Courses Taught
ECON 2035 - Money/Banking/Macroeconomic Activity
ECON 4560 - Central Banking and Monetary Policy
ECON 4710 - Aggregate Economic Analysis
ECON 7590 - Seminar in Monetary and Fiscal Policy
ECON 7710 - Macroeconomics I

Teaching and Other Awards:
Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2007
Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Economics, LSU, 2007
Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Economics, LSU, 2003
Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Economics, LSU, 1995-1996
Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Economics, LSU, 1990-1991

Interests
Teaching Interest: Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics

Research Interest: Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics

Selected Research Publications
''Cross-Country Variation in the Liquidity Effect: The Role of Financial Markets.'' The Economic Journal, October 2004: 890-915. with William D. Lastrapes.

''Evaluating Monetary Policy Options.'' Southern Economic Journal, 68, (April 2002): 794-810. with J. S. Fackler.

''The Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks: Comparing Contemporaneous Versus Long-Run Identifying Restrictions.'' Southern Economic Journal, 67, (January 2001): 618-36

''Monetary Shocks, the Exchange Rate, and the Trade Balance.'' Journal of International Money and Finance, 18, (December 1999): 925-940. with F. Koray.

''Historical Decompositions of Aggregate Demand and Supply Shocks in a Small Macro Model.'' Southern Economic Journal, 64, (January 1998): 648-664. with J. S. Fackler.

''An Empirical Analysis of Oil Price Shocks During the Interwar Period.'' Economic Inquiry, 32, (July 1994): 486-97. with R. E. Parker.

Editorial Appointments
Co-Editor, Journal of Macroeconomics
Member, Editorial Advisory Council, Pacific Economic Review

Professional Activities:
Co-Editor, Journal of Macroeconomics

Employed by LSU since
5/27/1983