Past Positions
- Professor & Economics Department Chair, CSU, Fresno (2020)
- Associate Professor & Economics Department Chair, CSU, Fresno (2017-2020)
- Visiting Fellow, Saitama University, Japan (Summer 2018)
- Associate Professor, Economics Department, CSU, Fresno (2015-2017)
- Visiting Fellow, RSE, Australia National University (Spring 2017)
- Assistant Professor, Economics Department, CSU, Fresno (2011-2015)
- Assistant Professor, Kent State University (2005-2011)
- Visiting Scholar, Central Bank of Venezuela (July 2006)
- Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank (December 2003)
- Economist, Central Bank of Venezuela (1997 -1999)
Professional Activities
Journal referee: American Economic Review, Applied Economics, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal
of Small Business Management, The Manchester School, Journal of Macroeconomics, Bulletin
of Economic Research, Contemporary Economic Policy, Social Science Quarterly, The
European Journal of Finance, Energy Economics, Journal of Economic Education.
Website
Applied Econometrics, Applied Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
Publications
Kim, G., & Vera., D. (2022). The effect of oil price fluctuation on the economy: What
can we learn from alternative models? Journal of Applied Economics, 25(1)
Olson-Buchanan, J., & Vera., D. (2021). Basic Income, Bandwidth, and the Workplace:
The Role of I-O Psychology in the Interdisciplinary Research Agenda to Reduce Poverty.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science & Practice, 14(4), 573-576
Franquesa, J., & Vera, D. (2021). Small business debt financing: The effect of lender
structural complexity. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 28(3)
España, A., & Vera, D. (2020). Attitudes Towards Immigration: Ethnicity trumps skills
but not legality. Social Science Quarterly, 101(2)
Kim., G., & Vera., D. (2019). Recent drivers of oil price volatility: Revisiting and
extending Kilian's (2009) findings. Energy Economics, 82
Onji, K., Osada, T., & Vera, D. (2017). Banks restructuring sonata: How capital injection
triggered labor force rejuvenation in Japanese banks. The B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 17(2)
Van Vleck, V., & Vera, D. (2017). Cops and/or Courts? A Panel Granger-Causality Analysis
of DUI in California. International Journal of Social Economics, 44(3)
Vera, D., (2016). The effect of new mortgage-underwriting rule on community (smaller)
banks' mortgage activity. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 18(6)
Gai, P., Onji, K., & Vera, D. (2014). Are all financial crises created equal? Wholesale
funding and two financial crises. Applied Economics, 46(27)
Vera, D., & Xu, P. (2014). Agriculture Sustainability: A California Agribusiness Students'
Perspective. International Journal of Business and Management, 9(5)
Corbett, J., Onji, K., & Vera, D. (2012). Capital injection, restructuring targets
and personnel management: The Case of Japanese regional banks. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 26(4)
Vera, D., (2012). How responsive are banks to monetary policy shocks? Applied Economics, 44(18)
Gai, P., Onji, K., & Vera, D. (2012). Banking Structures and the Transmission of Shocks
to the Real Sector. In Jenny Corbett and Ying Xu (eds.), Achieving Sustainable Growth in East Asia, ERIA Research Project. 2010 No.28, 398-419.
Vera, D. (2011). How robust is the Fed reaction function to changes in the output
gap specification? Applied Economics, 43(9)
Onji, K., & Vera, D. (2010). Tax law asymmetries and income shifting: Evidence from
Japanese capital keiretsu. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 10(1)
Onji, K., & Vera, D. (2010). Changes in the Banking System and Small Business Lending.
Small Business Economics, 34(3)
Mendoza, O., & Vera., D. (2010). The asymmetric effect of oil shocks on an oil-exporting
economy. Cuadernos de Economía - Latin American Journal of Economics, 47(135)
