Prof. Vicente German-Soto holds a PhD in Economics from University of Barcelona, Spain, and a Master Degree in Regional Economics from Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. He is Professor of Econometrics, Regional Economics, Economic Growth and Quantitative Methods at Faculty of Economics of Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. His research field is mainly focused on Applied Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Co-Integration Models, Dynamic Panel Data and Spatial Econometrics. Recent research includes the estimation of regional economic growth models, stochastic convergence, income inequality, knowledge economy and the study of methods for the construction and complement of economic databases where they are lacking. He is member of the National System of Researchers (SNI, by its acronym in Spanish), the most prestigious membership for researchers in Mexico. He has a postdoctoral fellowship at Autonomous University of Nuevo León, México. He has published more than 40 journal articles, chapter of books and books in Economics and related disciplines.