Alexander Amati

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• PH.D. APPLIED ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN-CITIES Dissertation “Ownership and Control of Foreign Direct Investments”. Received the University’s Harald Jensen Award of Excellence for Ph.D. Thesis.
• MBA, FINANCE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY
• BA, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INSTITUT D’ETUDES POLITIQUES DE PARIS (SC PO), PARIS, FRANCE Minor: International Business

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS

• Harald Jensen Award of Excellence for Ph.D. Thesis, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• Litterman Award, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• Fellowship, Center for German and European Studies, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• Research Fellowship, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
• Teaching Assistantship, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
• Beta Gamma Sigma, Collegiate MBA, GPA 4.0

PAPERS AND CONCEFENCES

• “Illiquidity and Performance Attribution: A primer", with B. Sopranzetti, forthcoming in Spring 2018 issue of The Journal of Performance Measurement.
• “The case of the missing foreign affiliates' investing behavior: Why it should matter for FDI policy and empirics.", presented at the 83rd International Atlantic Economic Conference in Berlin, Germany 22-25 March 2017.
• “Foreign Ownership and Technological Spillovers in Chile” , prepared for submission, 2010. Paper presented at the Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC (2010)
• “The Rhetoric of Foreign Direct Investment Research”, Working Paper, 2006
• “Aspects of Small Firm Research”, with G. Pederson. Paper presented at the Joint Conference on Food, Agriculture and the Environment, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2004, Conegliano Veneto (Treviso), Italy. Published in Defrancesco et als. (eds) “Food, Agriculture and the Environment: Economic Issues”, publisher FrancoAngeli, Italy.
• “Foreign Direct Investment Theories and Empirics: Cacophony?” Paper presented at Humboldt University’s Conference on European Transition: Assessing the Role of Foreign Direct Investment, May 18 - 20, 2004, Berlin, Germany.
• “Imperfect Capital Markets, Exchange Rate Regimes, and Direct Foreign Investments” Paper presented at Humboldt University’s Conference on European Transition: Assessing the Role of Foreign Direct Investment, May 18 - 20, 2004, Berlin, Germany.
• “On the Value of Statistical Life – An Alternative Approach” Working Paper, 2003
• “Border Effect: A Gravity Estimation of Differential Transition in Eastern Europe” Working Paper, 2003
• “Environmental Performance and Strategy at Weyerhaeuser” with B. Neubert and R. Day, 1997, World Resources Institute, Management Institute for Environment & Business. Report prepared for the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
• “The Financial Impact of Environmental Events and Issues on the Forest Products Industry” with R. Day and B. Neubert, 1997, World Resources Institute, Management Institute for Environment & Business. Report prepared for the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC