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Economics and Finance
   
Dr. Thomas M. Fullerton    

JPMorgan Chase Professor
Ph.D., Economics - University of Florida, 1996
M.A., Business Economics - Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1988
M.S., Economics - Iowa State University, 1984
B.B.A., Economics & Finance - UTEP, 1981
   
Professional Positions    

1996 - Present, UTEP Department of Economics & Finance
1991- 1996, University of Florida
1988 - 1991, Wharton Econometrics
1984 - 1987, Executive Office of the Governor of Idaho
1981 - 1983, El Paso Electric Company

   
Research Interests    

Regional Business Cycle Analysis
Latin American Political Economy
Econometric Modeling and Forecasting
   
Teaching Areas    

Urban Economics
Border Economics
Regional Economics 
Applied Econometrics
Managerial Economics
Econometric Forecasting
   
Fall 2007 Classes    

ECON 5334 - Urban Economics - Syllabus
   
Spring 2008 Classes    

ECON 5368 - Border Economics - Syllabus
   
Books/Journal Articles    

Basic Border Econometrics, Edited with Martha Patricia Barraza de Anda, Ciudad Juarez: UACJ Press, 2006.

Inflationary Studies for Latin America, Edited with Cuauhtemoc Calderon Villarreal, El Paso: Texas Western Press, 2000, www.utep.edu/twp

"Tolls, Exchange Rates, and Borderplex international Bridge Traffic," 2009, International Journal of Transport Economics 36, 223-259 (with M De Leon and B.W. Kelley).
“Borderplex Menu Evidence for the Law of One Price: A Convergence Approach,” 2009, Applied Economics Letters 16, 1717-1720 (with Y. Bao and D. Lien).
“Cross-Border Restaurant Price and Exchange Rate Interactions,” 2009, North American Journal of Economics & Finance 20, 281-288 (with K.P. Fierro and E. Villalobos).
"Housing Attribute Preferences in a Northern Mexico Metropolitan Economy," 2009, Atlantic Economic Journal 37, 159-172 (with K.P. Fierro and K.E. Donjuan-Callejo).
"Peso Acceptance Patterns in El Paso," Pennsylvania Geographer (Special Issue on Borders & Boundaries) 47, 91-102 (with A.L. Molina, Jr. and M.J. Pisani).
"El Paso Housing Sector Econometric Forecast Accuracy," 2008, Journal of Agricultural &  Applied Economics 40, 385-402 (with B.W. Kelley).
"Borderplex Population Modeling," 2008, Migraciones Internacionales 4, 91-104 (with M.P. Barraza de Anda).
"Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Nuevo Laredo," 2007, Growth & Change 38, 23-38 (with J. Canas and W.D. Smith).
"An Empirical Analysis of Tijuana Water Consumption," 2007, Atlantic Economic Journal 35, 357-369 (with R. Tinajero and J.E. Mendoza Cota).
"Regulatory Burdens and International Income Performance," 2007, Applied Econometrics & International Development 7, 5-14 (with M. De Leon and B.W. Kelley).
"Borderderplex Economic Growth: Chicken, Egg, or Scrambled?" 2007, International Journal of Business & Economic Perspectives 2, 124-142 (with A.L. Molina and S. Ibarreche).
"Evidencia Empirica sobre Deuda Externa, Inversion, y Crecimiento en Mexico, 1980-2003," 2007, Analisis Economico 22 (Numero 50), 149-171 (with P. Flores Prieto and C. Olivas Andrade).
"Borderplex Menu Evidence for the Law of One Price," 2006, Economics Letters 90, 28-33 (with L. Blanco-Gonzalez).
"Water Transfers in El Paso County, Texas," 2006, Water Policy 8, 255-268.
"Short-Term Water Consumption Patterns in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico," 2006, Atlantic Economic Journal 34, 467-479 (with R. Tinajero and M.P. Barraza de Anda).
"Metropolitan Retail Predictive Accuracy in El Paso," 2006, Forecasting Letters 1, 24-30 (with B.W. Kelley).
"Econometric Evidence regarding Education and Border Income Performance," 2006, Mountain Plains Journal of Business & Economics 7, 11-24 (with C. Almada, L. Blanco-Gonzalez, and P.S. Eason).
"El Paso Property Tax Abatement Ineffectiveness," 2006, International Journal of Business & Public Administration 3, 79-94 (with V. Aragones).
"Regional Econometric Income Forecast Accuracy," 2005, Journal of Forecasting 24, 325-333 (with R. Tinajero and L. Waldman). 
"An Error Correction Analysis of U.S.-Mexico Trade Flows," 2005, International Trade Journal 19, 179-192 (with R.L. Sprinkle). 
"Educational Attainment and Regional Economic Performance in Mexico," 2005, International Advances in Economic Research 11, 231-242 (with A. Arellano). 
"Milkshake Prices, International Reserves, and the Mexican Peso," 2005, Frontera Norte 17, 53-76 (with D. Torres). 
"Error Correction Exchange Rate Modeling for Mexico: 1980-2002," 2005, International Journal of Applied Econometrics & Quantitative Studies 2 (Number 3), 1-14 (with J.J. Lopez). 
"Short-Run Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Tijuana," 2004, Annals of Regional Science 38, 751-763 (with R. Coronado and D.P. Clark).
"Borderplex Bridge and Air Econometric Forecast Accuracy," 2004, Journal of Transportation & Statistics 7, 7-21.
"Short-Term Water Consumption Dynamics in El Paso, Texas," 2004, Water Resources Research 40 (August), W08201.1-1.7 (with A. Elias).
"Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Chihuahua City, Mexico," 2004, Journal of Developing Areas 38, 1-17 (with L.B. Torres Ruiz).
"Border Controls, Public Policy, Immigration, and Trade with Mexico," 2004, Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Public Policy 10, 67-77 (with R.L. Sprinkle).
“Recent Trends in Border Economics,“ 2003, Social Science Journal 40, 583-592.
“Short-Term Water Dynamics in Chihuahua City, Mexico,” 2003, Water Resources Research 39 (September), WES 1.1-1.6 (with A.C. Nava).
“Flujos Comericales Transfronterizos en el Distrito Aduanal de El Paso,” 2003, Comercio Exterior 53 (Mexico), 1106-1110 (with R.L. Sprinkle and R. Tinajero).
“Cross Border Cargo Vehicle Flows,” 2002, International Journal of Transport Economics 29, 201-213 (with R. Tinajero).
“An ARIMA Methodology for Examining the Competitive Hypothesis in Agriculture,” 2002, Southwestern Journal of Economics 5 (March), 46-60 (with W.E. Huffman).
"Restaurant Prices and the Mexican Peso," 2001, Southern Economic Journal 68, 145-155 (with R. Coronado).
"Specification of a Borderplex Econometric Forecasting Model," 2001, International Regional Science Review 24, 245-260.
“Error Correction Exchange Rate Modeling Evidence for Mexico,” 2001, Journal of Economics & Finance 25, 358-368 (with M. Hattori and C. Calderón).
“Regional Econometric Assessment of Aggregate Water Consumption Trends,” 2001, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies 7, 167-187 (with D.A. Schauer).
"Regional Multi-Family Housing Start Forecast Accuracy," 2001, International Journal of Forecasting 17, 171-180 (with M.M. Laaksonen and C.T. West).
“Educational Attainment and Border Income Performance,” 2001, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic & Financial Review (Third Quarter), 1-10.
“Intra-Industry Trade between the United States and Mexico: 1993-1998,” 2001, Estudios Económicos 16 (Mexico), 167-183 (with D.P. Clark and D. Burdorf).
"Evidencia Respecto a la Valoracion del Peso Mexicano en la Región Fronteriza," 2001, Investigación Económica 61 (Mexico), 13-24 (with R. Coronado).
“Short-Run Price Dynamics in Mexico,” 2001, Journal of Business & Economic Studies 7 (Fall), 1-13 (with R. Tinajero).
"Funciones de la Oferta de Verduras Frescas en Estados Unidos," 2001, Comercio Exterior 51 (Mexico), 294-302 (with W.E. Huffman).
"Accuracy of Regional Single-Family Housing Start Forecasts," 2000, Journal of Housing Research 11, 109-120 (with J. Luevano and C.T. West).
"Currency Movements and International Border Crossings," 2000, International Journal of Public Administration 23, 1113-1123.
"Short-Run Price Movements in Ecuador," 2000, Southwestern Journal of Economics 3 (August), 45-60.
"Latin American Trade Elasticities," 1999, Journal of Economics & Finance 23, 143-156 (with W.C. Sawyer and R.L. Sprinkle).
"Inflationary Pressure Determinants in Mexico," 1999, Estudios Económicos 14 (Mexico), 33-51 (with C. Calderón).
"A Theoretical Model of Developing Country Inflationary Dynamics," 1999, Southwestern Journal of Economics 2 (March), 176-191.
"Empirical Models for Developing Country Secondary Market Debt Prices," 1998, Applied Economics Letters 5, 393-395.
"An Econometric Analysis of the Nigerian Consumer Price Index," 1998, Journal of Economics 24, 1-15 (with S.I. Ikhide).
“Regional Econometric Housing Start Forecast Accuracy in Florida,” 1998, Review of Regional Studies 28, 15-42 (with C.T. West).
“Cross Border Business Cycle Impacts on Commercial Electricity Demand,” 1998, Frontera Norte 10 (Tijuana), 53-66.
"Functional Form for United States - Mexico Trade Equations," 1997, Estudios Economicos 12 (Mexico), 23-35 (with W.C. Sawyer and R.L. Sprinkle).
"Reforms Promote Progress in Latin America," 1997 Forum for Applied Research & Public Policy 12 (Winter), 86-89 (with R.L. Sprinkle).
"A Theoretical Model of Industrial Economy Inflationary Dynamics," 1997 Economic & Business Review 39 (Osaka) 1-18 (with E. Araki).
"Inflationary Dynamics in Nigeria," 1997, Nigerian Journal of Economic & Social Studies 39, 205-219 (with S.I. Ikhide).
"Assessing the Historical Accuracy of Regional Economic Forecasts," 1996, Journal of Forecasting 15, 19-36 (with C. Taylor West).
"New Directions in Latin American Macroeconometrics," 1996, Economic & Business Review 38 (Osaka), 49-73 (with E. Araki).
"Consumer Attitudes Toward Trade Liberalization," 1996, Applied Economics Letters 3, 179-182 (with D. Denslow).
"Latin American Progress Under Structural Adjustment," 1996, Noesis 17 (Ciudad Juarez), 1159-174 (with R. L. Sprinkle).
"Predictability of Secondary Market Developing Country Debt Prices," 1993, Applied Economics 25, 1365-1371.
"Inflationary Trends in Colombia," 1993, Journal of Policy Modeling 15, 463-468.
"Un Modelo Macroeconometrico para Pronosticar la Economia Colombiana," 1993, Ensayos Sobre Politica Economica 24 (Bogota), 101-136.
"Un Modelo Macroeconometrico para Pronosticar la Economia Ecuatoriana," 1993, Cuestiones Economicas 20 (Quito), 59-100.
"Anti-Inflationary Efforts in a South American Economy," 1993, Ajou Social Science Review 6 (Korea), 141-156.
"Confessions of an International Forecaster," 1992, Business Economics 27 (April) 61-65. "Inflationary Dynamics and the Angell-Johnson Proposals," 1991, Atlantic Economic Journal 19 (March), 1-14 (with R. Hirth and M. Smith).
"Prediccion de Multiplicadores Monetarios en Colombia, Ecuador, y Venezuela," 1991, Lecturas de Economia 35 (Medellin), 53-86 (with A. Kapur).
"A Composite Approach to Forecasting State Government Revenues," 1989, International Journal of Forecasting 5, 373-380.
"Rational Reactions to Temporary Sales Tax Legislation," 1987, Public Budgeting & Finance 7 (Summer), 64-71.

   
     

Dr. Fullerton
   
     


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 tomf@utep.edu