Jose A. Mendez joined the ASU economics faculty in 1980. His primary area of research is in international economics, having published articles related to free trade areas (NAFTA, CACM, EU, etc.), U.S.-Mexico migration, exchange rate regimes, and the impact of multinational firms in developing countries. His most recent paper is “National Levels of Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment,” Journal of Comparative Economics 47 (2019), with J. Brada, Z. Drabek, and M. Perez.
Professor Mendez currently teaches the Capstone of Economics course and a Microeconomic Principles course for the Universal Learner Program. Recently, he won the 2021-2022 "Rethinking Business Education" Outstanding Online Teaching Award.
Professor Mendez has held a number of other positions. He served as Assistant Chair in the department of economics for eight years and he was director of the W. P. Carey MBA program in Mexico City for five. While on leave from ASU, he spent one year at the U.S. Agency for International Development and three years at the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has also consulted with the World Bank, Organization of American States, USAID, and USIA.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, Southern Methodist University 1980
M.A. Economics, Southern Methodist University 1978
M.A. Latin American Studies, University of Texas-Austin 1976
B.A. Latin American Studies, University of Texas-Austin 1974
"Factor Mobility and the General Equilibrium Model of Production," Journal of International Economics 15 (August 1983), pp. 19-25, (with J. Hill).
"The Impact of Undocumented Aliens on Health and Public Health Care in Arizona," Arizona Business 30 (Third Quarter 1983), pp. 3-7, (with C. Esquer).
"Regional Economic Integration and the Volume of Intra-Regional Trade: A Comparison of Developed and Developing Countries Experience," Kyklos 36 (Fasc. 4 1983), pp. 589-603, (with J. Brada).
“The Empirical Relationship Between Trade, Growth and the Environment,” International Review of Economics and Finance 7 (1998), pp. 53-61 (with L.Gale).
“CACM”, in K. Reinert and R. Rajan (eds.), Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy (Princeton University Press, 2009).
“Effort, Technology, and the Efficiency of Agricultural Cooperatives,” Journal of Developing Studies 48 (2012), pp. 1601-1616 (with S. Ahn and J. Brada).
“National Levels of Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment,” Journal of Comparative Economics 47 (2019), pp. 31-49 (with J. Brada, Z. Drabek and M. Perez).
