<p>Dr. Ana F. Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez, from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, is visiting Widener Law Commonwealth&rsquo;s campus through the end of the semester.&nbsp; A professor since 1992 in several universities and currently at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos since 1998, Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez, who lives in Madrid, Spain, will be working on her stock market research and hopes to do some teaching while here.</p>
<p>Along with her teaching duties at the university in Spain, Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez also collaborates with law firms and provides opinions in the area of company law and the stock market.</p>
<p>During her time on campus, Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez hopes to learn more about how the American higher education is structured.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very excited to be here and have the chance to interact with students and professors to learn how the American (education) system works,&rdquo; Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez said. &ldquo;Because it is a smaller campus it is a perfect opportunity to get in touch and to be involved.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Also, while here she plans to do research about stock market issues, in particular in REPO agreements, an area of knowledge in which Dean Christian Johnson has recently published a book.</p>
<p>Also her plan includes in short time research how the American Stock Market could be a model to improve the European <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/finance/capital-markets-union/index_en.htm">Capital Market Union</a> (CMU) Currently, she has organized a group of individuals in Europe from different fields to analyze how a CMU may benefit the economy and make it stronger. Her hope is to also organize a similar team of individuals in America to exchange ideas and thoughts with the European counterpart of professionals.</p>
<p>Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez believes that a CMU would be beneficial for European markets, but there may be hesitancy to change how the market has been run historically. She emphasizes that in everything balance is the key.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I like to think of it like a tree. For a tree to live you need the balance between the roots, the trunk and the leaves&rdquo; said Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez. &ldquo;If the roots get to be too large, you can fall out of balance. In general, in Europe may be resistant to the change because they have such large roots in tradition.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Originally from La Mancha, an area in central Spain, Mu&ntilde;oz P&eacute;rez has four children and lives in Madrid with her husband. She hopes to enjoy some traveling while she is here and has plans to hike the mountains around the area and visit large surrounding cities as Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.</p>
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