JUAN ROSELLÓN

A.   PERSONAL INFORMATION

B.    CURRENT POSITION DETAILS

C.   EDUCATION

(Areas of specialization: Economics of Regulation, Energy Economics, Microeconomics and Industrial Organization)

D.    PUBLICATIONS

Published Papers in Refereed Journals:

·        “A Merchant Mechanism for Electricity Transmission Expansion “, Journal of Regulatory Economics (with Tarjei Kristiansen): forthcoming.

·        “Price Regulation in a Vertically Integrated Natural Gas Industry: The Case of Mexico”, The Review of Network Economics, vol. 4, issue 1, March, 2005 (with D.L. Brito).

·        “Un Modelo de Equilibrio General para la Fijación de Precios del Gas Natural en México”, El Trimestre Económico, vol. LXXII (2), Num. 286, abril-junio, 2005 (with D.L. Brito).

·        “Different Approaches Towards Electricity Transmission Expansion”, The Review of Network Economics , vol. 2, issue 3, September 2003.

·        "Regulation of Gas Marketing Activities in Mexico", Estudios Económicos, Vol.18, No.1 January-June 2003 (with D. L. Brito).

·        "Oportunidad de la Inversión en Gasoductos de GLP en México", El Trimestre Económico, Vol. 69 (4), No. 276, 2002 (with D. L. Brito).

·        "La Reforma del Sector Eléctrico Mexicano: Recomendaciones de Política Pública", Gestión y Política Pública, Vol. XI, No. 2, 2002 (with V. Carreón). 

·        "Pricing Natural Gas in Mexico; An Application of the Little Mirrlees Rule", The Energy Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2002 (with D. L. Brito).

·        "Pricing Natural Gas Distribution in Mexico", Energy Economics, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 231-248, May 2002 (with J. C. Ramírez).

·        "Una nota sobre la regulación del gas en México: Comentarios críticos", El Trimestre Económico, Vol. 69 (3), No. 273, January-March 2002 (with D. L. Brito) 

·        "Reglas de Origen y Análisis del Bienestar", El Trimestre Económico, Vol. LXVIII (1), No. 269, January-March 2001.

·        "Regulatory Reform in Mexico' Natural Gas Industry. Liberalization in the Context of a Dominant Upstream Incumbent", Policy Research Working Paper, The World Bank, 2537, January 2001 (with J. Halpern).

·        "Designing Natural Gas Distribution Concession in a Megacity. Tradeoffs between Scale Economies and Information Disclosure in Mexico City", Policy Research Working Paper, The World Bank, 2538, January 2001 (with J. Halpern).

·        "The Economics of Rules of Origin", The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 9, No. 4 December 2000.

·        "La Regulación de las Tarifas de Distribución del Gas Natural en México: Un Modelo Estocástico", El Trimestre Económico, Vol. LXVII (2), No. 266, April-June, 2000 (with J. C. Ramírez). 

·        "Pricing Liquid Petroleum Gas in Mexico", Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 66, No. 3, January 2000 (with D.L. Brito and W. L. Littlejohn).

·        "Determinación de precios del gas licuado de petróleo en México", El Trimestre Económico, vol. LXVI(4), No. 264, October-December 1999 (with D. L. Brito, and W. L. Littlejohn). 

·        "Price and Rate Regulation for the Mexican Natural Gas Industry: Comments on Policy Decisions", Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época, CIDE, 1998.

·        "Temas Esenciales de La Economía de la Ciencia", Investigación Económica, UNAM, no. 223, January-March 1998. 

·        "Regulatory Reform in Mexico's Gas Industry", Revista de Análisis Económico, ILADES/Georgetown University, vol. 10, No. 2, November 1995.

·        "Reglas de Origen de Tratados de Libre Comercio: Efectos sobre el uso de Factores Domésticos de la Producción", Economía Mexicana. Nueva Época, CIDE, vol. II, no. 1, México, January-June 1994.

·        "La Economía Elemental de las Reglas de Origen", El Trimestre Económico, F.C.E., No 231, pp. 481-496, 1991 (with Raúl Ramos Tercero). 

Submitted Papers:

·        “Quasi-Rents and the Optimality of the Little-Mirrlees Rule: Pricing Natural Gas in Mexico,” Energy Economics (with D.L. Brito).

·        “Timing of Investment in Regulated Natural Gas Pipelines,” Resource and Energy Economics (with D.L. Brito).

·        “A Regulatory Mechanism for Electricity Transmission in Mexico ,” Energy Policy.

·        “Different Approaches to Supply Adequacy in Electricity Markets,” Energy Studies Review. 

·         “Incentives for Supply Adequacy in Electricity Markets: An Application to the Mexican Power Sector,” Review of Development Economics (with V. Carreón).

 Chapters in books:

·        “Regulation of Natural Gas Pricing in Mexico,” in  Robert Klitgaard (editor): Successful Policy Research: Case Studies from around the world, Rand Corporation, forthcoming.

·        The Mexican Electricity Sector: Economic, Legal and Political Issues , in a book published by Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, (with Víctor Carreón, and A. Jiménez).

·         “Pricing Electricity Transmission in Mexico,” in Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2003-2004 Research Papers, William Hogan, editor, Cambridge, MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April, 2005

·        “Strategic Behavior and the Pricing of Gas in Mexico,” in Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2003-2004 Research Papers” William Hogan, editor, Cambridge, MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April, 2005 (with D.L. Brito).

·        “Different Approaches to Supply Adequacy in Electricity Markets,” in Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2003-2004 Research Papers, William Hogan, editor, Cambridge, MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April, 2005

·        “Implications of the Elasticity of Natural Gas in Mexico on Investment in Gas Pipelines and in Setting the Arbitrage Point,” in Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2003-2004 Research Papers, William Hogan, editor, Cambridge, MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April, 2005 (with D.L. Brito).

·        The Mexican Electricity Sector: Economic, Legal and Political Issues, in Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2003-2004 Research Papers, William Hogan, editor, Cambridge, MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April, 2005 (with V.G. Carreón, and A. Jimenez-San Vicente) (reprinted with permission).

·        “A Merchant Mechanism for Electricity Transmission Expansion,” in Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2003-2004 Research Papers, William Hogan, editor, Cambridge, MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April, 2005 (with T. Kristiansen) (reprinted with permission).

·        “Price Regulation in a Vertically Integrated Natural Gas Industry: The Case of Mexico,” in Repsol YPF-Harvard Kennedy School Fellows 2003-2004 Research Papers, William Hogan, editor, Cambridge, MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April, 2005 (reprinted with permission).

·        “Natural Gas Sector Review,” in  Private Solutions for Infrastructure in México, 2002 , World Bank, PPIAF

·        "Economic and Political Implications of New Developments in Thin Film Solar Technology", in Global Warming: Science and Policy, Cambridge University Press, (with D. L. Brito) (forthcoming).

·        "Incentivos para la Expansión de la Red de Transmisión Eléctrica en México Mediante la Regulación de Precios" in La Realidad Económica Actual y sus Corrientes de Interpretación: Un Debate Inicial, edited by UNAM/ Miguel Angel Porrúa, 2003 (with A. Nevárez).

·        "El Modelo Principal-Agente en el Análisis de la Política Científica en Países en Desarrollo", en Ciencia Económica y Economía de la Ciencia: Reflexiones filosófico-metodológicas, edited by SIAME/FCE, 2001 (with B. de la Torre).

·        "Alternativas de Regulación en el Sector Eléctrico", in La Reforma Estructural del Sector Eléctrico, edited by ITAM-Miguel Angel Porrúa, June 2000.

·        "La Regulación de Precios y Tarifas para la Industria del Gas Natural en México", in Transiciones Energéticas en México, Centro y Sudamérica (1999), Segundo Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Mexicana para la Economía Energética, A. C.

Books:

·        División Óptima de la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México para fines de Distribución de Gas Natural, CIDE-CRE-Limusa coedition, 2000.

Working papers:

·        Liquid Natural Gas and a New Policy for Pricing Gas in Mexico, 2005, CIDE, E-314 (with D.L. Brito)

·        Different Approaches to Supply Adequacy in Electricity Markets, 2004, CIDE, E-298 

·        Implications of the Elasticity of Natural Gas in Mexico on Investment in Gas Pipelines and in Setting the Arbitrage Point, 2004 , CIDE , E-299 (with D.L. Brito) .

·        Pricing electricity transmission in Mexico, 2003, CIDE, E-270.

·        The Mexican Electricity Sector: Economic, Legal and Political Issues , 2003, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Standford University , WP 05 . (with Víctor Carreón).

·        Privatization and Income Distribution in Mexico , 2003 , Instituto de Políticas Públicas y Estudios del Desarrollo , Mexico , WP 2003-05 (with Luis Felipe López-Calva) .

·        A Solar Power Export Project in Mexico for the Californian Electricity Market, Working Paper, E-230,CIDE, 2002 (with D. L. Brito).

·        On the Potential Distributive Impact of Electricity Reform in México, Working Paper, E – 223, CIDE, 2001 (with Luis F. López – Calva).

·        Incentives for Expansion of Electricity Supply and Capacity Reserves in the Mexican Electricity Sector, Working Paper, E – 219, CIDE, 2001 (with Victor Carreón).

·        The Economic Rationale of the Structural and Regulatory Reform of the Mexican Electricity Sector, Working Paper, E-199, CIDE 2001 (with Víctor Carreón).

·        The Reform of the Natural gas Market in Mexico: Effects on Production and Distribution, Working Paper, E-198, CIDE, 2000 (with Luis Felipe López Calva).

·        Pricing Natural Gas in Mexico, Working Paper, CIDE E-120, 1998 (with D.L. Brito).

·         El Impacto del TLC en las Relaciones de Comercio e Inversión entre la CE y México (una Reseña de la Investigación y la Información Empírica), Working Paper, CIDE, E-43, México, 1995.

E.    ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

CIDE:

·         Director of the economics journal "Revista Economía Mexicana, Nueva Época" from 2000 through 2002.

CIDE: Instructor in the following courses:

• "Public Economics I", M.A program in economics, Fall 2004, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996. Main text: Laffont, J. "Fundamentals of Public Economics", MIT Press, 1989;

• "Public Economics II", M.A program in economics, Spring 2004, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997. Main text: Laffont, J. "Fundamentals of Public Economics", MIT Press, 1989;

• “Microeconomics II”, M.A. program in economics, Spring 2002. Main Text: “Microeconomic Theory”, Mas-Colell, Whinston and Green, Oxford, 1995

• "Regulation and Contracts", B.A and M.A programs in economics, Spring 1999. Main text: Armstrong, M., S. Cowan and J. Vickers, "Regulatory Reform", MIT Press, 1993;

• "Regulation and Contracts", B.A program in economics, Spring 1997, 1996. Main text: Armstrong, M., S. Cowan and J. Vickers, "Regulatory Reform", MIT Press, 1993;

• "Microeconomics III", B.A program in economics, Spring 1995. Main text: Varian, H.R., "Microeconomic Analysis", Norton&Co., 3rd edition, 1992;

• "Introduction to Econometrics", M.A program in public administration, Spring 1994. Main text Kmenta, J., "Elements of Econometrics", Mc Millan, 2nd edition, 1986.

CIDE

§         Academic Coordinator of the "Workshop on Energy Economics and Regulation" (Diplomado en Economía y Regulación de la Energía), targeted to train Mexican government officials in the energy sector, 1999 and 2000.

CIDE

§         Director of 11 MA thesis, and 4 BA thesis in CIDE's economics programs.

 RICE UNIVERSITY: "Teaching Assistant" in the following courses:

• "Microeconomic Theory 508" (Dr. B. Jun), Ph. D. program in economics, Spring 1990.

• "Microeconomic Theory 501" (Dr. D. L. Brito), Ph. D. program in economics, fall 1989.

CIDE

• Member of the CIDE's Committee for Sabbatical Periods and Licenses (Comité de Sabáticos y Licencias) since 2000.

 CONACYT (Mexican National Science Foundation)

·         Member of the Evaluation Committee of Mexican Technological and Scientific Journals since 2005

·         Member of the Evaluation Committee of the CONACYT Fund for Precompetitive Technologies  since 2000

• Evaluator of research projects since 1997
• Referee for the CONACYT's fellowship program for overseas PhD programs since 1994.

F.     PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

COMISIÓN REGULADORA DE ENERGÍA (CRE), Mexico City,  General Director of Economic Policy From 1995 through 1997:

·         Direction of the team that elaborated the "Prices and Tariffs Directive" (Directiva sobre la Determinación de Precios y Tarifas para las Actividades Reguladas en Materia de Gas Natural), published on March 1996, which sets the specific price and rate for the natural gas industry in Mexico;

• Direction of the team that wrote the "Accounting Directive for the Regulated Activities on Natural Gas" (Directiva de Contabilidad para las Actividades Reguladas en Materia de Gas Natural) published on May 1996, which establishes the accounting guidelines that must be used by companies in their price and rate computations;
• Direction of the team that evaluated the economic and financial proposals presented for bids in order to obtain a distribution permit (in cities such as Mexicali, Chihuahua and Mexico City);
• Participation in the group that designed the new market structure for the natural gas industry in Mexico (according to the 1995 legal modifications that now allow private investment in transportation, distribution and storage services);
• Participation in the group that wrote the "Natural Gas Regulations" (published on November 1995). I advised mainly on topics such as market structure and price and tariff regulation;
• Participation in the group that evaluated the economic and financial proposals presented to obtain a transportation permit,
• Design of the methodology used to find the optimal number of geographic zones for gas distribution in Mexico City;
• Elaboration of the economic chapter of the bid package for the distribution of geographic zones;
• Analysis of the various options for a structural reform of the electric industry in Mexico;
• Writing of several documents, used for policy making, with respect to the international experiences in regulation. Participation in several international conferences and seminars with regulators from several countries such as: USA, Canada, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Spain, United Kingdom and Brazil;
• Elaboration of CRE's funding proposals to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. These proposals won a two-million-dollar loan from the World Bank in 1995 and a one-million-five-hundred-dollar grant from the Inter-American Development Bank in 1996;
• Design of academic cooperation agreements between CRE and Mexican and US Universities;
• Coordination of the CRE's Center for Statistics, where the CRE's statistical and econometric studies are performed;
• Economic advisor of the CRE's President and the Electricity and Gas Directorate;
• Search and survey of literature related to regulation economics. Translation of abstract economic theory concepts into concrete ideas applicable to the decision making process.
• Presentations in several academic and industry forums explaining the new regulatory framework of the natural gas industry in Mexico;
• Participation in frequent consultings with the Mexican Gas Industry so as to evaluate CRE's policy decisions.

 INSTITUTO DE RELACIONES EUROPEO-LATINOAMERICANAS (INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS), Madrid, Spain: Consultant for the elaboration of a study about NAFTA effects on Mexico's economic relations with Europe, spring, 1994.

 SECRETARÍA DE COMERCIO Y FOMENTO INDUSTRIAL, (MEXICAN MINISTRY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY) Office for the Negotiation of NAFTA, Mexico City: advisor for the design of NAFTA rules of origin, October 1990-August 1991. Examples of activities undertaken:

• Collaboration in the design of Mexico's position on rules of origin during NAFTA negotiations;

• Analysis of third-country to US/Canada/Mexico input ratios of Mexican industries;

• Firm advisory on rules of origin;

• Elaboration of documents which helped firms to understand the rules of origin mechanisms;

• Analysis of the rules of origin of other trade agreements;

• Surveys of economic literature on rules of origin, and

• Evaluation of US and Canada proposals on rules of origin.

G.   LEVEL IN SNI (Mexican National System of Researchers)

H.   RESEARCH PROJECTS

I.      ORGANIZATION OF EXTERNAL WORKSHOPS

J.     SEMINARS AND CONGRESSES

·           Seminario en el Banco de México,Ponencia:"Different approaches towards electricity transmission expansion; The Mexican case", DF, México, 28 Octubre, 2005

·           4th Conference on Applied Infraestructure Research TU Berlin, DIW Berlin and TU Dreden. Presentation (joint with D.L. Brito): "Timing of investment in regulated natural gas pipelines", Berlin-Germany, October 08, 2005

·           25th Annual North American Conference United States Association for Energy Economics / International Association for Energy Economics,Presentation: "LNG in the Northwestern coast of Mexico : Impact on prices of natural gas in both sides of the US-Mexico border", Denver, Colorado-USA, August 18-25, 2005

·           Program on Energy Policy: Analysis Applications and Strategy. Presentation: Perspectives on the electricity sector and reform in Mexico. Held at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. June 19-July 30, 2005

·           Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade (DEGIT X), Presentation: Incentives for Supply Adequacy in Electricity Markets: an Application to the Mexican Power Sector (with V. Carreón-Rodríguez), CIDE-Copenhagen Business School, Mexico City, Mexico, June 3-4, 2005

·           Linking Think Tanks Conference, Succesful Policy Research: Case Studies from around the World, Presentation: Regulation of Natural Gas Pricing in Mexico. The Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA, May 2-3, 2005.

·           El Gas Natural en México: ¿Es necesario? ¿Qué beneficios y retos trae consigo? ¿Cómo afceta al precio del gas natural?. Presentación: Liquid Natural Gas and A New Policy for Pricing Gas in Mexico. Organizado por la Asociación Mexicana para la Economía Energética y el CIDE, 24 de February, 2005

·           Accelerating Innovation in the 21st Century: U.S. Science & Technology: Energy & Nanotechnology Workshop I: Prospects for Solar Energy. Presentation: Solar Energy and the Implications of Nanotechnology. Organized by Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, October 15 through 17, 2004

·           35th. Plenary Session Harvard Electricity Policy Group, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 3-4, 2004.

·           Seminar on Energy Regulatory Developments in North America, Organizer and Speaker, Presentation: "Different Approaches Towards Electricity Transmission Expansion,” co-organized by SENER, CRE and CIDE, Mexico City, January 13, 2004.

·           23rd IAEE North American Conference, Camino Real Hotel, Mexico City, October 19-21, 2003

·           2nd Workshop on Applied Infrastructure Research, “Regulation and Investment in Infrastructure Provision-Theory and Policy,” Presentation (joint with T. Kristiansen): "A Merchant Mechanism for Electricity Transmission Expansion”", Berlin University of Technology, DIW Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 11 October 2003

·           LACEA, 8th Annual Meeting, Universidad de las Américas, Cholula, Puebla, October 9-11 2003.

·           Segundo seminario de avance del Convenio CIDE-CRE IIIb, February 2003,
C: “DIFFERENT APPROACHES TOWARDS ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION EXPANSION.”

·           University of California Energy Institute, Center for the Study of Energy
Markets, Seminar Series, Presentation: “Regulatory Reform In Mexico's Energy
Sector: Liberalization in the Context of a Dominant Incumbent,” April 28, 2003

·           Harvard Electricity Policy Group Forum, Cincinnati, Ohio, Estados Unidos,
April 8, 2003

·           Harvard Electricity Policy Group, 31st Plenary Session, Boston, Massachusetts,
May 31, 2003

·           22nd Annual North American Conference of the USAEE/IAEE,: Energy Markets in Turmoil: Making Sense of it All. Presentation: “Incentives for the Expansion of Electricity Supply and Capacity Reserves in the Mexican Electricity Sector”, Vancouver, Canada, October 6-8, 2002;

·           Regulación y Competencia en los mercados de electricidad (Regulation and competition in electricity markets), presentation: "Asignación de Precios de la Transmisión de Mercados de Electricidad", organized by the CRE, APEC Y CFC, Mexico City, May 30, 31 2002;

·           VI Annual Meetings of LACEA, presentation "The impact of the subsidy scheme in the Mexican electricity sector on income distribution and poverty", Montevideo, Uruguay, October 17-20, 2001.

·           Conferencias sobre Petróleo y Gas Natural (Conferences on Oil and Natural Gas), presentation: "Regulatory reform in Mexico's natural gas industry. Liberalization in the context of a dominant upstream incumbent", Oxford Institute for Energy Studies/CIDE, CIDE, Mexico city, October 3, 4, 2001.

·           La Reforma Estructural del Sector Eléctrico Mexicano, (The Structural Reform of the Mexican Electric Industry), presentation: "The market architecture of the Mexican electricity sector", Tinker-CIDE conference, CIDE, Mexico city, September 27, 28, 2001.

·           La Realidad Económica Actual y sus Corrientes de Interpretación: Un Debate Inicial, (The Current Economic Reality and its Alternative Interpretations: An Initial Debate), presentation: "Incentivos para la Expansión de la Red de Transmisión Eléctrica en México Mediante la Regulación de Precios" (Incentives for the expansion of the electricity transmission network in Mexico through price regulation), Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, UNAM, Mexico city, September 3, 2001.

·           International Program on Privatization Regulatory Reform and Corporate Governance, presentation: "Regulatory reform in Mexico's natural gas industry. Liberalization in the context of a dominant upstream incumbent", Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., July, 2001.

·           Cuarto Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Mexicana para la Economía Energética (Fourth AMEEE annual conference), El Sector Energía en México de Cara al Siglo XXI: Tendencias, Política, Abastecimiento y Financiamiento", Mexico city, June 13, 14, 2001.

·           24th International USAEE/IAEE, Conference 2001: An Energy Odyssey?, presentations: "Economic and political implications of new developments in thin film solar technology", "Pricing natural gas in Mexico; an application of the Little Mirrlees rule", and "The reform of the natural gas market in Mexico: effects on production and distribution", Houston, Tx., April 25-27, 2001.

·           El Sector Privado ante las Reformas Eléctricas (The private sector and the electricity reforms), Asociación Mexicana para la Economía Energética, Mexico City, January 27, 2001.

·           Congreso del Comité de Ciencias de la Economía, Administración, Política y Relaciones Internacionales de CONACYT (Economic Administrative, Political and International Relations Sciences Committee of CONACYT), presentation: "La aplicación del modelo principal-agente al análisis de la política científica" (The application of the principal-agent model to the science policy analysis), Cholula, Puebla, November 23, 24, 2000.

·           CIDE-CRE International Seminar, Reforma Estructural y Regulación en el Sector Energético (Structural reform and regulation in the energy sector), presentation: "The structural reform of the Mexican electricity sector", Mexico City, October 30, 31, 2000.

·           21st Annual North American Conference. Transforming Energy, presentation: "Regulation of Gas Marketing Activities in Mexico", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, September 24, 27, 2000).

·           V Annual Meetings of LACEA, presentation: "Regulation of Gas Marketing Activities in Mexico", Río de Janeiro, Brazil, October, 2000)Seminario ITAM-AMDE, Ciudad de México (October 2000).

·           I Congreso Iberoamericano de Filosofía de la Ciencia y la de la Tecnología, Presentation: La Aplicación del Modelo Principal-Agente al Análisis de la Política Científica", Morelia (25 al 29 de September, 2000).

·           Conference on Global Climate Change, Presentation: "Economic and Political Implications of New Developments in Thin Film Solar Technology", Rice University (7 y 8 de September, 2000).

·           Workshop on Markets for Electricity - Economics and Technology (MEET): A Flow-based Paradigm for Systems Operation and Market Coordination, Electricity Policy Research Institute, Stanford University (17 al 19 de August, 2000).

·           International Program on Privatization Regulatory Reform and Corporate Governance, organizado por Harvard University. Presentations: "Structural Reform and Regulation in the Mexican Energy Sector", Cambridge Massachusetts, Estados Unidos (July, 2000).

·           Tercer Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Mexicana para la Economía Energética. El Futuro Energético de México. Presentación: "La Regulación del Precio del Gas Natural en México", México D. F. (25 y 26 de May, 2000).

·           Seminario del Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Guanajuato, Presentation: "Reforma Estructural y Regulación del Sector Energético Mexicano", Guanajuato (12 de May, 2000)

·           Acces Mexico 99. Five Years of Nafta. Past and Future. Presentation: Regulatory Reform in Mexico's Energy Sector, Houston, Estados Unidos (6 y 7 de December, 1999).
54th European Meeting of the Econometric Society. Presentation: "Average Revenue Regulation and Uncertainty", Santiago de Compostela, España (August 29 al 1 de September 1999)

·           XII Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society. Presentations: "Average Revenue Regulation and Uncertainty" y "Regulation of the Price of Gas in Mexico", Cancún (2 al 6 de August 1999)

·           International Program on Privatization Regulatory Reform and Corporate Governance, organizado por Harvard University. Presentation: "Structural Reform and Regulation in the Mexican Energy Sector", Cambridge Massachusetts, Estados Unidos (July 1999)

·           Seminario de la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Presentation: Reforma Estructural del Sector Energético Mexicano, Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo (April 1999).

·           Segundo Foro Regional para la Reforma de la Energía Eléctrica, organizado por el Senado de la República. Presentation: "Alternativas de Regulación de precios en el sector eléctrico", Campeche (April 1999)

·           Reforma del Sector Eléctrico, organizado por el ITAM. Presentation: "Alternativas de Regulación de precios en el sector eléctrico", México, D. F. (February1999).

·           Desafíos y opciones para el sector eléctrico mexicano. Qué podemos aprender de la experiencia internacional, organizado por el Programa Universitario de Energía, UNAM, y la Secretaría de Energía. Presentation: Alternativas de Regulación de Precios en el Sector Eléctrico, México D. F. (January 1999).

·           Colloquium Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, organizado por Cornell University. Presentation: "Structural Reform and Regulation of the Gas Industry of Mexico", Ithaca, New York, Estados Unidos (September 1998).

·           Reforma Estructural y Regulación en el Sector Energético, organizado por el CIDE. Presentation:: "Regulación de Precios del Gas L.P y del Gas Natural", México D. F. (August 1998).

·           International Program on Privatization Regulatory Reform and Corporate Governance, organizado por Harvard University. Presentations: "Country and Sector-Specific Case: Deregulation of Gas Distribution in Mexico" y "Regulatory Issues in the Private Distribution of Gas in Mexico", Cambridge, Massachusetts (July 1998

·           Conferencia Internacional sobre el Uso del Etanol como Combustible para Transporte Automotor, organizado por la Secretaría de energía, la Comisión Nacional para el Ahorro de la Energía, y la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores: participación en representación del Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, México, D.F., June 8 y 9 de 1998.

·           MIT Energy and Environmental Workshop, Center for Energy Policy Research, organizado por el CEEPR del Massachusetts Institute for Technology: participación en representación del Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Cambridge, Estados Unidos, November 13 y 14 de 1997.

·           “The impact of Globalization and Privatization on Malaysian and Asia”, presentation: Regulatory Reform in MExico's Natural Gas Industry, organized by HIID, Harvard University, Langkawi, Malaysia, November, 1997.

·           Seminario sobre Regulación Energética, organizado por la Secretaría de Energía, participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía, México D.F., April de 1997.

·           Restructuring and Regulation of the Electricity Market (International Electricity Trade under Competition), organizado por el Banco Mundial y el Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía, Västeras, Suecia, 3 al 5 de February de 1997.

·           International Training Program. Utility Regulation and strategy, organizado por El Banco Mundial y The Utility Research Center at the University of Florida. January 13 – 24, 1997. Gainesville, Florida.

·           Segundo Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Mexicana de la Economía Energética: selección del artículo "Regulación de Precios y Tarifas para la Industria del Gas Natural" para ser presentado en la mesa "Externalidades Ambientales en los Sistemas Energéticos -Impacto sobre los Costos y los Precios de la Energía-", México, D.F., 23 al 25 de September de 1996.

·           SO2 Allowance Trading and the Cost of Compliance with Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, organizado por el CEEPR del Massachusetts Institute for Technology: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía y de la Secretaría de Energía, Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos, 11 al 13 de September de 1996.

·           Unbundling Natural Gas LDC's, organizado International Business Communications: presentación de la presentation "Tariffs and Pricing of Natural Gas in Mexico", San Antonio, Texas, Estados Unidos, 26 al 28 de June de 1996

·           North American Energy Roundtable: Prospects for Natural Gas and Electricity Integration", organizado por el College of Business Administration Energy Institute, University of Houston: presentación de la presentation "Toward a NAFTA Energy Market: Regulatory Reform in Mexico", Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos, 5 al 7 de June de 1996.

·           Executive Seminar on Natural Gas and Electricity in Mexico, organizado por el College of Business Administration Energy Institute, University of Houston y el Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey: presentación de la presentation Mexico's Natural Gas Regulatory Framework: Prices and Tariffs, Monterrey, México, 25 y 26 de March de 1996.

·           Marco Regulatorio del Gas Natural, seminario organizado por International Energy Agency (IEA) y Comisión Reguladora de Energía: presentación de la presentation "Prices and Tariffs", México D.F., 19-20 de February de 1996 (los resultados de este seminario se utilizaron para elaborar la publicación "Regulatory Reform in Mexico's Gas Sector" publicado por IEA/OECD en 1996).

·           US-Mexican Roundtable on Energy Developments of Mexico , organizado por el "Institute of the Americas", University of California at San Diego: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía, México, D.F., 29 de November de 1995.

·           Seminario sobre las Perspectivas del Gas Natural en México, organizado por la CRE: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía, 8 de November de 1995.

·           Mexico in Transition: Changes ,Opportunities, and Realities in the Energy Market", organizado por la Natural Gas Association of Houston y College of Business Administration Energy Institute, University of Houston: presentación de la presentation "Mexico: the New Gas Regulation", Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos, October 17 de 1995.

·           Conference on the Economics of Regulation, organizada por ITAM e ILADES (Chile): selección del artículo "Regulatory Reform in Mexico's Gas Industry" para ser presentado en la mesa "Regulation in the Energy Sector", México D.F., August de 1995.

·           Seminario México/Canadá/Argentina sobre Regulación del Gas Natural, organizado por la CRE: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía, 15 y 16 de June de 1995.

·           Mexico/US/Canada Regulatory Workshop, organizado por el College of Business Administration Energy Institute de University of Houston: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía, 30 de May de 1995.

·           Gas Fair 1995, organizada por Canadian Enerdata, LTD: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía y de la Secretaría de Energía, Toronto, Canadá, 8 y 9 de May de 1995.

·           Workshop on Economics of Energy, Center for Energy Policy Research, organizado por el CEEPR del Massachusetts Institute for Technology: participación en representación de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía y de la Secretaría de Energía, Cambridge, Estados Unidos, April de 1995.

·           Primer Encuentro de Participantes en el Esquema de FIDETEC, organizado por CONACYT: participación en la mesa redonda sobre "Avance hacia un Mercado Tecnológico", Veracruz, México, 16 al 18 de October de 1994.

·           First Trinational Institute on Innovation, Competitiveness and Sustainability, organizado por Simon Fraser University: participación en el grupo de trabajo: "Academic-Industry Linkages, Education, and Training", Whistler, Canadá, del 14 al 21 de August de 1994.

·           3er. Encuentro Nacional de Investigadores en Economía, organizado por ITAM-ANIDIE: selección del artículo "Reglas de Origen y Análisis de Bienestar", para ser presentado en la mesa de "Teoría Económica", May de 1994.

·           Las Relaciones Bilaterales México-Estados Unidos Bajo el Gobierno de Clinton: Evaluación y Perspectivas, seminario organizado por el CIDE: comentarista en la mesa "El Futuro de las Relaciones Comerciales de América del Norte", February de 1994.

·           Confronting Free Trade: Policies for Technological Development, Seminario Internacional organizado por el CIDE: presentacion del articulo "Confronting Free Trade: Some Challenges for the Mexican Science System", January de 1994.

·           Seminario del Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla: presentación del artículo "Rules of Origin and Welfare Analysis", November 1993.

·           I International Seminar: Science in a Transforming Economy, organizado por CONACYT en Cancún, Q.R. del 3 al 7 de November de 1993.

·           Seminario de la División de Economía del CIDE: presentación del artículo "Rules of Origin and Welfare Analysis", October de 1993.

·           Seminario de la División de Economía del CIDE: presentación del articulo "The Basic Economics of Rules of Origin", June de 1993.

·           XII Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina: selección del artículo "Rules of Origin and Welfare Analysis" por la Sociedad Econométrica para ser presentado del 17 al 20 de August de 1993

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L.    AWARDS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS

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