T. Christopher Canavan

Department of Economics
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
(617) 552-3689

EDUCATION

1984-1986 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
School of International and Public Affairs
Masters in International Affairs

1980-1984 OBERLIN COLLEGE
B.A. with Honors, Government and Economics

HONORS

1992-1997 Council on Foreign Relations
Term Member

1990-1991 Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University
Inter-Disciplinary Fellowship

1991-1992 Department of Economics, Columbia University
Area Studies Fellowship funded by the Mellon Foundation

1991-1992 Columbia University
President's Fellowship

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, International Finance, Latin America

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic

Current: BOSTON COLLEGE
Instructor (Macroeconomics, International Finance, Economics of Latin America)

1992-1993 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Lecturer (Statistics, Mathematics)

Management and Consulting

1993-present THOMSON BANKWATCH
Sovereign Risk Advisor

1986-1993 MULTINATIONAL STRATEGIES, INC.
Director of Latin America Group

1989-1990 SALOMON BROTHERS INC
Consultant

1984, 1985 THE WORLD BANK
Public Policy Consultant

1988-present INTER-AMERICAN DIALOGUE
Position Paper Writer, Rapporteur

1985 FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE
Editorial Intern

PUBLICATIONS

1993 "Assessing the Foreign Investment Boom in Latin America," Risk Management Review, Spring 1993.

1989 "The Developing Country Loan Market: How It Works and Why its Future is Bright," Debt-Equity Swaps in the 1990s (The Economist Publications).

1989 "Venezuela," Annual Review of Nations: Year 1988 (New York: Taylor and Francis).

1989 "Safe Passage through Dire Straits: Managing an Orderly Exit from the Debt Crisis," Debt Disaster? Banks, Governments, and Multilaterals Confront the Crisis (New York: New York University Press).

1986 "The World Bank and the International Private Sector," Columbia Journal of World Business, Fall.

WORKING PAPERS

1992 "Does Currency Substitution Display Hysteresis?," Department of Economics, Boston College

1992 "A Microeconomic Model of Hyperinflation," Department of Economics, Boston College

1992 "Unit of Account Substitution," Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University

1988 "Economic Performance and Policy in Latin America: Some Grounds for Compromise and Progress," Working paper for Inter-American Dialogue, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.

1987 "Trade in the Americas: As if One Crisis were not Enough," Working paper for Inter-American Dialogue, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.

1987 "The Secondary Market for LDC Loans: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?" Working paper for Inter-American Dialogue, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.

1986-1991 "Venezuela: Country Monitoring Service,"
Multinational Strategies, Inc., (quarterly).

LANGUAGES

English (native)
Spanish (fluent)
Portuguese (reading fluency)

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCE

Venezuela (9 years), Mexico (2 years), Spain (2 years), United States (16 years)