CURRICULUM VITAE
ANTONIO J RODRIGUEZ
HOME ADDRESS
BUSINESS ADDRESS
8619 Crossway Drive
Texas A&M International University
Laredo, Texas, 78045
College of Business Administration
(956)717-1582
5201 University Boulevard
E-mail: rodriguez@surfus.net
Laredo, Texas, 78041
(956)326-2517 Office
(956)326-2494 Fax
E-mail: rodriguez@tamiu.edu
ACADEMIC PREPARATION
Ph.D.
The University of Alabama, 1985
Major fields of study: Economics
& Finance
Minor fields of study: Econometrics
& Monetary theory and
policy
Dissertation Title:
"Futures Trading and Cash Market Rates Variability: An
Empirical Study of The Treasury Bill Market"
M.A.
The University of Alabama, 1981.
Major field of study: Finance
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas.
Associate Professor of
Finance in the Department of Economics and Finance of the
College of Business Administration
and Graduate School of Business Administration and
International Trade, September
1993 - present.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion
de Empresas, INCAE, Graduate Business School,
Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Associate Professor of Finance from January 1991 to August 1993.
The University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan.
Assistant Professor of
Finance in the School of Management, September 1984 to
December 1990.
COURSES TAUGHT
Texas A&M International University.
Undergraduate: Introduction
to Corporate Finance, Intermediate Corporate Finance,
Investments, Managerial
Economics, and Business Statistics.
Graduate: Business
Finance Concepts, Financial Management, International Financial
Management, International
Finance, Management Science, Managerial economics, and
International Investments.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas, INCAE.
Graduate: Financial
Management, Money and Capital Markets, and Seminar in Banking and
Finance.
University of Michigan - Flint
Undergraduate:
Financial Principles, Investments, Portfolio Theory, Options and Futures,
and Business Statistics.
Graduate: Financial Management, and Business Economics.
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Texas A&M International University
Taught International Finance
and International Financial Management in the joint MBA
program of Universidad de
las Americas (Costa Rica) - TAMIU (USA) in the Spring of
1994.
Taught Financial Management
in the MBA program of Tecnologico de Monterrey in the
Summer of 1997 under an
agreement between Tecnologico and TAMIU.
Instructor in the Agricultural
Bank of Greece - TAMIU International Banking Program, 1997 -
Present.
Taught International Finance
in the TAMIU - Tecnologico de Monterrey Diplomado
Program, Summer 1998.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas, INCAE.
Taught Financial Management,
Risk Analysis, and Banking in executive business seminars
and in executive MBA programs
throughout Mexico, Central and South America, 1991-1993.
The University of Michigan - Flint
Taught Finance in the Operations
Management Skills Program through the Office of
Extension and Continuing
Education, 1985.
The University of Alabama
Taught Business Finance Principles,
Financial Institutions, Intermediate Corporate Finance,
and Introduction to Micro
Economics while in the Masters and Ph.D. programs, 1980-1984.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Texas A&M International University
Chair, Department of Economics and Finance, 1999-Present.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, October 1984.
AACSB Workshop on the Internationalization of the
Business School Curriculum, New York
University, New York, June1985.
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 1985.
Eastern Economics Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1996.
Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1986.
Research Seminar on Futures Markets, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois, November 1986.
Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 1988.
Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Bal Harbour, Florida, April 1988.
Banking Seminar for College Faculty, Graduate School
of Banking, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin, August, 1988.
Academy of Financial services Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1988.
Financial Management Association Annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1988.
Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 1988.
Southern Finance Association annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, November 1989.
Fall Research Seminar on Futures Markets, Owen School
of Management, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville,
Tennessee, December 1990.
Texas A&M University System, Fourth International
Business Symposium, Corpus Christi, November
1993.
Academy of International Business - Southwest Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 1994.
Third Annual Conference on Economic Perspectives for the Americas, Laredo, Texas, September 1994.
Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Meeting, Biloxi, Mississippi, February 1995.
Academy of International Business - Southwest Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 1995.
Southwestern Marketing Association Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 1995.
Global Finance Annual Conference, San Diego, California, May 1995.
International Trade and Finance Association International Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, May 1995.
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, October 1995.
American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences
Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February
1996.
Academy of International Business - Southwest, San Antonio, Texas, March 1996.
The Business Association for Latin American studies
(BALAS) Annual Conference, Monterrey,
Mexico, March 1996.
Global Finance Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1996.
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1996.
Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Key West, Florida, November 1996.
Decision Sciences Institute - Southwest Annual Conference, March 1997.
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 1997.
Decision Sciences Institute - Southwest Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 1998.
Fifth Annual Conference on Western Hemispheric Economies
in the 21st Century, Laredo, Texas,
March 1998.
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 1998.
Network of Border Economics Meeting, El Paso, Texas, December 1998.
Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 1999.
International Trade and Finance Association International
Conference, Casablanca, Morocco, May
1999.
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 1999.
NOTEWORTHY PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS
"A Test of the Behavior and
Relationship Between Treasury Bill Futures and treasury Bill rates",
Eastern Finance AssociationAnnual Meeting,
Nashville, Tennessee, April 1986.
"Mutual Fund performance
and Mutual Fund Growth" (with W. Woerheide), Midwest Finance Association
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 1988.
"Estimation and Determination
of Bid-Ask Spreads in Selected Financial Futures Markets " (with R.
Followill), SouthernFinance Association Annual
Meeting, Orlando, Florida, November 1989.
"The Estimation and Determination
of Bid-Ask Spreads in Futures markets" (with R, Followill),
Chicago Board of Trade Fall Research Seminar
on Futures Markets, Owen School of Management,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, December
1990.
"The Genesis of the Latin
American External Debt Crisis" (with M. Islam & K. Parhizgar),
International Decision Sciences Institute,
Puebla, Mexico, June 1995.
"The Effects of NAFTA on
Current Economic and Financial Developments on the Texas-Mexican
Border Economy" (with M. Islam), Economic and
Financial Cycles and NAFTA: Issues and Analysis,
Mexico City, June 1995.
"Concentration and Performance
in the Mexican Banking Industry" (with M. Islam), Financial
Management Association Annual Meeting, October
1995.
"Financial sector Reforms,
Economic Growth, and Stability: Experiences in Selected Latin American
Countries" (with M. Islam, Business Association
for Latin American Studies (BALAS) Annual
Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, March 1996.
"Forecasting of Cointegrated
Systems in Maritime Transportation" (with J. Berg-Andreassen),
Academy of International Business - Southwest,
San Antonio, Texas, March 1996.
"Comovement of Latin-American
Equity Markets: Evidence from Unit Root & Cointegration Tests"
(with M. Islam), Global Finance Conference,
Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1996.
"Linkages Among the Seven
Major Stock Markets in the Western Hemisphere: Tests of Unit Root,
Cointegration, and Error Correction Models" (with
M. Islam), Financial Management Association
Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, October
1997.
"An Examination of the Likely
Effects of the Countries of the Andean Group by Joining
MERCOSUR or NAFTA (with M. Patrick), International
Trade and Finance Association Annual
Meeting, Casablanca, Morocco, May 1999.
PUBLICATIONS
"A Test of the Behavior and
Relationship Between Treasury Bill Futures and Treasury Bill Rates",
Abstract, The Financial Review, Proceedings,
April 1986.
"The Estimation and Determinants
of Bid-Ask Spreads in Futures Markets", (with R. Followill), The
Review of Futures Markets, Vol. 10, No. 1,
1991, 1-11.
"Nafta and the Promoting
of Export-Related Marketing Research Services to Small and Medium
Sized Mexican Manufacturers" (with J. Medina), Advances
in Marketing, Spring 1995, 223-231.
"Concentration and Competition
in the Mexican Banking Sector: An Empirical Investigation" (with M.
Islam), Southwest Review of International Business
Research, Proceedings, March 1995, 54-57.
"Evidence on the Benefits
of Portfolio Investment in Emerging Capital Markets in Latin America"
(with M. Islam), International Trade and Finance,
Proceedings, Vol. II, May 1995, 387-403.
"NAFTA and the Opportunities
of the U.S. Banking and Non-Banking Operations in Mexico:
Empirical Evidence" (with M. Islam), Global Finance,
Proceedings, May 1995.
"An Empirical Study on the
Efficiency of the Mexican Stock Market" (with M. Islam), Midsouth
Academy of Economics and Finance, Papers
and Proceedings, July 1995, 265-274.
"Mexican Commercial Banks:
Competition and Performance Trends, 1990-1995", Border Business
Indicators, Institute for International Trade,
Texas A&M International University, October 1995, 1-6.
"Mexico’s Exchange Rate Policy
and the Value of the Peso", Border Economic Indicators, Institute
for International Trade, Texas A&M International
University, November 1995, 1-3.
"Latin-American
External Debt, Fiscal Adjustments, and Real Exchange Rate Depreciation"
(with
M. Islam), American Society of Business and Behavioral
Sciences, Proceedings, February 1996, 72-78.
"Peso Crisis, Volatility,
and Prospects of Investing in Mexico's Stock Market " (with M. Islam),
Southwest Review of International Business Research,
Proceedings,
March 1996, 144-152.
"Time-Varying Conditional
Volatility and Time Series Properties of Emerging South American Stock
markets", Business Association of Latin
American studies, Proceedings, April 1997, 251-165.
"Lead-Lag Relationships Among
Equity Markets of North and South America: Cointegration and
Causality Tests", Global Finance, Proceedings,
May 1997, 55-56.
"Evidence on the Benefits
of Portfolio Investment in Emerging Capital Markets in Latin America",
Updated Version, (with M. Islam), in Selected
Investment Portfolios, Edited by James C. Baker,
Pergamon, 1998, 75-89.
OTHER COMPLETED RESEARCH
"Futures Trading and Price
Volatility in the Treasury Bill Market", Working Paper Series, The
University of Michigan-Flint, WPS-85-01.
"A Test of the Behavior and
Relationship Between Treasury Bill Futures and Treasury Bill Rates",
Working Paper Series, The University of Michigan-Flint,
WPS-85-02.
"Mutual Fund Performance
and Mutual Fund Growth" (with W. Woerheide)", Working Paper Series,
The University of Michigan- Flint, WPS-88-08.
MASTERS THESES, CASES ADVISOR
University of Michigan-Flint
"AN
Analysis of Volume and Fixed Cost Behavior for the Midland Plant Finished
Products Manufacturing Unit",
Joseph D. Sheets, 1986.
"Development
a Framework for the Evaluation of Proposed Joint Ventures", Charles K.
Stevens, 1986.
"An
Analysis of Performance of the Beverage Stocks During Recessions in the
US
Economy", Thomas G. Smith,
1990.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas, INCAE.
"TOVECO, Cia. Ltda.", Jose Velez T., 1993
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Panelist
"The
Socio-Cultural and Economic Effects of NAFTA in the Texas-Mexico Border
Areas", Business Association
of Latin American Studies (BALAS), Monterrey, Mexico,
March 1996.
In-house Presentations
"Time-Varying
Conditional Volatility and Time Series Properties of Emerging South
American Stock Markets"
(with M. Islam), COBA Research Forum, March 1997.
"Linkages
Among the Major Stock Markets in the Western Hemisphere" (with M. Islam),
COBA Research Forum,
October 1997.
"Futures
Trading and Price Volatility in the Treasury Bill Market", Working Paper
Series,
Research Forum, University
of Michigan-Flint, WPS-85-01.
Paper Discussant, 1985-2000
Eastern Economics Association
Eastern Finance Association
Academy of Financial Services
Southern Finance Association
Financial Management Association
Academy of International
Business - Southwest
Global Finance
Decision Sciences Institute
- Southwest
Track Chair, Session Chair, & Reviewer,1994-2000.
Financial Management Association
American Society of Business
and Behavioral Sciences
Academy of International
business - Southwest
Decision Sciences Institute
- Southwest
International Trade Journal
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE
Participated in the development of finance major, University of Michigan-Flint, 1985.
Participated in the Operations Management Skills
Program through the Office of Continuing Education,
University of Michigan-Flint, 1985.
Directed Bank Executive Program. Responsible for
the design, marketing, and implementation of
banking training seminars in Central and South America,
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion
de Empresas (INCAE), 1992-1993.
Participated in student recruitment for the MBA in Spanish program in Monterrey, Mexico, 1994.
Participated in "Preview Day" information forum for prospective students, TAMIU, March 1997.
Participated in the Off-Campus on-site Registration program at Alexander High School, April 1997.
Presented an Overview of Home Equity Loans (in Spanish),
sponsored by the Laredo Chamber of
Commerce, Small Business Committee, Laredo, Texas,
December 1997.
Presented an Overview of the NAFTA’S Economic Effect
on the Border Region to the House
Economic Development Committee, Public Hearing on
NAFTA, Brownsville, Texas, February 1998.
Presented an Overview of the Economic Impact of NAFTA
to students and faculty of the school of
international relations at Tecnologico de Monterrey,
Monterrey, Mexico, March 1999.
Presented an Overview of International Finance to
the faculty of Commerce at Universidad de San Luis
Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, September 1 - October
2, 1999.
HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
Selected to participate in a student exchange program
between Facultad de Economia, Universidad de
Nuevo Leon (Monterrey, Mexico), and College of Business,
Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona),
Fall 1975.
Awarded Universidad de Nuevo Leon Fellowship of $300 per month.
Awarded Assistanship by the College of Commerce and
Business Administration, The University of
Alabama, 1979-1984.
Selected to participate in Seminars on Futures Markets
for Ph.D. students at the Chicago Board of
Trade, Chicago, 1982 & 1983. All expenses paid
by the Chicago Board of Trade.
Awarded a stipend for being selected the Outstanding
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of
Economics,
Finance, and Legal Studies, College of Commerce
and Business Administration, The University of
Alabama, 1983-1984.
Awarded a faculty grant to attend AACSB Workshop
on the Internationalization of the Business School
Curriculum, Stern School of Business, New York University,
New York, 1985.
Selected to participate in Seminars on Futures Markets
for faculty at the Chicago Board of Trade,
Chicago, 1986. All expenses paid by the Chicago
Board of Trade.
Selected to participate in the Banking Seminar for
College Faculty, Graduate School of Banking,
University of
Wisconsin, Madison, 1988. All expenses paid.
Selected to participate in the Fall Research Seminar
on Futures Markets of the Chicago Board of Trade,
Owen School of Management, Vanderbilt University,
1990. All Expenses paid.
Awarded Mini Research Grant, Texas A&M International University, April 1996.
Awarded Research Grant by the Center for the Study
of Western Hemispheric Trade, Texas A&M
International University, Summer 1996.
Recognition for Participation as a Track Chair for
Management and International Business in the 1998
Southwest
Regional Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute,
Dallas, Texas, March 1998.
Selected to participate in a faculty exchange program
with the Institute for Higher Education in
Morocco, May 1998.
Awarded a stipend by the Texas International Education Consortium, Austin, Texas.
Awarded Mini Research Grant, Texas A&M International University, April 1999.
Awarded Research Grant by the Center for the Study
of Western Hemispheric Trade, Texas A&M
International University, Summer 1999.
UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
University of Michigan-Flint, 1985-1990
Accounting and Finance Faculty
Search
Organizational Behavior
and Industrial Relations Faculty Search
Academic Review
Student Concerns and Financial
Aid
Economic Status of the Faculty
Career Advisory
Faculty Development Fund
Research and Publications
Faculty Assembly
International Studies
Special Events
MBA
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de Empresas (INCAE) 1991-1993.
Admissions
Executive Programs
Faculty Performance
Texas A&M International University, 1993-1999.
University Curriculum
College Curriculum
AACSB
Graduate Admissions
Ph.D.
Faculty Recruitment
Library
Promotion and Tenure
Post-Tenure Review
Grievance
Chair Search for the Center
for Western Hemispheric Studies
Dean’s Search
Scholar of the Year Review
Committee
Faculty Senate
OTHER SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS
Texas A&M International University, 1995-Present.
Coordinator of the MBA (in Spanish) Program
STUDENT ADVISOR
University of Michigan-Flint, 1987-1990.
Hispanic Club
Business Club
Texas A&M International University, 1998-Present.
Western Hemispheric Trade Research Group
REFERENCES
Dr. John Kohl, Dean
College of Business Texas A&M International
University
5201 University Boulevard
Laredo, Texas, 78041
(956)326-2480
Dr. Oscar Varela Professor of Finance
Department of Economics and Finance
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70148
(504)280-6905
Dr. Billy Helms, Chair
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
College of Commerce and Business Administration
The University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870224 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487
(205)348-8067