Curriculum Vitae Edward N. Gamber Professor and Head ...

Curriculum VitaeEdward N. GamberProfessor and HeadDepartment 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 Maryland.B.A., Economics, June 1981.Areas of SpecializationMacroeconomics, Applied Time Series Econometrics, Monetary Policy and ForecastingWork HistoryLafayette College, Easton, PA, Department Head, July 2009-present.Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Professor, September 2005 – present.The George Washington University, Visiting Scholar, 2007-2008.Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Associate Professor, September 1996 – August 2005.Congressional Budget Office, Principal Analyst, Macro Analysis Division, August 1996 -August 1998.Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Assistant Professor, September 1992 - 1996.University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Assistant Professor, August 1989-June1992.Oberlin College, Oberlin Oh, Assistant Professor, August 1986-June 1989.Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Visiting Economist, Summer 1988, Summer 1989.

Refereed Publications:“Jointly Evaluating the Federal Reserve’s Forecasts of GDP Growth and Inflation,”International Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming, with Tara Sinclair, Herman O. Stekler,and Elizabeth Reid.Gamber, Edward N., Julie K. Smith and Matthew A. Weiss, “Forecast Errors Before andDuring the Great Moderation,” Journal of Economics and 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 and Growth”International Economic Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 255-78, with Amy Scott“The Taylor Rule and the Appointment Cycle of the Chairperson of the Federal Reserve”Journal of Economics and Business, vol. 58, issue 1, January/February 2006. With DavidHakes“Is Monetary Policy Important For Forecasting Real Growth and 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 and Unemployment Shocks?”Eastern Economic Journal, spring 1998. (with David Hakes and 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 Demand and 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 and Demand 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 and 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 and Insurance, vol. 61, no. 3, 1994, pp. 301-512."The Dynamic Effect of Aggregate Demand and 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, Creditand 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 andTemporary 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 and Sheila Handy,Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol.31, no. 3, September 2003, 233-41."The Economic Outlook.” The Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 1999 - 2008,January 1998, pp. 1-29."The Economic Outlook." The Economic and Budget Outlook:an Update, September1997, pp. 1 - 25.“Uncertainty in Budget Projections.” The Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years1998 - 2007, January 1997, pp. 49 - 57 (with James Horney).Biography of Walter Heller, Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar,London (1995).

"Does the Fed Cause Christmas?" Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank ofCleveland, January 1, 1989, pp. 1 - 5 (with Charles Carlstrom)."Why we Don't Know Whether Money Causes Output," Economic Review, FederalReserve Bank of Cleveland, vol. 25, no.3, 1989, pp. 27 - 39 (with Charles Carlstrom).1978 Survey of Disability and Work Data Book, Government Printing Office, November1982. (with Mordechai Lando and Richard Cutler)Book ReviewsUnemployment, Hysteresis and 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 and 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 andanswers. Dow Jones, Incorporated, 2006.Study Guide to Accompany The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets(by Frederic Mishkin) with David Hakes, Pearson, Addison-Wesley, 2007 and 2010Macroeconomics, an intermediate macroeconomics textbook, by David C. Colander andEdward N. Gamber, Prentice-Hall, 2002.Works in Progress“Where is the Fed in the Distribution of Forecasters” with Julie Smith and DylanMcNamaraCourses Taught

MacroeconometricsPrinciples of Micro and MacroIntermediate Micro and MacroMacroeconomic PolicyMoney and BankingMath EconGraduate ForecastingUndergraduate ForecastingGraduate MacroGraduate MicroBusiness Cycle AnalysisGrowth TheoryFirst Year Seminar on GlobalizationFirst Year Seminar on the Invisible HandMacroeconometricsRefereed for Following JournalsJournal of MacroeconomicsEconomic InquiryAmerican Economic ReviewJournal of Risk and InsuranceEastern Economic JournalJournal of Money, Credit and 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 and 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 Economicsand Business, Lafayette College, 1995-1996 and 2004-2005Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, 2004