Jorge Salazar Carrillo
"Ph.D in Economy, California,Berkeley University. Head of the Center of Economic Research of FIU, Full Professor of Economics"

Holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His fields of expertise include international economics and economic development. His research has covered all fields of economics, both in developed and underdeveloped countries. He has edited and authored over a hundred articles and book chapters, and over sixty books. Currently, his research interests concern the recent economics of Asia and Latin America (including Cuba), and U.S. macro and microeconomics.

Economics Professor Jorge Salazar-Carrillo is director of FIU’s Center of Economic Research. He is Full Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Florida International University. Salazar also is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a consultant for both the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). His areas of interest include economic integration, international trade and finance and labor economics. He has conducted research on Venezuela’s oil sector and Latin America’ss capital markets in the 1990s.

Recent Publications:

Macroeconomics with Study Guide, California, CAT Publishers, 2008.

 Study Guide to Accompany Microeconomics, California, CAT Publishers, 2006.

 Microeconomics, California, CAT Publishers, 2005.

 "Economic Reform and Capitalistic Development" in Sir Hans Singer, N. Hatti and R. Tandon, eds., NewWorld Series, Vol. 18, New Delhi, 2005.

 "Business" in Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, Oxford University Press, 2005.

 he Future of the Cuban Economy (co-edited with A. Jorge), Miami, University of Miami, 2004.

 Oil and Development of Venezuela during the 20th Century, London,Praeger, 2004.

 "The Price System in a Socialist Economy" in Antonio Jorge, On Cuba, Miami, University of Miami, 2004.

 "Inversiones Extranjeras, Políticas de Ajuste y Mercados", Herencia, 2003.

 Study Guide to Accompany Macroeconomics, California, CAT Publishers, 2002.

 "Latin American Debt and Development", in Hans Singer, Neelambar Hatti and Rameshwar Tandon (eds.), Growth and Reforms Policy in Latin America, Delhi, B.R. Publishing, 2000.

 Capital Markets, Growth and Economic Policy in Latin America, (editor) New York, Greenwood-Praeger, 1999.

International Comparisons of Prices, Output and Productivity, [co-edited with D.S. Prasada Rao], Amsterdam, North Holland-Elsevier, 1996.

 The Economic Development of Venezuela and the Oil Sector: 1910-1990, New York, Praeger- Greenwood Publishers, 1994.

"Ideology, Modernization and Politico-Economic Development In Latin America" (with Antonio Jorge), Knowledge and Policy: The International Journal of Knowledge Transfer and Utilization, 1993.

"Socialism, Market Reforms and Privatization in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Latin America" [with Antonio Jorge], North-South, 1993.

The Latin American Debt, London, MacMillan Press, (1992).

Comparisons of Prices and Real Products in Latin America (with D.S. Prasada Rao), New York, North Holland Press, 1990.

World Comparisons of Income, Prices, and Product (with D.S. Prasada Rao), New York, North Holland Press,1998.