Ruben Mercado, Ph.D.
Email: rubenmerc2@gmail.com
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Fields of specialization
Computational and Artificial Economics
Economic Modeling
Policy Analysis
Economic Development and Political Economy
Resume
He is a Senior Policy Advisor for the United Nations Office in Argentina and a member of the editorial board of Computational Economics, the journal of the Society for Computational Economics.
He has taught Economics at the University of Texas at Austin (Texas, USA), Bryn Mawr College (Pennsylvania, USA), ITESM (Mexico), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Buenos Aires, ISEG, Uade University, the National University of Quilmes and the National University of San Martin (Argentina).
He has been a Senior Economist and Director of the National Development Report at the United Nations Development Program, a Senior Economist at Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates, Chair for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, and a Consultant for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Argentine Government.
He is the author of the book Artificial Economics: methods, models, and interdisciplinary links, published by Cambridge University Press; is a co-author, with David A. Kendrick and Hans Amman, of the pioneering textbook Computational Economics, published by Princeton University Press; and he edited three books on Argentina's long run development.
Books
Artificial Economics: methods, models, and interdisciplinary links
Ruben Mercado
Cambridge University Press, 2022
See the book at:
Cambridge University Press Artificial Economics Ruben Mercado
Amazon Artificial Economics Ruben Mercado
Computational Economics
David A. Kendrick, Ruben Mercado and Hans M. Amman
Princeton University Press, 2006
See the book at http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8173.html
Edited Books
Ensayos sobre Desarrollo Sostenible: la dimensión económica de la Agenda 2030 en la Argentina
Ruben Mercado (Ed.)
PNUD, 2018
See the book at R. Mercado EDS Researchgate
La Argentina del Largo Plazo: crecimiento, fluctuaciones y cambio estructural
Ruben Mercado, Bernardo Kosacoff and Fernando Porta (Eds.)
PNUD, 2012
See the book at R. Mercado B. Kosacoff F. Porta LALP Researchgate
La Argentina ante la Nueva Internacionalizacion de la Produccion: crisis y oportunidades
Bernardo Kosacoff and Ruben Mercado (Eds.)
CEPAL-PNUD, 2009
See the book at B. Kosacoff R. Mercado LANIP Researchgate
Articles and Papers
See: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruben_Mercado3/contributions
Curriculum Vitae
See: CV Ruben Mercado