Education

  • 2007. PhD in Financial Economics. University of New Orleans. College of Business(AACSB accredited business school), New Orleans, LA

  • 2005. M.S. in Financial Economics. University of New Orleans. College of Business (AACSB accredited business school), New Orleans, LA

  • 2001. Master of International Management.  Tulane University. A.B. Freeman School of Business (AACSB accredited business school), New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • 1995. Master of Business Administration.  IESA (AACSB accredited business school), Caracas, Venezuela.

  • 1993. B.S Industrial Engineering. University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela.

Honors

  • 2008. 1st runner-up distinguished paper award. Academy of International Business. Houston, Tx. March 2008.

  • 2007. 1st runner-up distinguished paper award. Southwestern Society of Economist Conference. San Diego, CA. March 2007.

  • 2004. Toussaint S. Hocevar Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in Financial Economics. University of New Orleans.

  • 2002. Graduate Dean Tuition Scholarship, and Graduate Assistantship. University of New Orleans.

  • 1993. Outstanding Thesis Award. University of Carabobo. Venezuela.

 

Academic/Industry Experience

Teaching Experience

  • 2007- current. Assistant Professor of Finance. Kean University, Union, NJ. Teaching: Corporate Finance, Investment, Money and Capital Markets, and International Finance.  Researching: on banking efficiency and asset pricing model.

  • 2005-2007. Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance.  Loyola University, New Orleans, LA. Courses taught (at MBA and undergraduate level): Financial Management, International Finance, and Business Statistics II. Research worked on banking efficiency and asset pricing model.

  • 2004-2005. Lecturer. University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA. Course taught: Managerial Finance (undergraduate) and Managerial Statistics (MBA).

  • 1995-2002. Lecturer. IESA. Caracas, Venezuela. Courses taught: Statistics I and II, Operation Management (MBA), Quality Management (Executive programs and MBA, and Benchmarking workshop (Executive programs).

  • 1995-1996. Lecturer. Andres Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela. Course taught: Statistics III (undergraduate).

  • 1994-1995. Teacher Assistant. IESA. Caracas, Venezuela. Courses taught: Mathematics for Managers, Statistics I and II (MBA).

  • 1989-1992. Teacher Assistant. University of Carabobo. College of Engineering. Valencia, Venezuela. Course taught: Linear Algebra (undergraduate).

Professional Experience

  • 2002-2005. Graduate Assistant. Department of Economics & Finance. University of New Orleans. Research Assistant (working mainly with econometrics).

  • 1995-2002. Researcher and Consulter. IESA (AACSB accredited business school). Caracas, Venezuela. Research focused in banking efficiency. Early research on quality, productivity and competitiveness. Worked in consulting projects: decision-making management, operation management, business simulation, and statistics (also worked in research projects with World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank among others). Additionally, tutored several MBA theses.

  • 1994. Graduate Internship in Finance. Heinz Food Co., San Joaquin, Venezuela.
    Applied time series models for forecasting sales and expenses. Performed financial evaluations for manufacturing project investments.

  • 1992-1993. Plant engineer. ENVALCA. Villa de Cura, Venezuela.
    Worked to improve the productivity of production lines and quality of products; used statistical techniques for quality control; analyzed and re-designed of administrative system for their automation.

Course Descriptions

  • Financial Management. The objective of this course is to give students financial managerial techniques and tools that they might use in their professional career.  It covers topics such as time value of money, financial statements, cash flows, valuation of securities, capital budgeting and capital structure.

  • International Finance. The objective of this course is to study problems and complexities that may arise when trade and investments are made overseas. It covers topics about exchange rate determination, exchange rate risk, risk exposure management, financing international trade and international investment.

  • Investments and portfolio management. The objective of this course is to study the basic principles of investments suitable for the individual and for business organizations. We will cover in details topics such as analysis and valuation of equity securities, issues in market efficiency, derivatives and portfolio management.

Research Interests

Research focused in asset pricing and banking efficiency. My working papers are:

  • Sanchez Benito; Maroney Neal. Benchmarking Problems and the Measurement of Long-Run Abnormal Returns. Unpublished manuscript. University of New Orleans

  • Sanchez Benito; Maroney Neal. The relationship between cross-sectional R2 and time-series R2. Unpublished manuscript. University of New Orleans

  • Sanchez  Benito; M. K. Hassan.Efficiency Determinants and Dynamic Efficiency Changes in Latin American Banking Industries. Unpublished manuscript. University of New Orleans

     

Publications, Proceedings, and Papers

On refereed Journals

  •  2005. Daal Elton.; Naka, Atsuyuki.; Sanchez  Benito. Inflation and inflation uncertainty in  emerging countries. Economics Letters. V. 89. Issue 2. Pages 180-186. November.

  • 2000. Sánchez Benito; Baena Cesar; and Esqueda Paul. Competitiveness of the Venezuelan Oil Industry. Published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), No. 71 of its Productive Development Series, October.

  • 1998. Sánchez Benito. The complexity of customer support: a case study in public water systems. Case Study. IESA. Publishing Co.

  • 1997. Sánchez Benito; Cervilla Maria; Esqueda Paul; Diaz Angel. The technological component of industrial competitiveness: a challenge for enterprises and R&D Centers. Revista Espacios Vol. 18 (2).

  • 1996. Esqueda Paul; and Sanchez Benito. Enterprise performance in Latin America: a review. Latin American Economic System Review (SELA: Industry, technology and competitiveness) October-December

On refereed Proceedings

  • 2008. Sanchez Benito; Hassan, M. Kabir. “Scales and Technical Efficiencies in MENA” Proceeding in the Academy of International Business. March, 2008. Houston, Tx (1st runner-up distinguished paper award).

  • 2007. Sanchez Benito; Maroney, Neal. “Benchmarking problems, long horizon returns and survivorship bias.” Proceeding in the Financial Management Association (FMA). October 2007. Orlando, Florida.

  • 2007. Sanchez Benito; Hassan, M. Kabir. Efficiency Determinants and Dynamic Efficiency Changes in Latin American Banking Industries. Proceeding in the Southwestern Society of Economists. March, 2007. San Diego, CA (1st runner-up distinguished paper award).

  • 2004. Sanchez Benito; Hassan, M. Kabir. Technical, scale and allocative efficiencies of the Andean countries’ banking industries. Proceeding in the Federal Business Association (FBA) Conference.  Orlando, Florida.

  • 2002. Sánchez Benito. The effect of the deregulation on banking efficiency: The case of Venezuela. Proceedings of the Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS) Conference, March 2002, University of Tampa, Tampa Florida.

  • 2000. Sánchez Benito. Using DEA to predict failure in banking. Proceedings of the Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS) Conference, April 6th, IESA, Caracas, Venezuela.

  • 1999. Castañeda José; Sánchez Benito. Advantages of using path analysis in Psychiatry. Proceeding of the Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL) conference. Porlamar, Venezuela. November, 1999

  • 1999. Díaz Angel; Sánchez Benito. On the practical application of multi-echelon inventory models for repairable items. Proceeding of the International Conference on Industrial Logistic. St. Petersburg, Russia. June 21st–July 1st

  • 1998. Sánchez Benito; Esqueda Paul. Challenges and Opportunities for the Automotive Industry in Latin America. Proceedings of the Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS) Conference, University of Texas – Pan American, April, South Padre Island, Texas

Personal Information

I was born in Maracay, Venezuela, which is a small city 100 miles west from Caracas. I love teaching since I was a kid. I remember explaining math to my classmates in high school and in college, where I enjoyed looking for ways to explain “difficult materials”. It was not until I graduated from IESA (MBA) that I discovered researching. I participate in some projects as research assistant and then I decided to work in academia.

My hobby is baseball. Although, I do not have a favorite team in the U.S., I follow major league baseball: watch games, check results in newspapers, teams’ websites, etc.

Other skills

    • Proficiency in statistical packages (SPSS, E-VIEW, LINDEP, TSP, SAS.), MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, and Visual Basic).
    • Strong quantitative background and excellent programming skills.
    • Managerial consulting experience in Finance and Operation Management.
    • Bilingual (English – Spanish).