Joseph Vavrus

Assistant Professor
School of Business & Society

Joseph Vavrus

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Colorado Boulder (2017)

MA, Economics, University of Colorado Boulder (2013)

MA, Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin (2010)

BA, International Studies, Portland State University (2006)

Contact

Hentschke Hall 203D
P: 909.748.8772
E: joseph_vavrus@redlands.edu

Academic Interests

  • International Trade
  • Industrial Organization
  • Economic Geography
  • Banking and Finance
  • Economic Development

Present Research

     URL: https://jvavrus.wordpress.com/research/ 

  1. Local Credit and International Trade. Forum for Research on Empirical International Trade WP No. 1146.
  2. Port Regions, Exports, and Subnational Trade.
  3. Distance, Geography, and Branch Banking.
  4. A Little Push: Regional Redistribution and Export Expansion

 

Courses Taught

BUSB 230 – Economics for Business (October 2017)

BUSB 342 – International Business (March 2018)

Experience

Instructor of Record, Intermediate Macroeconomics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2013 – 2017

Instructor, Limits and Derivatives short course, University of Colorado Denver, 2014

Invited Presentations

Local Credit and International Trade. 86th Annual Southern Economic Association Meeting, Washington D.C., 2016

Economic Restructuring and Indicators of Exclusion in Brazil: National and Municipal Trends. XXVIII Annual ILASSA Conference on Latin America, Austin, TX, 2008

Institutions and the Evolution of Development Economics in Brazil. XXVII Annual ILASSA Conference on Latin America, Austin, TX, 2007