Chinese government commits to reach its peak carbon emissions before 2030, which requires China to implement new policies. Using a CGE model, this study conducts simulation studies on the functions of an energy tax and a carbon tax and analyzes their effects on macro-economic indices. The...

Using a regional VAR, we find large differences in the effects of monetary policy shocks across regions of the United States. We also find that the region-level effects of monetary policy differ a great deal between the pre-Volcker and Volcker-Greenspan periods in terms of their depth and...

Delivered at The Global Interdependence Center 2010 International Conference Series, Part II-China "Financial Interdependence in the World's Post-Crisis Capital Markets."

March 2, 2012. Presentation. "The U.S. Economy in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis." Presented at the Bank of Montreal Lecture in Economics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia.

July 12, 2013. Presentation. "Recent Developments in Monetary Policy." Global Interdependence Center's 5th Annual Rocky Mountain Economic Summit, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Delivered at the Economic Club of Memphis.

15th Annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference,> Hong Kong, March 23, 2012

Delivered at the Commerce Bank Economic Breakfast, November 18, 2009