Ronald D Fischer

Ronald Fischer is Professor of Economics in the industrial engineering department of the Universidad de Chile in Santiago. His research is on the economics of public-private partnerships; the link between financial market inefficiencies and economic performance; and the economics of regulated industries, especially seaports. He has published widely in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Political Economy and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. He has advised several national and...See more

Ronald Fischer is Professor of Economics in the industrial engineering department of the Universidad de Chile in Santiago. His research is on the economics of public-private partnerships; the link between financial market inefficiencies and economic performance; and the economics of regulated industries, especially seaports. He has published widely in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Political Economy and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. He has advised several national and multilateral organizations on PPPs and consulted on this topic in Rwanda, Mozambique, and Uganda for the International Growth Center. He is a member of Chile's PPP Technical Panel, which examines legal and technical controversies between the regulator and private concessionaires. Formerly he was a member of the board of the San Antonio Port Authority (Chile's main port) and a member of the Electricity Expert Panel, which adjudicates conflicts among utilities. He has also been a member of Chile's presidential advisory commissions on financial stability, energy policy, and competition law. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. See less