Professor Dr. Antony P. MUELLER Curriculum Vitae
Current Position:
Full Time:
Professor of economics at the Federal University of Sergipe in Aracaju, Brazil
(since September 2008)
Former Positions:
Professor at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), Brazil, at the Department of
Economics and at the MBA and Master’s program in business administration
(August 2003 - July 2008)
Visiting Professor at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin (January and February
2006)
Visiting professor at the Department of Economics of the Universidade Federal de
Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Florianópolis, Brazil, under the German-Brazilian
academic exchange program CAPES/DAAD (September 1999 – December 2002)
Chairman of the Institut für Staats- und Versicherungswissenschaft (Institute of
economics and social policy), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Campus Erlangen,
Germany (1995-98), and Co-director of the Institute for Area Studies (Institut für
Regionalforschung) Section Latin America
Department of Political Economy (Institut für Staatswissenschaften) of the University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg (assistant and associate professor (1978–94)
Fulbright Scholar in the United States, Associate Professor at Radford University,
Virginia, July 1989 - June 1990
Lecturer in international business and foreign languages at atlas business school
(Berufsfachschule) in Nuremberg, Germany, 1974-78
Other Activities:
Financial market operator; experience in the use of modern financial instruments
with global investment activities in stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, commodities,
and real estate
Education:
Study of economics with an extension to law and with minors in philosophy and
political science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (1972-78),
including a stay at the Center for the Study of Public Choice in Blacksburg, Virginia,
United States
Study of foreign languages and international business at the "Institut für Fremd-
sprachen und Auslandskunde" (1971-74) with study stays in Great Britain, France,
and Spain
Diplomas:
Dr. phil. habil: "Habilitation" (post-doctoral thesis) on the international
creditworthiness of sovereign states with "venia legendi" in economics (1989)
Dr. phil.: doctorate (summa cum laude) in economics from the University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg with a thesis on the transformation effects of social policy in a
market economy (1982)
Teaching Expertise:
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Economics
International Finance
International Political Economy
International Economic and Monetary Integration
International Business Risk Management
Research Areas:
International Finance
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Exchange Rate & Currency Arrangements
International Financial Architecture
Capital-based Macroeconomics
Business Cycle Theory
Austrian Economics
Monetary Economics
Monetary Policy
Central Banking
Economic and Monetary Integration
European Integration,
euro - ECB
Contact: antonymueller@yahoo.com