Cesar M. Rodriguez is an associate professor at the Department of Economics of Portland State University. His research concentrates on the macroeconomic aspects of international economics and finance, and development economics with a focus in Latin America. His most recent research emphasizes the role of inflation targeting, capital flows, financial integration, and macroprudential policies for developing countries. In addition, his work studies institutional arrangements of central banks for financial stability in developing countries. His articles on these topics have been published in scholarly journals such as the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of International Money and Finance, Economic Modelling, International Economics, the International Review of Economics and Finance, International Finance, and Small Business Economics. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA (licenciatura) in Economics from the University of the Republic in Uruguay, where he grew up. Before joining PSU in 2013, he worked at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.