Jose Mendez
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Phone: 480-965-2723
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CRTVC 415C TEMPE, AZ 85287-9801
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Mail code: 9801Campus: Tempe
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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.
- 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
- International Trade
- Economic Development
Selected Publications
- "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).
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 221 | Business Statistics |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 355 | Economics of Healthcare |
ECN 504 | Fundamentals Managerial Econ |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 438 | Internatl Monetary Economics |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
WPC 591 | Seminar |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ECN 493 | Honors Thesis |
ECN 503 | Global Business Environment |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 475 | Capstone in Economics |
ECN 492 | Honors Directed Study |
Arizona State University: 1980-present.