Dr Ernesto Valenzuela

Biography/ Background

Dr Ernesto Valenzuela is the Executive Director of the Centre for International Economic Studies at the University of Adelaide and Lecturer in the School of Economics. 

Previously, he worked for 3 years as a full time Economist Consultant at The World Bank's Development Research Group (Trade Policy unit) in Washington DC. He was also involved as a Lecturer and Moderator for The World Bank Institute courses on Trade Policy, Export Development and Trade Growth and Poverty. He has also shared responsibilities in projects funded by the IADB, CAN, and ILRI. His research interests include a broad span of quantitative economics, with a special strength in economy-wide modeling using national and global computable general equilibrium models.

He authored in 2009 the book Poverty, Vulnerability and Trade Policy: CGE Modelling Issues, and has co-authored 25 book chapters and journal articles and more than 30 World Bank Working Papers and Trade Notes. He has published in journals as the Economic Development and Cultural Change, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Review of World Economics, The World Economy, World Trade Review, Economic Modeling, and in the working paper series of GTAP, World Bank, and CEPR.

He co-authored the database and documentation of The World Bank project "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives", which covered 75 countries from 1955 to 2007. This database provides policy intervention indicators in agriculture, with a coverage of more than 70% of the world agricultural value. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions and http://cies.adelaide.edu.au/agdistortions/database/report.

He obtained his PhD from Purdue. He was a Fulbright Scholar during his Master Studies, and his thesis was awarded as the Southern Illinois University's Master thesis in 2000.

 

Qualifications

Purdue University (West Lafayette, U.S.): Ph.D. conferred May 2006.

Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, U.S.): M.Sc. conferred Dec 2000.

Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (Guayaquil, Ecuador): Acuicultor conferred Feb 1997.

Teaching Interests

International Trade, agricultural economics, development, CGE modling and quantitative methods.

Publications

Book

Valenzuela, Ernesto (2009). Poverty Vulnerability and Trade Policy: CGE Modelling Issues, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. January. 152 pages. ISBN: 978-3639122114 .

Book Chapters

15. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (forthcoming). "Agricultural Policy as a Barrier to Global Economic Integration", Ch. in International Handbook of Economic Integration, edited by M.N. Jovanovic Edward Elgar, London.

14. Anderson, K., J. Croser, D. Sandri and E. Valenzuela (2010). "Agricultural Distortion Patterns Since the 1950s: What Needs Explaining", Ch. 2 in Political Economy of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, edited by K. Anderson. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming August.

13. Anderson, K., Valenzuela, E., and D. van der Mensbrugghe (2010). "Global Poverty Effects of Agricultural and Trade Policies Using the Linkage Model", Ch. 2 in Agricultural Price Distortions, Inequality and Poverty, edited by K. Anderson, J. Cockburn, and W. Martin. Palgrave Macmillan and Washington DC: World Bank, forthcoming March.

12. van der Mensbrugghe, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2010). "Border Price and Export Demand Shocks for Developing Countries from Rest-of-World Trade Liberalization Using the Linkage Model", Appendix in Agricultural Price Distortions, Inequality and Poverty, edited by K. Anderson, J. Cockburn, and W. Martin. Palgrave Macmillan and Washington DC: World Bank, March.

11. Valenzuela, E., D. van der Mensbrugghe, and K. Anderson, (2009). "General Equilibrium Effects of Price Distortions on Global Markets, Farm Incomes and Welfare", pp 503-560, Ch. 13 in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: A Global Perspective, 1955 to 2007, edited by K. Anderson, London: Palgrave Macmillan and Washington DC: World Bank, October.

10. Anderson, K., J. Giesecke, and E. Valenzuela (2009). "Distorted Agricultural Incentives and Australian Economic Development", pp 339-377, Ch 12 in Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide, edited by M. Gopinath and H. Kim, Seoul National University Press, Seoul Korea, December.

9. Anderson, K., J. Croser, S. Nelgen and E. Valenzuela (2009). "Global overview of distortions to key farm commodity markets", pp 459-502, Ch. 11 in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: A Global Perspective, 1955 to 2007, edited by K. Anderson, London: Palgrave Macmillan and Washington DC: World Bank, October.

8. Anderson, K., W. Martin, and E. Valenzuela (2009). "Long Run Implications of WTO Accession for Agriculture in China", pp 138-158, Ch. 7 in China's Agricultural Trade: Issues and Prospects, edited by I. Sheldon, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium: Proceedings Issue of IATRC International Symposium July 8-9, 2007 Beijing, China.

7. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2009). "Global Distortions Database, 1955 to 2007", pp 591-613, Appendix B in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: A Global Perspective, 1955 to 2007, edited by K. Anderson, Washington DC: World Bank, October.

6. Valenzuela, E., J. Crosser, M. Kurzweil, S. Nelgen, and K. Anderson (2009). "Annual Estimates of African Distortions to Agricultural Incentives", pp 539-606, Appendix B in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa, ed. by K. Anderson and W. Masters, Washington DC: World Bank.

5. Valenzuela, E., J. Crosser, M. Kurzweil, S. Nelgen, and K. Anderson (2009). "Annual Estimates of Asian Distortions to Agricultural Incentives" , pp 473-562, Appendix B in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Asia, edited by K. Anderson and W. Martin, Washington DC: World Bank.

4. Valenzuela, E., S. Wong, and D. Sandri (2008). "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Ecuador", pp 211-242, Ch. 7 in Distortions to Agriculture Incentives: Latin America, K. Anderson and A. Valdes (eds), Washington DC: World Bank.

3. Valenzuela, E., J. Crosser, E. Jara, M. Kurzweil, and K. Anderson (2008). "Annual Estimates of Latin American Distortions to Agricultural Incentives", pp 333-402, Appendix B in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Latin America, Anderson and Valdes (eds), Washington DC: World Bank.

2. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela, 2008. "The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues",. pp 91-114, Ch. 5 in Global Trade Policy 2007, D. Greenaway (ed), Oxford: Blackwell. Reprint of journal article.

1. Anderson, K., M. Kurzweil, W. Martin, D. Sandri and E. Valenzuela. "Methodology for Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives" Appendix A in:
- Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies (2008), pp 339-367, edited by K. Anderson and J. Swinnen, Washington DC: World Bank.
- Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, in Latin America (2008), pp 301-331, edited by K. Anderson and A. Valdes, Washington DC: World Bank.
- Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, in Asia (2009), pp 441-471, edited by K. Anderson and W. Martin, Washington DC: World Bank.
- Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, in Africa (2009), pp 507-538, edited by K. Anderson and W. Masters, Washington DC: World Bank.
- Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: A Global Perspective, 1955 to 2007 (2009), pp 561-590, edited by K. Anderson, London: Palgrave Macmillan and Washington DC: World Bank

 
Refereed Journal Articles

14. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (forthcoming). "Agriculture and Trade Policy Reforms in Latin America: Impacts on Markets and Welfare", Cepal Review , Economic Commission for Latin America, United Nations, Santiago de Chile.

13. Anderson, K., J. Giesecke, and E. Valenzuela (forthcoming). "How Would Global Trade Liberalization Affect Rural and Regional Incomes in Australia?", Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics.

12. Valenzuela, E., K. Anderson, and T. Hertel (2008). "Impacts of Trade Reform: Sensitivity of Model Results to Key Assumptions". International Economics and Economic Policy, 4(4): 395-420.

11. Anderson, K., M. Kurzweil, W. Martin, D. Sandri, and E. Valenzuela (2008). "Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited". World Trade Review 7(4): 675-704.

10. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2008). "Agricultural Subsidy Cuts, New Biotechnologies, and Developing Countries: the Case of Cotton". Georgetown Journal of International Affairs special issue on agricultural policies Winter/Spring, Vol 9(1):7-15.

9. Anderson, K., E. Valenzuela, and L. Jackson (2008). "Recent and Prospective Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton: A Global CGE Analysis of Economic Impacts". Economic Development and Cultural Change 56(2): 265-296.

8. Anderson, K., F. de Nicola, E. Jara, M. Kurzweil, D. Sandri and E. Valenzuela (2007). "Distortions in farmer prices since the 1950s: South Africa in international perspective". Agrekon: South African Journal of Agricultural Economics 46(4): 427-459.

7. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2007). "The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues". The World Economy 30(8): 1281-1304.

6. Valenzuela, E., T. Hertel, R. Keeney, and J. Reimer (2007). "Assessing Global Computable General Equilibrium Model Validity Using Agricultural Price Volatility". American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(2):383-397.

5. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2007). "Do Global Trade Distortions Still Harm Developing Countries?". Review of World Economics 143(1):108-139 (formerly Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv).

4. Anderson, K. and E. Valenzuela (2006). "WTO's Cotton Initiative: Two Complementary Opportunities to Boost African Cotton Investment, Incomes and Exports". The Africa Journal, pp. 21-31. Corporate Council on Africa's Private Sector Report to the 2006 AGOA Ministerial Forum.

3. Anderson, K., W. Martin, and E. Valenzuela (2006). "The Relative Importance of Global Agricultural Subsidies and Market Access". World Trade Review 5(3):1-23.

2. Argüello, R., and E. Valenzuela (2006). "Market Access in the Western Hemisphere: Implications for the Andean Community". Perfil de Coyuntura Economica Agosto Volume 7: 89-107.

1. Hertel, T., J. Reimer, and E. Valenzuela (2005). "Incorporating Commodity Stockholding into a General Equilibrium Model of the Global Economy". Economic Modeling 22: 646-664.

 

Other Published Research Reports

 43. Anderson, K., S. Nelgen, G. Wittwer, and E. Valenzuela (2009). "The Economic Contributions and Characteristics of Grapes and Wine in Australia's Wine Regions ". Report prepared for the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC), Winemakers Federation of Australia (WFA) and the Australia Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) September. Available at www.adelaide.edu.au/cies/research/wine/pubs

42. van der Mensbrugghe, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2009). "Border Price and Export Demand Shocks for Developing Countries from Rest-of-World Trade Liberalization Using the Linkage Model", World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper No. 107, Washington DC, June. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

41. Anderson, K., E. Valenzuela and D. van der Mensbrugghe (2009). "Welfare and poverty effects of global agricultural and trade policies using the Linkage Model", World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper No. 95, Washington DC, June. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

40. Anderson, K., J. Croser, D. Sandri and E. Valenzuela (2009). "Agricultural distortion patterns since the 1950s: what needs explaining?", World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper No. 90, Washington DC, May. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

39. Anderson, K., W. Martin, and E. Valenzuela (2009). "Long Run Implications of WTO Accession for Agriculture in China", The University of Adelaide, School of Economics Working Paper Series No: 0079 (2009-20), April. www.economics.adelaide.edu.au/research/papers

38. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2009) "Agricultural and trade policy reforms in Latin America: impacts on markets and welfare", The University of Adelaide, School of Economics Working Paper Series No: 0076 (2009-17), April. www.economics.adelaide.edu.au/research/papers

37.Anderson, K., G. Wittwer, and E. Valenzuela (2009) "A note on economy-wide modeling of wine issues using a multi-regional model of the Australian economy ", Report prepared for the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC), Winemakers Federation of Australia (WFA) and the Australia Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) February.

36. Anderson, K., J. Croser, S. Nelgen and E. Valenzuela (2009). "Global distortions to key farm commodity markets", World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper No. 71, Washington DC, Revised March. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

35. Valenzuela, E. and K. Anderson (2008), "Alternative Agricultural Price Distortions for CGE Analysis of Developing Countries, 2004 and 1980-84". GTAP Research Memorandum No 13, December. Purdue University, West Lafayette. Available at www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu

34. Anderson, K., W. Masters, M. Kurzweil, and E. Valenzuela (2008). "How far has Africa come in reducing its anti-agricultural policy bias?" The University of Adelaide, School of Economics Working Paper Series No: 66 (2009-07). www.economics.adelaide.edu.au/research/papers

33. Valenzuela, E., D. van der Mensbrugghe, and K. Anderson (2008). "General equilibrium effects of price distortions on global markets, farm incomes and welfare", World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper No. 73, Washington DC, September.

32. Anderson, K. and E. Valenzuela (2008). "Prospective Benefits from Cotton Subsidy Cuts and New Technologies". Development Outreach World Bank Institute, Washington DC, October.

31. Anderson, K., J. Giesecke, and E. Valenzuela (2008). "How would global trade liberalization affect rural and regional incomes in Australia?",CoPS/IMPACT Working Paper G-176, Monash University Faculty of Business and Economics. Clayton, Victoria, Australia, July. A revised version is available as The University of Adelaide, School of Economics Working Paper: 68 (2009-09).

30. Andriamananjara, S., and E. Valenzuela (2008). "Economic Impacts of Various Trade Scenarios on Bolivia". Report Prepared for the World Bank Economic Policy Sector Support Program for Bolivia, Washington D.C., June.

29. Anderson, K., M. Kurzweil, W. Martin, D. Sandri, and E. Valenzuela (2008). "Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited". World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4612, Washington DC, April, and also circulated as CEPR Discussion Paper 6924, London, July.

28. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2008). "Where To For Agricultural Policies in East Asia?". East Asian Bureau of Economic Research Newsletter, March. The Australian National University, Crawford School.

27. Valenzuela, E., J. Croser, E. Jara, S. Nelgen and K. Anderson (2008). "Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in High-Income Countries". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 74, Washington DC, September. www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

26. Valenzuela, E., M. Kurzweil, J. Croser, S. Nelgen and K. Anderson (2007). "Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 57, Washington DC, December.

25. Valenzuela, E., J. Crosser, M. Kurzweil, S. Nelgen, and K. Anderson (2007). "Annual Estimates of African Distortions to Agricultural Incentives" World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 55, Washington DC, December. www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

24. Valenzuela, E., J. Crosser, M. Kurzweil, S. Nelgen, and K. Anderson (2007). "Annual Estimates of Asian Distortions to Agricultural Incentives" World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 48, Washington DC, December. www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

23. Valenzuela, E., J. Crosser, E. Jara, M. Kurzweil, and K. Anderson (2007). "Annual Estimates of Latin America Distortions to Agricultural Incentives" World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 49, Washington DC, December. www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

22. Valenzuela, E., S. Wong, and D. Sandri (2007). "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Ecuador", World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 16, Washington DC, December.

21. Sandri, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2007). "Economic and Trade Indicators for High-Income and Developing Countries, 1960 to 2004". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper No. 23, Washington DC, December. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

20. Sandri, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2007). "Economic and Trade Indicators for Europe's Transition Economies, 1960 to 2004". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper No. 22, Washington DC, December. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

19. Sandri, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2007). "Economic and Trade Indicators for Africa, 1960 to 2004". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 21, Washington DC, Dec.

18. Sandri, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2007). "Economic and Trade Indicators for Asia, 1960 to 2004". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 20, Washington DC, Dec.

17. Sandri, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2007). "Economic and Trade Indicators for Latin America, 1960 to 2004". World Bank Agricultural DistortionsWorking Paper No. 19, Washington DC, December. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

16. Anderson, K., E. Valenzuela, and L. Jackson (2006). "Recent and Prospective Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton: A Global CGE Analysis of Economic Impacts". CEPR Discussion Paper 5568, London, March 2006, and also circulated as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3917, Washington DC, May 2006.

15. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2006). "The World Trade Organization's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues". CEPR Discussion Paper 5567, London, March 2006, and also circulated as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3918, Washington DC, May 2006.

14. Anderson, K., W. Martin, D. Sandri, and E. Valenzuela (2006). "Methodology for Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Research Project Working Paper 02, Washington DC, August. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

13. Sandri, D., E. Valenzuela and K. Anderson (2006). "Compendium of Economic and Trade Indicators, 1960 to 2004". World Bank Agricultural Distortions Research Project Working Paper 01, Washington DC, July. Available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

12. Anderson, K. and E. Valenzuela (2006). "WTO's Doha Cotton Initiative: How Will It Affect Developing Countries?". Trade Note No. 27, World Bank, Washington DC, March.

11. Anderson, K., W. Martin and E. Valenzuela (2006). "Why Market Access is the Most Important of Agriculture's ‘Three Pillars' in the Doha Negotiations". Trade Note No. 26, World Bank, Washington DC, March.

10. Anderson, K., W. Martin and E. Valenzuela (2006). "The Relative Importance of Global Agricultural Subsidies and Market Access". CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5569, London, and also circulated as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3900, Washington DC, April.

9. Argüello, R., and E. Valenzuela (2005). "Market Access in the Western Hemisphere: Implications for the Andean Community". Borradores de Investigación Universidad del Rosario 68.

8. Valenzuela, E., T. Hertel, R. Keeney, and J. Reimer (2005). "Assessing Global Computable General Equilibrium Model Validity Using Agricultural Price Volatility". GTAP Working Paper 33, Purdue University. September 2005.

7. Anderson, K., and E. Valenzuela (2005). "Do Global Trade Distortions Still Harm Developing Countries?". CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5337, London, November 2005, and also circulated as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3901, Washington DC, April 2006.

6. Arguello, R., and E. Valenzuela (2004). "Impact of the Hemispheric Negotiations on the Andean Community: Implications on Market Access". December 2004. Report to the Comunidad Andina de Naciones. Secretaria General. Lima, Perú.

5. Valenzuela, E. (2000). "Gravity Model Application for Estimation of Interregional Trade within the U.S." Master thesis Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. December 2000. Awarded as "The Outstanding University-wide Master Thesis, June 2001.

4. Cedeño, R., E. Valenzuela, and J. Rodríguez (2000). "Immune Effectors as Markers of Nutritional Deficiencies in Diets for Litopenaeus vannamei". Panorama Acuícola vol. 5-2, Jan-Feb.

3. Cedeño, R., E. Valenzuela, and J. Rodríguez (1998). "Effects of Diet Quality on the Immune Response of Shrimp Penaeus vannamei: Identification of Immune Effectors as Candidates to Immune Markers". El Mundo Acuicola, Fundación CENAIM-ESPOL vol. 4-2.

2. Valenzuela, E., R. Cedeño, M. Muñoz, E. Mialhe and J. Rodriguez (1998). "Effects of the Environmental Stressor TILT® (Propiconazole) over the Anion Superoxide Generation in Penaeus vannamei ". El Mundo Acuicola, Fundación CENAIM-ESPOL vol. 4-1.

1. Valenzuela, E (1996). "Screening Methods of Monoclonal Antibodies against Compounds Found in the Cerebrum and Thoracic Ganglion of Female Brood Stoke Penaeus vannamei", Thesis Acuicultor Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

 

 

DATASETS

-Database of Report on the Economic Contributions and Characteristics of grapes and wine and wine in Australia (September 2009)
Anderson, K., S. Nelgen and E. Valenzuela, "Compendium of Grape and Wine Data for Australia's Wine Regions, 1999-2008", www.adelaide.edu.au/cies/research/wine/pubs

 -Agricultural Distortions  Anderson K., and E. Valenzuela (2008),'Estimates of Global Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, 1955 to 2007', World Bank, Washington DC. www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

Related documentation and Resources:
o Note Summarizing Database Coverage, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTRES/Resources/469232-1107449512766/Note_summarizing_database_coverage0409.pdf

o Resources for implementation into global CGE models.
-2004 Tax rates into the GTAP database, VIEWHAR resource.
-1980-84 Tax rates into the GTAP database, VIEWHAR resource. https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/resources/res_display.asp?RecordID=2925

 -Agricultural Distortions Database- Interactive Reporter (July 2009)
A product of The Centre for International Economic Studies (CIES) under the leadership of Dr. Ernesto Valenzuela. This is user-friendly web interface enables users to create their own tables and graphics. The menu-driven items facility include data not only by country but also for major regions and broader country groups and for the world as a whole, allowing one to generate national shares of country group or global data. The interactive report-builder can be freely accessed at http://cies.adelaide.edu.au/agdistortions/database/report

 

Entry last updated: Saturday, 12 Dec 2009