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 at 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