Publications:

• Editorial Positions:

  • Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Business and Economic Studies. 2000-present
     
  • Regional Editor, Journal of Global Business and Technology, Spring 2007-present.
     
  • Proceedings co-Editor, Global Business and Technology Association Annual Conferences, 2007 to present.
     
  • Editor, Northeast Business & Economics Association Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1998,1998,2000,2002.
     
  • Editor, La Filosfia de la Risa, by Victor Manuel Rivera-Toledo, published by Editorial Piedra Santa, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2002.
     
  • Editor, Lira Ausente, by Victor Manuel Rivera-Toledo, published by Editorial Piedra Santa, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
     

   

• Book and Journal Publications

  • The Root Cause of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis and the Impact on Financial Markets, International Journal of Economic Research, January, 2011 (forthcoming), co-authored with Thomas Tallerico.
     
  • US Bond-Rate Inflation Dynamics,,International Journal of Business, Accounting and Finance co-authored with John Malindretos and Krishna Kasibhatla. (previously published in the Northeast Business & Economics Association 2008 Proceedings.
     
  •  Empirical Evidence on the Relationship Between Concentration and Profitability in Latin American Banking, American Business Review, Volume XXIII, No. 1, January 2010, pp. 87-96, co-authored with John Malindretos, Augusting C. Arize, Krishna Kasibhatla, and Ioannis N. Kallianotis.
     
  • On the Implications of the Increased Presence of Foreign Banks in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic, International Monetary Fund, July 2008. co-authored with Carlos Medeiros, Jorge Cayazzo, Luis Maldonado, Torsten Wezel, Jorge Ivan Canales Krijenko, and Alvaro Piris. (Planned to appear as an IMF Working Paper).
     
  • FASB #8 and FASB #52, American Business Review, West Haven Connecticut.Published January 2001. Co-authored with John Malindretos and Krishna Kasibhatla
     
  • International Adjustment for Kenya: The Relevance of the Traditional and Monetary Approaches, Balance of Payments Adjustment: Macro Facets of International Finance Revisited. Edited by A. Arize et.al, Greenwood Press, 1999.
     
  • The Influence of Multinational Bank Entry on Host Country Market Structure: A Case Study of Spain, Quantity and Quality in Economic Research, Vol. IV, edited by T.Homer Bonitsis and Roy Chamberlain Brown, Ashgate, 1997.
     
  • Implications of FASB 52, International Journal of Commerce and Management, Vol. 5, Number 4, 1995, co-authored with John Malindretos, Krishna Kasibhatla, and Merlin Johnson.
     
  • External Liberalization of Banking and Industrial Concentration: The Evidence from Spain, Journal of Applied Business Research, Volume 11, Number 3, Summer 1995, co-authored with T. Homer Bonitsis.
     
  • Financial Accounting Statements and Foreign Exchange Risk Management, Managerial Finance in the Corporate Economy, co-authored with John Malindretos, Rutledge, London, edited by    D. Gosh and S. Khaksari.1995.
     

  Publications in Proceedings

  • Variations in the Perception of Latinos of non-based Medical Health Care Compared with the Perception of Whites, Global Business and Technology 2009 Annual Meeting Proceedings, co-authored with James Driscoll.
     
  • US Bond-Rate Inflation Dynamics, Northeast Decision Sciences 2008 Annual Meeting  Proceedings, co-authored with John Malindretos and Krishna Kasibhatla, pp. 262-267.
     
  • Migration and Foreign Remittances: A Comparative Study of Tonga and Guatemala, Northeast Decision Sciences 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings, co-authored with Dr. Susanne Bleiberg Seperson, pp. 216-218.
     
  • Evaluating the Efficiency and Productivity of Latin American Banks, International Business and Economy Conference 2007 Annual Proceedings.
     
  • The Impact of the Adoption of the Euro: Evidence From Portugal, Global Business and Technology Association 2005 Annual Meeting Proceedings.
     
  • The Impact of the Euro on the Euro Zone: The Case of Spain, 8th International Decision Sciences 2005 Conference Proceedings.
     
  • Empirical Evidence on the Relationship Between Concentration and Profitability in Spanish Banking in Latin American Banking, 8th International Decision Sciences 2005 Conference Proceedings.  (This is an updated version of the paper presented at the 2005 NEDSI.  The findings in this study included Mexico, Central America, and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.)
     
  • The Influence of Foreign Bank Entry on Latin American Domestic Markets: Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Northeast Decision Sciences 2005 Annual Meeting Proceedings.
     
  • Dollarization in El Salvador, 8th International Decision Sciences Institute 2005 Conference Proceedings. (This is an updated and revised version of the paper published in the 2003 NBEA Proceedings.)
     
  • The Influence of Foreign Bank Entry on Latin American Domestic Markets: The Experience of Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 2004 Annual Meeting Proceedings,
     
  • Dollarization in El Salvador, Northeast Business and Economics 2003 Annual Meeting Proceedings.
  • Technology in the Classroom: The Distance Learning Experience, Northeast Business and Economics 2002 Annual Meeting Proceedings. (Abstract)
     
  • A Study of New York Health Care Systems, Northeast Business and Economics Association 2000 Annual Meeting Proceedings, co-authored with Georges Ramalanjaona.
     
  • The Impact of the European Monetary Union on Southern Italy, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 2000 Annual Meeting Proceedings.
     
  • The European Monetary Union: Its Impact on United States and English Financial Markets, Northeast Business and Economics Association 1999 Annual Proceedings.
     
  •  The European Monetary Union: Implication for the Financial Markets, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 1999 Annual Meeting Proceedings. Co-authored with Joseph P. Monahan and John Reynolds. (Revised).
     
  • The European Monetary Union and Its Impact on Financial Markets, Northeast Business and Economic Association 1998 Annual Proceedings.
     
  • Intermodal Transportation and Economic Development, Northeast Business and Economic Association 1998 Annual Proceedings.
     
  • The European Monetary Union and Its Impact on Financial Markets, Northeast Business and Economic Association 1998
    Annual Proceedings.
     
  • Challenges and Opportunities Facing the European Monetary Union, Northeast_Decision Sciences Institute 1998 Annual Proceedings.
     
  • The Walt Disney Company: A Case of a Corporate Merger, Northeast Business & Economics Association 1997, Annual Proceedings.
     
  • Teaching Strategies and Learning Style Preferences in a Managerial Economics Course, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 1997 Proceedings.
     
  • Managed Care and Patient Satisfaction, Northeast Business & Economic Association 1996 Proceedings, co-authored with Georges Ramaljoana.
     
  • Teaching Strategies and Learning Style Preferences in a Financial Management Course,Northeast  Business and Economic Association 1996 Proceedings.
     
  • Foreign Bank Entry and Financial Product Innovation in Spanish Banking, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 1996 Proceedings, co-authored with T. Homer Bonitsis.
     
  • International Adjustment for Kenya: The Relevance of the Traditional and Monetary Approaches, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 1996 Proceedings, co-authored with John Malindretos. (Revised version to be published in Doctrinal Approaches to International Adjustment.
     
  • The Relationship between Concentration and Profitability in Spanish Banking, Northeast Decision Sciences 1995 Proceedings.
     
  • Factors Determining Country Risk Ratings, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 1994 Proceedings.
     
  • Evidence of Multinational Bank Concentration and Bank Profitability in Spain, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 1993 Proceedings, co-authored with Phyllis Masciandaro.
     
  • Multinational Banks and Market Structure: the Case of Spain, The International Journal of Finance, Vol.6,Number 1, Autumn 1993, pp, 697-712.
     
  • Foreign Banking in Spain: Challenges and Opportunities, Journal of Business and Society, Numbers 1 and 2, Vol.5, 1992.