Mr Jesus Resendiz Silva
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Research Student | J dot Silva at uea dot ac dot uk |
Biography
Jesus is a Mexican economist. In particular, he is from Tampico, Tamaulipas. His PhD programme is sponsored by Mexico's National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT)
Academic Background
In the private sector, Jesus has worked as a consultant for the construction aggregates industry and the retail industry. Also, he has worked for the heavy duty truck manufacturing industry. In the public sector, he has worked for the President's Office and lectured Microeconomics at undergraduate level for the IPN's School of Economics.
Personal Interests
He likes jogging, aikido, and karate (shoto kan, black-1st dan). Also, he likes to play acoustic guitar.
Key Research Interests
a) Industrial Organisation (competition economics - regulatory economics); b) Energy Economics; c) Corporate Finance; d) Formulation and Evaluation of Investment Projects; e) Applied Econometrics; f) Macroeconomics; g) Behavioral Economics; h) Experimental Economics; i) Economic History; and j) Political Science.
Particular Interests
1) Privatisation of Energy Companies; 2) Energy Policy; 3) Regulation and Competition Policy; 4) Game Theory Applied to Political Dynamics; 5) Competitive Behaviour (e.g mergers); and 6) Experimetrics (with Dr. Peter Moffatt).
Research Project
Electricity, Privatisation, Regulation and Politics in the Mexican Economy
PhD Project's Description
It analyses the interaction between Mexico's political system and the energy sector, particularly the Mexican Electricity Industry (MEI). In other words, the project studies how politics have been affecting the MEI's privatisation process. For instance, how the different games played by the three main political parties, PRI (right of centre), PAN (right-wing), and PRD (left-wing) have been blocking the industry's reform.
Also, it studies how this situation has been affecting the MEI's regulatory framework. According to evidence found by the researcher, there is a serious regulatory failure in the industry that needs to be addressed.
In order to understand the political dynamics in the energy agenda, the project proposes Kahneman and Tversky's theory, Prospect Theory*.
*Kahneman, D. and Tversky, A. (1979). "Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk", Econometrica, vol. 47, no.2.
Supervisors
Dr. Peter Lloyd-Sherlock (LSE) and Dr. Bereket Kebede (Oxford)
Publications
Resendiz-Silva, J. (2008). "Por que no se ha Aprovado la Reforma Electrica?" in "Reformas Estructurales en Mexico", Comercio Exterior, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior BANCOMEXT, October 2008, pp. 852-857
