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<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><strong>Edward</strong> N. <strong>Gamber</strong><strong>Professor</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Head</strong>Department of EconomicsLafayette CollegeEaston, PA 18042Phone: 610-330-5310 Fax: 610-330-5715Email: gambere@lafayette.eduWeb-page: www.lafayette.edu/~gambereEducationVirginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.M.A., June 1983Ph.D., June 1986Towson State University, Towson Maryl<strong>and</strong>.B.A., Economics, June 1981.Areas of SpecializationMacroeconomics, Applied Time Series Econometrics, Monetary Policy <strong>and</strong> ForecastingWork HistoryLafayette College, Easton, PA, Department <strong>Head</strong>, July 2009-present.Lafayette College, Easton, PA, <strong>Professor</strong>, September 2005 – present.The George Washington University, Visiting Scholar, 2007-2008.Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Associate <strong>Professor</strong>, September 1996 – August 2005.Congressional Budget Office, Principal Analyst, Macro Analysis Division, August 1996 -August 1998.Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Assistant <strong>Professor</strong>, September 1992 - 1996.University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Assistant <strong>Professor</strong>, August 1989-June1992.Oberlin College, Oberlin Oh, Assistant <strong>Professor</strong>, August 1986-June 1989.Federal Reserve Bank of Clevel<strong>and</strong>, Visiting Economist, Summer 1988, Summer 1989.
Refereed Publications:“Jointly Evaluating the Federal Reserve’s Forecasts of GDP Growth <strong>and</strong> Inflation,”International Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming, with Tara Sinclair, Herman O. Stekler,<strong>and</strong> Elizabeth Reid.<strong>Gamber</strong>, <strong>Edward</strong> N., Julie K. Smith <strong>and</strong> Matthew A. Weiss, “Forecast Errors Before <strong>and</strong>During the Great Moderation,” Journal of Economics <strong>and</strong> Business, (forthcoming 2011).“An Absorption Approach to Modeling the US current Account,” Review of InternationalEconomics, vol. 18, no. 2, 2010, pp. 334-50, with Juann Hung.“Are The Fed’s Forecasts Still Superior to the Private Sector’s?” with Julie Smith,Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 31, no.2, June 2009, pp. 240-51.“A Threshold Analysis of the Relationship Between Governance <strong>and</strong> Growth”International Economic Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 255-78, with Amy Scott“The Taylor Rule <strong>and</strong> the Appointment Cycle of the Chairperson of the Federal Reserve”Journal of Economics <strong>and</strong> Business, vol. 58, issue 1, January/February 2006. With DavidHakes“Is Monetary Policy Important For Forecasting Real Growth <strong>and</strong> Inflation?” Journal ofPolicy Modeling, February 2005. With David Hakes“Does International Asynchronization Matter for the U.S. Business Cycle?” EconomicInquiry, October 2004, pp. 647-666 (with Juann Hung)“Has the Rise in Globalization Reduced U.S. Inflation in the 1990s?” Economic Inquiry,January 2001, pp. 58-73 (with Juann Hung).“Does the Fed Respond Lexicographically to Inflation <strong>and</strong> Unemployment Shocks?”Eastern Economic Journal, spring 1998. (with David Hakes <strong>and</strong> Chung Hua Shen)."Real Wages over the Business Cycle," Eastern Economic Journal, vol. 23, no.3, Summer1997, pp. 277 - 91 (with Frederick L. Joutz)."The Federal Reserve's Response to Aggregate Dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Aggregate Supply: Evidenceof a Political Business Cycle," Southern Economic Journal, vol. 63, no. 3, January 1997,pp.680 - 91. (with David Hakes)"The Policy Content of the Yield Curve Slope," Review of Financial Economics, vol. 5,no. 2, 1996, pp. 163 - 79."Empirical Estimates of the Short-Run Aggregate Supply <strong>and</strong> Dem<strong>and</strong> Curves for thePost-War U.S. Economy," Southern Economic Journal, 1996, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 856 - 72.
"Do Shifts in Federal Reserve Policy Regimes Explain Interest Rate Anomalies?"Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 17, no. 2, Winter 1995, pp. 227 - 240."The Real Wage Implications of the Risk Sharing <strong>and</strong> Sectoral Shifts Hypotheses,"Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, vol. 16, no. 4, summer 1994, pp. 643 - 59."Are Net Discount Rates Stationary?: The Implications For Present Value Calculations:Comment," Journal of Risk <strong>and</strong> Insurance, vol. 61, no. 3, 1994, pp. 301-512."The Dynamic Effect of Aggregate Dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Supply Disturbances: Comment,"American Economic Review, vol. 83, no. 5, December 1993, pp. 1387 - 93 (withFrederick L. Joutz)."An Application of Estimating Structural Vector Autoregregressions Using Long RunRestrictions, Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 15, no. 4, Fall 1993, pp. 723 - 45 (withFrederick L. Joutz)."On Testing for the Stability of the Net Discount Rate," Journal of Forensic Economics,vol. 7, no. 1, 1993, pp. 69 - 79 (with Robert L. Sorensen)."Who Insures Whom in the Labor Market," Studi Economici, vol. 47, 1992, pp. 45 - 60."Does the Federal Reserve Respond to Errant Money Growth?" Journal of Money, Credit<strong>and</strong> Banking, vol. 24, no. 1, February, 1992, pp. 127 - 34 (with David Hakes).Long Term Risk Sharing Wage Contracts in an Economy Subject to Permanent <strong>and</strong>Temporary Shocks," Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 6, no.1, January 1988, pp. 83 - 99.Other Publications“William E. Simon’s Contribution to Tax Policy,” with Susan Averett <strong>and</strong> Sheila H<strong>and</strong>y,Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol.31, no. 3, September 2003, 233-41."The Economic Outlook.” The Economic <strong>and</strong> Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 1999 - 2008,January 1998, pp. 1-29."The Economic Outlook." The Economic <strong>and</strong> Budget Outlook:an Update, September1997, pp. 1 - 25.“Uncertainty in Budget Projections.” The Economic <strong>and</strong> Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years1998 - 2007, January 1997, pp. 49 - 57 (with James Horney).Biography of Walter Heller, Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, <strong>Edward</strong> Elgar,London (1995).
"Does the Fed Cause Christmas?" Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank ofClevel<strong>and</strong>, January 1, 1989, pp. 1 - 5 (with Charles Carlstrom)."Why we Don't Know Whether Money Causes Output," Economic Review, FederalReserve Bank of Clevel<strong>and</strong>, vol. 25, no.3, 1989, pp. 27 - 39 (with Charles Carlstrom).1978 Survey of Disability <strong>and</strong> Work Data Book, Government Printing Office, November1982. (with Mordechai L<strong>and</strong>o <strong>and</strong> Richard Cutler)Book ReviewsUnemployment, Hysteresis <strong>and</strong> the Natural Rate, edited by Rod Cross. SouthernEconomic Journal, April 1990.The Theory of Economic Breakdown, by John Cornwall, Southern Economic Journal,October, 1991.The Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics by Kevin D. Hoover, Eastern EconomicJournal, 2004.Teaching-Related Publications:The Macroeconomics Weekly Review, a weekly review of important articles inmacroeconomics that appear in the Wall Street Journal plus questions from the articlesfor use by professors. Published <strong>and</strong> distributed via email by Dow Jones, Incorporated,weekly 2001-present.WSJ Coursepack, Macroeconomics, a compilation of the most importantmacroeconomicsarticles published in the Wall Street Journal in 2005 with summaries, questions <strong>and</strong>answers. Dow Jones, Incorporated, 2006.Study Guide to Accompany The Economics of Money, Banking <strong>and</strong> Financial Markets(by Frederic Mishkin) with David Hakes, Pearson, Addison-Wesley, 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2010Macroeconomics, an intermediate macroeconomics textbook, by David C. Col<strong>and</strong>er <strong>and</strong><strong>Edward</strong> N. <strong>Gamber</strong>, Prentice-Hall, 2002.Works in Progress“Where is the Fed in the Distribution of Forecasters” with Julie Smith <strong>and</strong> DylanMcNamaraCourses Taught
MacroeconometricsPrinciples of Micro <strong>and</strong> MacroIntermediate Micro <strong>and</strong> MacroMacroeconomic PolicyMoney <strong>and</strong> BankingMath EconGraduate ForecastingUndergraduate ForecastingGraduate MacroGraduate MicroBusiness Cycle AnalysisGrowth TheoryFirst Year Seminar on GlobalizationFirst Year Seminar on the Invisible H<strong>and</strong>MacroeconometricsRefereed for Following JournalsJournal of MacroeconomicsEconomic InquiryAmerican Economic ReviewJournal of Risk <strong>and</strong> InsuranceEastern Economic JournalJournal of Money, Credit <strong>and</strong> BankingReview of International EconomicsJournal of Financial EconomicsSouthern Economic JournalJournal of Economic EducationJournal of EconomicsInternational Journal of ForecastingCurrent Editorial Board MembershipJournal of EconomicsProfessional Association MembershipEastern Economic AssociationAmerican Economic AssociationMember of the Research Program on Forecasting (GWU)Awards <strong>and</strong> GrantsEarhart Foundation Fellowship, 1985-86Award for the Best Dissertation in the College of Business, 1986NSF Instrumentation Grant to establish a computer laboratory, University of Missouri—St. Louis, co-PI: Susan Feigenbaum, 1991Omicron Delta Epsilon Award for overall contribution to the Department of Economics<strong>and</strong> Business, Lafayette College, 1995-1996 <strong>and</strong> 2004-2005Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, 2004