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Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Current Position
- Senior economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
October 2006–present
Teaching and Research Experience
- Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin—Madison,
2002–06
- Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin—Madison,
summer 2005
- Graduate Intern, the Bank of England, London, summer,
2004
- Teaching Assistant, University of Arkansas—Fayetteville,
1999–2001
- Research Assistant, University of Arkansas—Fayetteville,
summer 2000, 2001
Education
- University of Wisconsin—Madison, Ph.D. in
economics, May 2006
- University of Wisconsin—Madison, M.S. in economics,
May 2004
- University of Arkansas—Fayetteville, M.A.
in economics, August 2001
- Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China, B.A.
in economics, June 1998
Publications
- “Favorite Son? Specialized Child Laborers
and Students in Poor LDC Households,” with Andrew
W. Horowitz, Journal of Development Economics
73, 631–42, 2004.
Working Papers
- “International Trade in Durable Goods: Understanding Volatility, Cyclicality, and Elasticities,”
 with Charles Engel, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, GMPI Working Paper No. 3.
- “Home Bias, Exchange Rate Disconnect, and
Optimal Exchange Rate Policy,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 0701
- “Exchange Rate Pass-Through into U.K. Import
Prices: Evidence from Disaggregated Data,”
 with
Haroon Mumtaz and Ozlem Oomen, Bank of England Working
Paper No. 312
- “Can Long Horizon Data Beat Random Walk under Engel-West Explanation?” with Charles Engel and Jason Wu, in progress.
Referee Work
- Journal of Macroeconomics
- Review of Economic Dynamics
- Economic Inquiry
- Journal of Development Economics
- Journal of International Economics
- Review of International Economics
- Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
- European Economic Review
Presentations
- 2008: Society for Economic Dynamics, Midwest Macro Meetings, NBER IFM Spring Meeting
- 2007: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, North America Econometric Society Summer Meeting at Duke University, Society for Computational Economics Annual Meeting at HEC Montreal, Midwest Macro Meetings at Cleveland Fed, University of Arkansas–Fayetteville
- 2006: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, University
of Oklahoma, North Carolina State University, University
of Notre Dame, Wayne State University, Louisiana State
University, Bank of Canada
- 2005: University of Wisconsin–Madison, International
Economics Workshop
- 2004: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Bank
of England
Other Conferences Activities
- 2007: Discussant, Texas Monetary Conference at Rice University; Attendee, Domestic Prices in an Integrated World Economy, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board and JMCB
- 2006: Attendee, Conference on Current Account Sustainability in Major Advanced Countries at University of Wisconsin–Madison;
Discussant, Federal Reserve System Committee Meeting on Macroeconomics
Professional Organizations
- American Economic Association, Econometric Society, International Economics and Finance Society, Society for Computational Economics
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