Publications include  a paper, "Trade and Economic Growth: The Role of Trade Policy Instability," in The World Economy Journal (forthcoming); "The Neuroeconomics of Distrust: Sex Differences in  Behavior and Physiology" in American Economic Review Vol. 95, No.2, with P. Zak, R. Kurzban, and W. Metzner (2005); "Trade and Economic Growth: The Role of Trade Policy Instability" submitted to Journal of International Economics (2005); "The IMF and the Relevance of the SDDS: An Application of the Principal-Agent Model" published in Economic Bulletin of the Central Bank of El Salvador (1999); "The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth: The Case for Central America" published in Economic Bulletin of the Central Bank of El Salvador (1999).

Conference presentations include "Trade and Economic Growth: The Role of Trade Policy Instability," at the American Economic Association - ASSA Program (2007); presentations at the Annual Allied Social Sciences Association Meeting (2005); International Studies Association West (2004); Central Bank of El Salvador Monthly Technical Conference (2004); Western Economics Association International (2004); Humane Studies Research Colloquium, Institute for Humane Studies (2004).

Recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to study toward a Ph.D. in economics (2000-02).