Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer
Professor, Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial,
Universidad de Chile
Research interests: a) the economics of infrastructure, and regulation, especially its applications to the electric sector; b) political economy models linking wealth distribution to economic performance and welfare. Publications in the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the main field journals in Public, International, Urban, Development, Transport and Environmental Economics. With E. Engel and A. Galetovic, published a book on the economics of Public -Private Partnerships, translated into Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.
Research interests: a) the economics of infrastructure, and regulation, especially its applications to the electric sector; b) political economy models linking wealth distribution to economic performance and welfare. Publications in the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the main field journals in Public, International, Urban, Development, Transport and Environmental Economics. With E. Engel and A. Galetovic, published a book on the economics of Public -Private Partnerships, translated into Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.
Has consulted for the IMF, the World Bank, the IABD and other multilateral institutions, for Chilean government institutions, as well as for private corporations. Member of the Centro de Economía Aplicada (CEA), the Insituto de sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI) and the Millenium Institute for Research in Market Imperfections and Public Policy (MIPP). Was a member of various Presidential Commissions and of the Panel of Experts in Energy and the Expert Panel in Infrastructure. PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, from the University of Chile.
Has consulted for the IMF, the World Bank, the IABD and other multilateral institutions, for Chilean government institutions, as well as for private corporations. Member of the Centro de Economía Aplicada (CEA), the Insituto de sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI) and the Millenium Institute for Research in Market Imperfections and Public Policy (MIPP). Was a member of various Presidential Commissions and of the Panel of Experts in Energy and the Expert Panel in Infrastructure. PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, from the University of Chile.