
Julian A. Gomez-Gelvez
Ph.D. Candidate
Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Maryland, College Park
I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics , University of Maryland, College Park. My research interests are in Transportation Economics, Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization and Public Economics. I am on the 2020-2021 job market.
Education
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Ph.D. - Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (expected Spring 2021)
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M.Sc. - Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2010
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B.Sc. - Industrial Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2008
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B.Sc. - Civil Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2007
Publications
Joint Disaggregate Modeling of Car and Motorcycle Ownership: Case study of Bogotá, Colombia (2014)
with C. Obando. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2451, 149-156. (link)
Motorization, the Number of Trips and Modal Distribution in Bogotá: Past and Possible Future (2013)
with C. Obando-Forero. Revista de Ingeniería Universidad de los Andes, 40, 6-13. (link)
Modeling of Car Ownership in Urban Areas of Developing Countries: Case study of Bogotá, Colombia (2013)
with C. Obando. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2394, 111-118. (link)
Working Papers
The Incorporation of Electric Cars in Latin America (2016)
with C.H. Mojica, V. Kaul and L. Isla. Inter-American Development Bank Monograph, 460. (link)
Work in progress
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Pricing congestible resources: Profit maximization vs. social optimality
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Modeling competition between ride-hailing platforms
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Gasoline prices, labor supply and the optimal gas tax
Academic Experience (research and teaching)
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Research assistant, AREC, University of Maryland, Fall 2015-Spring 2019. Supervisors: Drs. Anna Alberini, Robert G. Chambers and Jorge Holzer.
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Teaching assistant, AREC, University of Maryland, Spring 2017 and Spring 2020. Microeconomic applications in Agricultural and Resource Markets (graduate class, Drs. Robert G. Chambers and Jorge Holzer).
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Teaching assistant, AREC, University of Maryland, Fall 2019. The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem: Intersection of Science, Economics and Policy (undergraduate class, Drs. Jorge Holzer and Sara Lombardi).
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Instructor (researcher and undergraduate teaching in transportation), Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2012-2014.
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Research assistant, MIT Transit Lab, 2008-2010. Supervisor: Dr. Nigel Wilson.
Fellowships and Awards
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Prize as the most promising short presentation for , 1st DC Area Student/Professor Environmental and Energy Economics Workshop, University of Maryland, 2019
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Bruce and Mary Ann Gardner Dissertation Enhancement Award, AREC, University of Maryland, 2019
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Dr. Bruce L. Gardner Memorial Scholarship, AREC, University of Maryland, 2018
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Best Paper by a First-Year Student for On the Short-run Economics of Telecommuting, AREC, University of Maryland, 2016
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Fulbright-Colciencias Scholarship for Doctorate Studies Colombia, 2015-2019
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Schoettler Fellowship for Master Studies, MIT, 2008
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First Place in Undergraduate Student Simulation Competition, Institute of Industrial Engineers and Rockwell Automation, Nashville, TN, 2007
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Academic Excellence Scholarship, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2005
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Ramón de Zubiría Scholarship, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2004