We study macroeconomic systems with forward-looking private sector agents and a monetary authority that is trying to control the economy through the use of a linear policy feedback rule. A typical finding in the burgeoning literature in this area is that policymakers should be relatively...

"Death of a Theory," presented in St. Louis. January 13, 2012.

"SNEAK PREVIEW: Death of a Theory." Presented at the Korea-America Economic Association, Chicago, Illinois. January 7, 2012.

We examine global dynamics under infinite-horizon learning in New Keynesian models where the interest-rate rule is subject to the zero lower bound. As in Evans, Guse and Honkapohja (2008), the intended steady state is locally but not globally stable. Unstable deflationary paths emerge after...

Presented at the 19th Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, the Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

February 13, 2013. Presentation. "The Recent Reduction in Global Macroeconomic Uncertainty." Arkansas State University Agribusiness Conference, Jonesboro, Arkansas.