Ph.D. Candidate

Ryan W. Herzog

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Ryan Herzog received his Bachelors of Arts degree (Cum Laude) in Economics in 2003 from Pacific Lutheran University and received his Masters in Science from the University of Oregon in 2004. Ryan is currently ABD and will have his PhD. completed by October of 2008 from the University of Oregon.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Under the advisement of Nicolas Magud, Ryan has specialized in applied macroeconomics, international finance, time series econometrics, and monetary policy. His current research focuses on the dynamics surrounding current account deficits, threshold effects on capital mobility, international capital flows, and the saving-investment puzzle. Ryan has wider interests in open economy macroeconomics, the effect of openness on the inflation-output tradeoff, and the relationship between government deficits and exchange rate movements.

FIELDS

Fields and Professors:

• Macroeconomics (George Evans, Jo Anna Gray)
• Quantitative Methods (George Evans, Wes Wilson)
• International Economics (Ron Davies, Nicolas Magud)
• Labor Economics (Larry Singell, Glen Waddell)
• Growth Theory (Shankha Chakraborty)
• Adaptive Learning (George Evans)

PAPERS

Work in Progress:
"Explaining the Saving-Investment Relationship with Threshold Effects" University of Oregon 2008.

"A Reexamination of Saving and Investment Rates: Are they really I(1)" University of Oregon 2008.

"The Relationship Between Growth, Investment, and Saving Rates Accounting for Structural Change" University of Oregon 2008.

"Testing Current Account Dynamics for Threshold Effects" University of Oregon 2008.

"A VAR Analysis of Saving and Investment Rates" University of Oregon 2008.

Working Papers:
"Output Volatility: Investment Volatility vs. Net Exports Volatility," (Joint with Nicolas Magud) University of Oregon 2006.

"Changes in Financial and Trade Openness on Investment and Growth Volatility," University of Oregon 2006.

"Using a TAR to explain Government Deficits, Debts, and Exchange Rate Movements," University of Oregon 2006.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Ryan has independently taught an array of courses at the University of Oregon. Since starting in 2005, Ryan has taught Principles of Macroeconomics (EC 202), Money, Banking, and Financial Markets (EC 370), and Monetary Policy (EC 470). During the upcoming year he will also teach Contemporary Economic Issues (EC 101), Principles of Microeconomics (EC 201), and Economy, Industry, and Competition (BA 315). Ryan received the department award for outstanding GTF instructor. Additionally, Ryan has taught Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics and MBA Managerial Economics at Northwest Christian College

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