Kathryn Birkeland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Department of Economics
403 W Carl Wimberly Hall,
Email:
birkelan.kath@uwlax.edu
Phone: (608) 785-5296
Fax: (608)
785-8549
Office Hours: M, W 9am - 11am, T, Th 1:30pm-3pm, or by
appointment
| ECO 120: Global Macroeconomics | ECO 301: Money and Banking |
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Arizona State University, 2007
M.S., Economics, Arizona State University, 2004
B.S., Business Administration and Economics, University of South Dakota, 2001
Courses Taught:
ECO 120 Global Macroeconomics
ECO 301 Money and Banking
ECO 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
Current Research:
Macroeconomics, Employment Fluctuations Over the Business Cycle, Government Debt
“On the Needed Quantity of Government Debt,” with Edward C. Prescott, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Working Paper #648.
"Topics in the Cyclical Properties of Labor Market Outcomes," Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University.
Publications:
“On the Needed Quantity of Government Debt” (Joint with Edward C. Prescott) Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis Quarterly Report, November 2007, 31(1), pp. 2-15.
“Organizational Dynamics Over the Business Cycle: A View on Jobless Recoveries” (Joint with Richard Rogerson)
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2005, 87(4), pp. 555-79.
Presentations:
“Long Expansions and Slow Recoveries: A Closer Look at Employment Fluctuations” 2005 Western Economic
Association International, Annual Conference.
Current CV:
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