzle”

                           Southern Economic Association Conference, November 2002

   Poster + Presentation on  “Improving the Measurement of Real Exchange Rate Persistence” 

   AIB 2003, July 2003            

   Presented “Convergence to Purchasing Power Parity at the Commencement of the Euro”

   ESEM 2003, August 2003

   Presented  “Panel Unit Root Tests with GLS Detrending With an Application for Purchasing Power Parity”

 

Professional      American Economic Association

Memberships:   Econometric Society

                           Southern Economic Association

 

Languages:       French,

  English, fluent

 

References:

 

David Papell, Professor and Graduate Director, Department of Economics, University of Houston.

Phone: 713-743-3807  Email:dpapell@uh.edu                                     

 

Chris Murray, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Houston.

Phone: 713-743-3835  Email:cmurray@mail.uh.edu

 

Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Houston.

Phone: 713-743-3824  Email: sebnem.kalemli-ozcan@mail.uh.edu