Associate Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Education

• University of Texas at El Paso, MS in Economics, 2002
• University of Texas at El Paso, BBA in Finance and Economics, 1997

Employment

• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2/11–Present
  
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch, 10/96–1/11

Academic Publications

• "Do Remittances Boost Economic Development? Evidence from Mexican States," with Pia Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny and Roberto Coronado, Law and Business Review of the Americas, forthcoming.

• “Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Nuevo Laredo,” with Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr, Growth and Change, March 2007

• "Regional Business Cycle Integration Along the U.S.–Mexico Border," with Keith Phillips, The Annals of Regional Science, February 2007.

• “Maquiladora Downturn: Structural Change or Cyclical Factors?” with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, International Business and Economics Research Journal, August 2004

Dallas Fed Publications

• "Is the Recession Over in El Paso?" with Jesus Cañas and Robert W. Gilmer, Crossroads, Issue 1, May 2010
• "Spotlight: Maquiladora Employment New Data Confirm Pickup in Juárez Factory Jobs," with Jesus Cañas, Southwest Economy, Second Quarter 2010
• "Cross-Border Money Flows Slowed by U.S. Slump," with Roberto Coronado, Southwest Economy, first quarter 2010
• “The Maquiladora's Changing Geography,” with Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, second quarter 2009
• “Recession Arrives in Texas: A Rougher Ride in 2009,” with Keith R. Phillips, Southwest Economy, first quarter 2009
• “New Dallas Fed Indicator Tracks Texas Retail Sales,” with Keith R. Phillips, Southwest Economy, Issue 5, September/October 2008
• "Explaining the Increase in Remittances to Mexico," with Roberto Coronado and Pia M. Orrenius, Southwest Economy, July/August 2007
• “SpotLight: Maquiladora Data,” with Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, May/June  2007
• "Maquiladora Recovery: Lessons for the Future," with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, March/April 2007
• “El Paso Economy Sluggish in 2007: U.S. Slowdown Outweighs Fort Bliss Expansion,”
   Robert W. Gilmer and Charles James, Crossroads, Issue 2, 2007
• "Border Benefits from Mexican Shoppers," with Roberto Coronado and Keith Phillips, Southwest Economy, May/June 2006.
  
• “U.S., Mexico Deepen Economic Ties,” with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Southwest Economy, January/February 2006.
• “Housing Market Trends in El Paso,” with Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr.and Roberto Tinajero, Crossroads Issue 2, 2006
• “Texas Border Benefits from Retail Sales to Mexican Nationals,” with Keith R. Phillips, The Face Texas: Jobs, People, Business and Change, November 2005
  
• “Texas Border Employment and Maquiladora Growth,” with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, The Face Texas: Jobs, People, Business and Change, November 2005
• “Border Cities: Economic Competitors or Complements?” with Ebetuel Pallares and Luis Bernardo Torres Ruiz, Crossroads, Issue 2, 2005
  
• “Cyclical Differences Emerge in Border City Economies,” with Roberto Coronado, Crossroads, Issue 1, 2005
  
• “Trade, Manufacturing Put Mexico Back on Track in 2004,” with Robert W. Gilmer and Roberto Coronado, Houston Business, March 2005
  
• “Framing the Future: Tomorrow’s Border Economy,” with Robert W. Gilmer, Keith R. Phillips and Roberto Coronado, Vista, Issue 1 2005
  
• “Framing the Future: Tomorrow’s Border Economy,” with Robert W. Gilmer, Keith R. Phillips and Roberto Coronado, Business Frontier, Issue 4, 2004
  
• “U.S.–Mexico Trade: Are We Still Connected?,” with Roberto Coronado, Business Frontier, Issue 3, 2004
  
• “Maquiladora Downturn: Structural Change or Cyclical Factors?,” with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Business Frontier, Issue 2, 2004
  
• “Composite Index: A New Measure of El Paso’s Economy,” with Robert W. Gilmer, and Keith R. Phillips, Business Frontier, Issue 1, 2003.
  
• “A New Index of Coincident Economic Activity for Houston,” with Robert W. Gilmer and Keith R. Phillips, Houston Business, Issue 3, 2003.
  
• “Maquiladora Industry: Past, Present and Future,” with Roberto Coronado, Business Frontier, Issue 2, 2002
  
• “A Decade of Change: El Paso's Economic Transition of the 1990s,” Business Frontier, 2002

Other Publications

• “U.S.–Mexico Remittances: Recent Trends and Measurement Issues,” with Pia Orrenius and Roberto Coronado in Migration, Trade and Development: Conference Proceedings, James Hollifield, Pia Orrenius and Thomas Osang, eds., Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2007.
• Business Cycle Indexes: A Composite Measure of Local Economies" Jesus Canas, Regional Econometrics, describes the construction and use of composite indexes of regional economic activity. December 2006
• “El empleo en la frontera de Texas y el crecimiento de las maquiladoras,” with Roberto Coronado and Robert W. Gilmer, Acontecimientos Recientes sobre Desarrollo Económico Fronterizo, Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Conference Proceedings Book, Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota, ed., tor forthcoming, Summer 2006
  
• “Commentary on Charter Evolution in Maquiladoras: A Case Study of Reynosa, Tamaulipas,” Maquiladoras Today, Conference Proceedings Book, Second NOBE/REF International Economic Research Forum, Editor Van Miller, forthcoming, Summer 2006

Working Papers

• “Industrial Structure and Economic Complementarities in City Pairs on the Texas-Mexico Border,” with Robert W. Gilmer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 05-03
   

Contributions

• “The Business Cycle in Houston Since the Oil Bust,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Business, January 2003,
   
• “Cross Border Cargo Vehicles Flows,” International Journal of Transport Economics, 29, 201–13
   
• “U.S.–Mexico Trade: Sectors and Regions,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 2, 2000.
   
• “NAFTA's First Five Years (Part 1),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 2, 1999.

• “NAFTA, the U.S. Economy and Maquiladoras,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1, 2001.
   
• “Maquiladoras 2000: Still Growing,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 3, 2000.
   
• “NAFTA's First Five Years (Part 2): U.S.–Mexico Trade and Investment Under NAFTA,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1, 2000.
   
• “The Binational Importance of the Maquiladora Industry,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, November/December, 1999.
   
• “Mexico's Economy in 1998 and 1999,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1, 1999.
   
• “The Maquiladora Industry in Historical Perspective (Part 2),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 4, 1998.
   
• “Immigration and the Economy—Part II,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, September/October, 1998.
   
• “The Maquiladora Industry in Historical Perspective (Part 1),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 3, 1998.
   
• “Immigration and the Economy—Part I,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, July/August, 1998.
   
• “International Trade at the U.S.–Mexican Border,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 2, 1998.
   
• “El Paso's Labor-Mismatch Dilema,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1, 1998.
   
• “Maquiladora Update,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 4, 1997.
   
• “A Look at Mexico's Trade: Free Trade Agreements (Part 2),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 3, 1997.
   
• “A Look at Mexico's Trade (Part 1),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 2, 1997.
   
• “NAFTA and Jobs,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 1, 1997.
   
• “Maquiladora Industry: Still Going Strong (Part 2),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 4, 1996.
   
• “Maquiladora Industry: Still Going Strong (Part 1),” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Business Frontier, Issue 3, 1996.