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Yamin Ahmad


My Biographical Sketch
Personal Information
Education
Dissertation
Publications
Working Papers
Works In Progress
Conferences
Refereeing Experience
Teaching Experience
Other Work Experience
Teaching Interests
Professional Affiliations
Knowledge & Skills
References
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Personal Information


University Address: Department of Economics
                               University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
                               800 W. Main Street,
                               Whitewater, WI, 53190
Telephone:              (262) 472 5576


Email:                     ahmady@uww.edu
webpage:               http://facstaff.uww.edu/ahmady/

  
Education


Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.               08/99 - 07/04
Ph.D. Economics,                                                                    July 2004
Specialisation: Monetary Economics, International Macroeconomics
Graduate Merit Fellowship awarded to promising graduate students in
Economics.

MA in Economics,                                                                  May 2001
Specialisation: New Keynesian Macroeconomics, Computational
Economics
, Econometrics

University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom                      08/98 - 08/99
MSc in Econometrics                                                        January 2000
Specialisation: Time Series Modeling, Advanced Micrometric Modeling,
Financial Markets

Graduated with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude)

London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.    09/95 - 07/98
BSc in Economics                                                                    July 1998
Specialisation: International Economics, Monetary Economics
Graduated with 2:1 Honours (Magna Cum Laude)

 

Dissertation


Title

"The Transmission Mechanism Of Monetary Policy"

Thesis Committee Members
Prof. Matthew B. Canzoneri,
Prof. Robert E. Cumby .
Prof. Behzad T. Diba

 

Publications


Please click here for a more complete list of papers (along with abstracts).

 

"Money Market Rates and Implied CCAPM Rates: Some International
Evidence
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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Sept. 2005, Vol 45, #4, pp 699-729

"The Effects of Small Sample Bias in Threshold Autoregressive (TAR) Models",
- Economics Letters, forthcoming 

Working Papers


"A Comparison of Nonlinear Exchange Rate Models: An Empirical Investigation”, with Stuart Glosser
Presented at the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, April 2008
Presented at the Midwest Economics Association
Chicago, March 2007

"Demutualization:  A Hazard Analysis of the Conversion of Former Credit Unions to Publicly Traded Financial Institutions", with Russel Kashian
Presented at the Midwest Economics Association
Chicago, March 2007

"International Observations of Monetary Policy Periods"
Presented at the Midwest Economics Association
Chicago, March 2007

"Reconciling the Effects of Monetary Policy Actions on Consumption Within A Heterogeneous Agent Framework"
Presented at the Midwest Economics Association
Chicago, March 2006

"International Observations Of Monetary Policy Shocks Over The Last
Three Decades
", Disseration Chapter                                          May 2002

"The Transmission Mechanism Of Monetary Policy In New Neoclassical
Synthesis Models
", Dissertation Chapter                                 January 2003

"Smooth Transition As An Explanation For PPP Deviations: An Empirical
Investigation Of A Nonlinear Adjustment Mechanism.
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- MSc Dissertation, University of Bristol, U.K.,                          August 1999

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Works in Progress


"The Impact of Temporal Sampling and Temporal Aggregation as Explanations for the Nominal Exchange Rate Puzzle",                                                         March 2008

Preliminary version presented at the Midwest Economics Association
Chicago, March 2008

"Heterogeneity and Limited Participation: Implication For Interest Rate
Movements
", (Working Title)                                                 May 2003

"Foreign Direct Investment versus Portfolio Investment: A Global Games
Approach
", (Working Title)
with Pietro Cova and Rodrigo Harrison                                 August 2003
Presented at the European Economic Association Conference
Madrid, Spain , August 2004

Should Monetary Policy Target Asset Prices?”
(with Luis San Vicente Portes)                                            September 2005

 

Conferences


Presenter
Midwest Economics Association Conference                                March 2003 - present
Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics                        March 2008
Nonlinear Dynamical Methods and Time Series Analysis               August 2006
Money, Macro & Finance Research Group 35th Annual Conference
   University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom                  September 2003
North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society,
    Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States              June 2003

Discussant
Midwest Economics Association Conference                                March 2003 - present
   

 

Refereeing Experience


Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Journal of Economics and Business

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Teaching Experience


UW - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, U.S.A.                         2004 - present
Lecturer
Principles of Macroeconomics
Money and Banking
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Business Conditions Analysis
Advanced International Economics

Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.                     8/99 - 2004
Lecturer
Mathematical Economics to incoming PhD students.               2000-2004
Macroeconomic Theory (Intermediate Macro)                       2000-2004

Teaching Assistant
Principles of Microeconomics (Head Teaching Assistant)
Principles of Macroeconomics courses.
Graduate Macroeconomics
International Finance

 

Other Work Experience


Research Assistant
Research Assistant to Prof. William Jack                             Spring 2002

Gateway (formerly Gateway 2000), London, U.K.                   1995-1998
Technical Advisor
Worked as part of a team to maintain computers.
Interacted with potential clients with regards to technical inquiries.

 

Teaching Interests


Graduate:         Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International
                        Finance, Mathematical Economics
Undergraduate: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International
                        Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Econometrics,
                        Mathematical Economics

 

Professional Affiliations


American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Midwest Economics Association.

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Knowledge and Skills


Skills:
Econometric Software:    Matlab, Gauss, Eviews;
Word Processors:              Microsoft Office, Scientific Workplace;
Web Design & Graphics: Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash,
                                          Adobe Photoshop.

Languages:
Conversational French and Bengali. Knowledgeable in German.


References


Supervisor:

Behzad T. Diba
Department of Economics
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20007
Tel: (202) 687-5862
Email: dibab@georgetown.edu

Advisors:

Matthew B. Canzoneri
Department of Economics
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20007
Tel: (202) 687-5911
Email: canzonem@georgetown.edu

Robert E. Cumby
Department of Economics
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20007
Tel: (202) 687-2990
Email: cumbyr@georgetown.edu


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