Congratulations to Janice Compton on the acceptance of her paper “The Life Expectancy of Older Couples and Surviving Spouses” (coauthored with Robert Pollak) at PLOS ONE!!
Defence and Security Economics Workshop
Today’s workshop was a great way to spend the morning!! Big thanks to Karl Skogstad for presenting our paper “Canadian Military Expenditure and Defence Policy: 1990-2020” at the workshop, and thank you to Craig Stone and Peter Robertson for your suggestions and comments. Looking forward to seeing everyone in person in Ottawa this October!
University of Arkansas
Thank you to Rhet Smith and everyone in the economics and finance department at the University of Arkansas (Little Rock) for their great feedback on my paper “Macroeconomic Shocks and Racial Labour Market Differences”, which was presented today (spearheaded by Kuhelika De) in their department seminar series.
Congratulations Hoov!
Congratulations to my longtime coauthor and friend Gary Hoover on beginning his new position today as Executive Director of the Murphy Institute and Professor of Economics at Tulane University!!
Eastern Michigan University
Thank you to Mehmet Yaya and everyone in the economics department at Eastern Michigan for their great feedback today on my paper “Macroeconomic Shocks and Racial Labour Market Differences”, which was presented today (spearheaded by Kuhelika De and Dan Giedeman) in their department seminar series.
Congratulations Janice and Dana….Again!
It’s been a good summer for Janice Compton and Dana Bazarkulova. Congratulations on the acceptance of their paper “Gender Differences in Self-reported Stress and Health Behaviors of Doctors in Kazakhstan During Covid-19” at Feminist Economics!
New Working Paper
My new paper, “Oil Shocks and the US Economy: Evidence from a FAVAR Model”, with Kuhelika De (GVSU) and Dan Giedeman (GVSU), is now available as a SSRN Working Paper.
Abstract:
We investigate the economic effects of three separate types of oil price shocks on the U.S. economy using a factor augmented vector autoregression framework and 185 monthly macroeconomic indicators from 1978 to 2017. We find that while increases in the price of crude oil triggered by oil supply shocks and oil demand shocks lead to a significant and permanent increase in the U.S. price level, the main drivers of fluctuations in the price of crude oil and the U.S. price level are oil-specific precautionary demand shocks. Further, while increases in the price of oil triggered by oil supply shocks are recessionary and lower U.S. economic activity, those triggered by oil demand shocks driven by global economic activity are associated with increased U.S. economic activity. We also find evidence that monetary policy-makers tighten monetary policy in response to oil demand shocks to mitigate inflationary effects, however we find no such evidence for oil supply shocks. Finally, we find the U.S. dollar real exchange rate depreciates in response to increases in the price of oil caused by both oil demand and supply shocks, however the effects from oil supply shocks are more permanent.
Congratulations Janice and Dana
Big congratulations to Janice Compton and Dana Bazarkulova on the acceptance of their paper “Marriage Traditions and Investment in Education: The Case of Bride Kidnapping” at the Journal of Comparative Economics!
Congratulations Chen
Big congratulations to my coauthor, and University of Oklahoma PhD student, Chen Xu on his new position at St. Edward’s University in Austin Texas!! Good luck with the next stage of your career!
JERP Covid Call for Papers
The Journal of Economics, Race and Policy is soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on the COVID-19 pandemic. As the focus of the journal is the intersection of local and global issues concerning economic conditions around race, ethnicity, gender, linguistic, and tribal differences along with policy prescriptions that address economic disparities, we seek papers that consider COVID-19 within this context. The manuscripts can be theoretical, empirical, or descriptive.
To be considered for publication in the special issue, please submit your proposed paper abstract of no more than 250 words to gnprice@uno.edu. Invited authors will need to submit completed manuscripts, not exceeding 7,000 words, via JERP’s online submission portal no later than August 1, 2020 for the highest consideration. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.
If you have questions, please contact the Guest Editor, Gregory N. Price at gnprice@uno.edu.
