Research Interests:
Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Time Series Econometrics

Selected Publications:
“The Signal Extraction Problem Revisited: A Note on Its Impact on a Model of Monetary Policy,” Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming.
 
“Output, Inflation, and Interest Rates in an Estimated Optimizing Model of Monetary Policy,” Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(2), pp. 327-343.
  
“Inflation Risk and Optimal Monetary Policy,” Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2009, 13(s1), pp. 58-75, (with William T. Gavin and Michael R. Pakko).
   
“Sticky Price and Sticky Information Price-Setting Models: What is the Difference?” Economic Inquiry, 2007, 45(4), pp. 770-786.
 
“In Search of the Liquidity Effect in a Modern Monetary Model,” Journal of Monetary Economics, 2004, 51(7), pp. 1467-1494.
 
“Results of a Study of Stability of Cointegrating Relations Comprised of Broad Monetary Aggregates,” Journal of Monetary Economics, 2000, 46(2), pp. 345-383, (with John B. Carlson, Dennis L. Hoffman, and Robert H. Rasche).

Fall 2009 Class Schedule:
ECON 5163 Advanced Macroeconomic and Growth Theory  Mon & Wed  1:30-2:45pm
ECON 3133 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory  Mon & Wed  3:00-4:15pm