Carlos A. Vegh

Carlos A. Vegh

Uruguayan economist
Date of Birth: 01.08.1958
Country: Uruguay

Content:
  1. Biography of Carlos Vegh
  2. Education and Career
  3. Contributions and Achievements

Biography of Carlos Vegh

Carlos Vegh, an Uruguayan economist, was born on August 1, 1958, in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is the son of Alejandro Végh Villegas, a renowned Uruguayan economist who served as the Minister of Economy of Uruguay from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1982 to 1983. Carlos Vegh is also the grandson of Carlos R. Végh Garzón, who was the Minister of Economy in 1967.

Education and Career

From 1979 to 1982, Vegh studied economics at the University of the Republic in Uruguay. He then transferred to the American University, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics in 1983. In 1983, he began his Ph.D. program in Economics at the University of Chicago, which he completed in 1987 under the guidance of Joshua Aizenman and Jacob Frenkel. After completing his Ph.D., Vegh joined the International Monetary Fund's research department.

In 1995, Vegh left the IMF and became a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. A year later, he received an invitation to teach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he served as a professor of economics from 1998 to 2007. During his time at UCLA, Vegh also held the position of Vice Chair of the Undergraduate Program in 2004-2005. From 1997 to 2003, he led the Program in Comparative and Topical Studies at the Latin American Center at UCLA. In 2005, Vegh became a professor of economics at the University of Maryland.

Contributions and Achievements

Vegh has made significant contributions to the field of economics, particularly in the areas of currency and tax policy in developing countries. His research work has had a significant impact on other economists and is regularly cited in the international financial press and the speeches of prominent economists and policymakers worldwide.

Vegh has served as an editor for prestigious journals such as the Journal of Development Economics from 2000 to 2003 and the Journal of International Economics from 1999 to 2003. He has also been a member of the editorial board for publications like International Tax and Public Finance, Latin American Economic Review, and currently serves on the editorial council of the IMF Economic Review. Vegh has held various positions of responsibility, including being a member of the executive committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) from 1998 to 2000.

In recognition of his outstanding teaching abilities, Vegh was awarded the Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award in 2001. He has received several other teaching awards during his tenure at the University of Maryland. Vegh has also held positions as a senior research staff member at the IMF's research department in 2003-2004 and as a visiting staff member at various institutions, including the Inter-American Development Bank, the Central Bank of Colombia, and the Bank of Mexico. He has also been a visiting professor at the Universidad del Pacífico in Peru and the Universidad CEMA in Argentina.

Vegh's research papers have been published in leading international academic journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Economic Perspectives, and Macroeconomics Annual of the National Bureau of Economic Research, among others. Currently, Vegh is working on a textbook on open macroeconomics in developing countries. He has authored over two dozen research articles and is recognized as one of the top 5% economists in the world.

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