• Boston College, Economics Department, Associate Professor, 2001-

• National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Economist, 2001-

• Universidad Centroamericana, San Salvador, Visiting Professor, 2002 and earlier years

• Boston College, Program in Latin American Studies, Director, 2001- 2002

• Boston College, Economics Department, Assistant Professor, 1994-2001

• Princeton University, A.B., Public and International Affairs, 1975

• Yale University, M.A., International Relations, 1978

• Weston School of Theology, M.Div., Theology, 1986

• University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D., Economics, 1994
  Fields: International, Labor, Development
  Dissertation: "The Economics of the Informal Sector: Modeling Public Policy and Sectoral Choice"

• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," with Leslie Young, The American Economic Review 85:3, June, 1995, pp. 630-646.

• "Formal Measures of the Informal-Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru," with Veronica Ruíz de Castilla and Christopher Woodruff, Economic Development and Cultural Change 45:2, January, 1997, pp. 367-392.

• "Trade, Insecurity, and Home Bias: An Empirical Investigation," with James E. Anderson, The Review of Economics and Statistics 84:2, May 2002, pp. 342-352.

• "Anarchy and Autarky: Endogenous Predation as a Barrier to Trade," with James E. Anderson, revision of NBER Working Paper No.6223; revised September 2001.

• "Hijacking, Hold-Up, and International Trade," Boston College Working Paper No. 477; revised October 2001.

• "Todo tiene su tiempo: Trabajo agrícola y trabajo informal en El Salvador," Realidad económico-social (San Salvador), No. 19-20, January-April, 1991. Translated by Alvaro Trigueros from "To Everything a Season: Agriculture and Urban Informal Labor in El Salvador," Texas Papers on Latin America No. 91-08, 1991.

• "Putting in Politics: A Review of Economic Models with Endogenous Determination of Policy," Forum for Social Economics 25:1, Fall, 1995, 37-52.

• Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico (Book Review), Journal of Development Economics 49:2, May, 1996, pp. 407-410.

• "The God of the Poor: Economics and Religion in Latin America," Symposium Remarks, Forum for Social Economics 25:2, Spring, 1996, pp. 19-25.

• "Governing Globalization: Challenges for Catholic Social Thought," in Integrating the Social Teaching of the Church into Catholic Schools, edited by Carol Cimino, Regina Haney, and Joseph O’Keefe, Washington, DC: National Catholic Educational Association, 2001.

• Boston College, Economics Department, 1994 - :
  Ph.D. seminar in the political economy of international trade and development.
  Undergraduate courses in development economics and the economics of Latin America.
  

• Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), San Salvador, El Salvador, various years 1987-2002:
  Core microeconomics courses in the Graduate School of Business, taught as visiting professor.

• "Insecurity and International Trade," Sophia University, Tokyo, September 25, 2002.
• "The Political Economy of Trade Barriers: A Theoretical Approach," and "Hijacking, Hold-Up, and International Trade," The Michael McPhelin S.J. Lectures, Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, September 13 and 20, 2002.
• "Hijacking, Hold-Up and International Trade," School of Economics, University of the Philippines at Diliman, September 6, 2002.
• "Hijacking, Hold-up, and International Trade," Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 18, 2001.
• "Insecurity and the Pattern of Trade: An Empirical Investigation," Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University, September 26, 2000.
• "Insecurity and the Pattern of Trade: An Empirical Investigation," Economics Department, Saint Louis University, September 22, 2000.
• "La corrupción y el comercio internacional," Universidad Centroamericana, San Salvador, June 3, 2000.
• "Insecurity and the Pattern of Trade: An Empirical Investigation," Economics Department, Boston University, November 8, 1999.
• "Insecurity and the Pattern of Trade: An Empirical Investigation," Economics Department and Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame, October 13, 1999.
• "Trade, Insecurity, and Home Bias: An Empirical Investigation," Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Cancún, México,
  August 5, 1999.
• "Trade, Insecurity, and Home Bias: An Empirical Investigation," Midwest International Economics Meetings, Purdue University, May 1, 1999.
• "Trade, Insecurity, and Home Bias: An Empirical Investigation," Economics Department, Harvard University, March 24, 1999.
• "Insecurity, Location, and Trade: An Empirical Investigation," Economics Department, University of Connecticut, December 11, 1998.
• "Insecurity, Location, and Trade: An Empirical Investigation," Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 23, 1998.
• "Trade and Security, I: Anarchy," Northeast Universities Development Conference, Williams College, October 24, 1997.
• "Trade and Security," Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, October 2, 1997.
• "Trade and Security: I, Anarchy," with co-author James Anderson, National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Workshop, August 5, 1997.
• "Trade and Security, I: Anarchy," Midwest International Economics Meetings, Northwestern University, May 30, 1997.
• "Bandits and Border-Crossing: Specialization and Exchange with Insecure Claims to Property," Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame, April 15, 1997.
• "Informal Sectors and Predatory States," Jerusalem Summer School in Economic Theory, Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 18, 1996.
• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," Economics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 8, 1995.
• "Measures of the Informal Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru," Allied Social Science Associations, Washington, D.C., January 6, 1995.
• "The Economics of Informality: Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru," Center for International Studies, Harvard University, October 18, 1994.
• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," IRPS, University of California, San Diego, January, 1994.
• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," Economics Department, Loyola Marymount University, January, 1994.
• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," Economics Department, Williams College, January, 1994.
• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," Economics Department, Boston College, January, 1994.
• "Gulf or Gully: Sectoral Wage Differentials in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru," Economics Department, Seattle University, December, 1993.
• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, December, 1993.
• "The Black Hole of Graft: The Predatory State and the Informal Economy," Economics Department, Saint Louis University, December, 1993.
• "Gulf or Gully: Sectoral Wage Differentials in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru," Economics Department, John Carroll University, November, 1993.

• "Is Hernando de Soto Right about the Informal Sector?" Institute on Church and Social Issues, Manila, September 20, 2002.
• "La inseguridad hoy en El Salvador," David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, October 16, 2000.
• "Governing Globalization: Challenges for Catholic Social Thought," keynote, SPICE Conference, National Catholic Educational Association, Boston College, July 8, 2000.
• "Globalization and Governance: Economic Analysis in Ecclesia in America" Hemispheric Consultation on Ecclesia in America at the University of Notre Dame, October 11, 1999.
• "¿Nuevo consenso latinoamericano?" Universidad Centroamericana, San Salvador, June 1, 1996.
• "The God of the Poor: Economics and Theology in Latin America," Allied Social Science Associations, San Francisco, January 5, 1996.
• "El sector informal en El Salvador," Universidad Centroamericana, San Salvador, May, 1992.

Member, Board of Trustees:

• Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1999-
  Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, 2002 -
• Regis University, Denver, Colorado, 1997-
  Member, Executive Committee, 2000 - Chair, Committee on Student Development, 2000-

Consultant:

• Ford Foundation, Office for Mexico and Central America, Mexico City, 1992, 1993, 1996

Referee:

• National Science Foundation
• American Economic Review
• Contemporary Economic Policy
• Defense and Peace Economics
• Economic Development and Cultural Change
• Economics and Politics
• Industrial and Labor Relations Review
• International Economic Review
• Journal of Comparative Economics
• Journal of Economic Geography
• Journal of Economic Literature
• Journal of International Economics
• Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
• Journal of Political Economy
• Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos

Discussant:

• Conference on Institutional Elements of Tax Design and Reform, Columbia University, February 18, 2000.
• Session on Economics and Theology, Allied Social Science Associations, Boston, January 6, 2000.
• Session on Economics and Theology, Allied Social Science Associations, New York, January 3, 1999.
• Session on Trade, Northeast Universities Development Conference, Williams College, October 24, 1997.
• Session on Poverty, Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, October 4, 1997.
• Session on Trade and Returns to Human Capital, Midwest International Economics Meetings, Northwestern University, May 31, 1997.
• Session on Labor, Northeast Universities Development Conference, Boston University, November 1, 1996.
• Session on Schumpeterian Growth in the World Economy, Eastern Economic Association, Boston, March 15, 1996.
• Session on the Social Costs of Adjustment in Latin America, Allied Social Science Associations, San Francisco, January 7, 1996.
• Economic Advisory Meeting, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC, January 7, 1995.
• Session on Latin American Labor Market Reform and Performance, Latin American Studies Association, Washington, DC, September 29, 1995.
• Session on Dynamic Trade Theory and Policy, Allied Social Science Associations, Washington, DC, January 8, 1995.