Carlos Giovanni González Espitia, Ph.D. 

Welcome to my Personal Page ... 

I am a Full Professor of Economics [2009 - ] in the Department of Economics at Universidad Icesi [School of Business and Economics, AACSB and AMBA accredited], Cali-Colombia. 

I live and work here, Cali. "En la sucursal del cielo, la sultana del valle, en donde Cali es Cali y lo demás es loma, en la capital mundial de la salsa". 

Contact Information: 

Personal Email: giovanoski@hotmail.com    

In this web site, you can find information on my teaching activities and my research. I teach 7 undergraduate courses (4 Econometrics + 3 Macroeconomics) a year with an average of 35 students. Also, I teach courses in the Master in Finance, Master in Marketing, MBA and PhD in Business Economics. [I teach approximately 500 hours per year].

My broad research interests lie in: Economics of Education, Economics of Crime, Entrepreneurship and Applied Econometrics. 

My research has been published in prestigious international and national journals: Small Business Economics, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Comparative Education Review, Development Policy Review, Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, Revista de Economía del Rosario, Cuadernos de Economía, Revista Economía Institucional, Lecturas de Economía, Ensayos de Economía, Revista Colombiana de Educación, Estudios Gerenciales, among others.

Education: 

Ph.D in Economics, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain.  [2011]

M.a in Economics, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. [2006]

B.s in Economics and Business (Homologated), Spain. [2003]

B.s Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Colombia. [2002]

Skills computer: Stata, R, Matlab, Julia, Python, ArcGIS, Latex (Overleaf) and M. Office.  

Employment: 

Professor of Economics, Universidad Icesi, Colombia. [2022 -   ]

Associate professor, Universidad Icesi, Colombia. [2016 - 2021]

Assistant professor, Universidad Icesi, Colombia. [2009 - 2015]

Assistant professor, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain. [2008]

Assistant professor, Universidad San Pablo CEU Luis Vives Madrid - Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. [2006 - 2008]

Lecturer, Universidad de Alcalá (Venia Docendi), Spain. [2006]

Lecturer, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Colombia. [2002 - 2006]


Member (2018 -  2021): Red de investigadores de Economía. Banco de la República de Colombia [Central Bank]. Top 100 IDEAS Repec 10A, 2018.

Member, Scientific Committee, Economics of Education Association [2023 - ]. Member, Institutional Research Ethics Committee. Universidad Icesi [2023 - ]. Member, Economics, Curriculum Advisory Board  [2022 - ] Member, Committee of Tenure Track and Ladder of Professors. Universidad Icesi [2020 - ] 

 Editor-in-Chief, Department of Economics Working Papers, Universidad Icesi [2014 - ]. 

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