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Leonardo Auernheimer (August 27, 1936 – 2010), also known as Pepe, was an Argentine economist, professor, and international monetary consultant.[1]
Leonardo Auernheimer | |
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| Born | August 27, 1936 Argentina |
| Died | 2010 |
| Other names | Pepe |
| Education | University of Buenos Aires (Undergraduate) |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D. in Economics, 1973) |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, professor, international monetary consultant |
| Known for | Research in monetary economics and open economy macroeconomics |
Early life and education
editAuernheimer was born in Argentina to Jose Ignacio Auernheimer and Maria Elena Savanti de Auernheimer. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1973. Before completing his doctorate, he served as a visiting professor at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa in Brazil. After obtaining his Ph.D., he joined the economics department at Texas A&M University, where he was a professor until his death in 2010. He also held the position of department head from 2002 to 2006.
Research
editHis research was in the area of monetary economics and open economy macroeconomics, particularly dynamic inconsistency and the fiscal theory of the price level, and has been published in the premier economic journals, including Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, the American Economic Review, and the Journal of Monetary Economics, among others. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Applied Economics and the Journal of Development Economics. He was a frequent consultant to the World Bank in the evaluation of macroeconomic programs in many Latin American countries, as well as in Mongolia, the Republic of Georgia and Lebanon.
Consulting
editWhile at Texas A&M he visited several times both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as a visiting scholar, and was a visiting professor at ITAM, in Mexico City, the Université du centre d'études macroeconomiques d'Argentine (see External links below), in Buenos Aires, and the University of Göttingen in Germany. He was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Economics. He consulted on macroeconomics policies for international organizations in several countries throughout Latin America and the Middle and Far East. He directed and served on dozens of dissertation committees from students from around the world.
Books
edit- Leonardo Auernheimer, ed. (15 April 2010) [2003]. International Financial Markets: The Challenge of Globalization. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-03215-3.
- Essentials of Money and Banking, with Robert Ekelund, Jr., John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 1981.
Select academic articles
edit- "Shock versus Gradualism in Models of Rational Expectations; The Case of Trade Liberalization," Journal of Development Economics, 1997.
- "On the Treatment of Anticipated Shocks in Models of Optimal Control with Rational Expectations: An Economic Interpretation," American Economic Review, 1990.
- "On the Outcome of Inconsistent Programs under Exchange Rate and Monetary Rules," Journal of Monetary Economics, 1987.
- "The Revenue-maximizing Inflation Rate and the Treatment of the Transition to Equilibrium," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1983.
- "Market Organization and the Durability of Durable Goods," Econometrica, 1977.
- "The Honest Government's Guide to the Revenue From the Creation of Money," Journal of Political Economy, 1974.
References
edit- ^ "In Remembrance: (1936-2010)". econ.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-11.