PH.D. Candidate
I received my B.S. in Economics and my B.S. in Mathematics from Westminster College in 2008. I expect to recieve my Ph.D. spring of 2013.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I specializes in macroeconomics and econometrics. My current research is on model combination in forecasting. I research new techniques for the empirical practice of forecasting and study the effects of these techniques in DSGE models when implemented by a Central Bank to set monetary policy.
FIELDS
Core Courses (Instructors):- Microeconomics (Chris Ellis, Anne van den Nouweland, Van Kolpin)
- Macroeconomics (Jo Anna Gray, Shankha Chakraborty, Nicolas Magud)
- Econometrics (Peter Lambert, George Evans, Trudy Cameron)
- Adaptive Learning (George Evans)
- Monetary Theory (Mark Thoma)
- Time Series Methods (Jeremy Piger)
- Panel Data Methods (Glen Waddell)
- Industrial Organization (Wesley Wilson)
- Game Theory (Anne van den Nouweland)
- International Trade (Nicholas Sly)
- Labor Economics (Jason Lindo)
- Experimental Economics (William T. Harbaugh)