Ernesto Stein - Faculty

Dr. Ernesto Stein was the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) representative in Mexico, where he guided all the activities of the IDB Group (public and private side) in the country with a focus on reducing regional gaps and fostering economic development. With a career spanning almost 30 years at the IDB, Ernesto Stein has served different roles, including principal economist at the Research Department and regional economic advisor for Central America, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.

He has also been a Growth Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Development.

His research primarily focuses on areas critical to economic development and policy. These include international trade and integration, foreign direct investment, productive development policies, institutional economics, and political economy.

He has authored or edited over 12 books and contributed to more than 40 articles in edited volumes and refereed journals such as the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, Economic Policy, Economics and Politics, and the American Economic Review (papers and proceedings), among others.

Ernesto Stein joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Professor in Public Policy for the School of Social Sciences and Government and the School of Government and Public Transformation.

• Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• B.A., Economics, University of Buenos Aires

• Rodriguez Chatruc, Marisol & Stein, Ernesto & Vlaicu, Razvan. (2021). How issue framing shapes trade attitudes: Evidence from a multi-country survey experiment. Journal of International Economics. 129. 103428. 10.1016/j.jinteco.2021.103428. 

• Rodriguez Chatruc, Marisol & Stein, Ernesto & Vlaicu, Razvan. (2019). Trade Attitudes in Latin America: Evidence from a Multi-Country Survey Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10.2139/ssrn.3448577. 

• Bahar, Dany & Rosenow, Samuel & Stein, Ernesto & Wagner, Rodrigo. (2019). Export take-offs and acceleration: Unpacking cross-sector linkages in the evolution of comparative advantage. World Development. 117. 48-60. 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.12.016. 

• Stein, Ernesto & Fernandez, Andres & Rosenow, Samuel & Zuluaga, Victor. (2018). Competition-Adjusted Measures of Real Exchange Rates. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10.2139/ssrn.3305512. 

• Scartascini, C., Spiller, P. T., Stein, E., Tommasi, M., Alston, L. J., Melo, M. A., Mueller, B., Pereira, C. A., Aninat, C., Londregan, J., Navia, P., Vial, J., Cárdenas, M., Pachón, M., Acosta, A. M., Araujo, M. C., Pérez‐Liñán, A., Saiegh, S. M., Lehoucq, F., . . . Penfold, M. (2011). El juego político en América Latina: ¿Cómo se deciden las políticas públicas? En Inter-American Development Bank eBooks. https://doi.org/10.18235/0012478

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