Yamin Ahmad
Professor
- Department(s): Economics
- Office Location: Timothy J Hyland Hall 4304C
- Phone: (262) 472-5576
- Email: ahmady@laixijh.com
- Website: View my personal website
Current and Past Positions
| University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, Economics | |
| Professor | July 2015 – Present |
| Chair, Dept. of Economics | August 2013 – August 2016 March 2021 - August 2021 |
| Co-Associate Director, Undergraduate Research Program | August 2011 – August 2013 |
| Associate Professor | July 2010 – July 2015 |
| Assistant Professor | August 2004 – June 2010 |
| Northwestern University, Economics Department | |
| Visiting Scholar (Host: Giorgio Primceri) | August 2019-December 2019 |
| University of Wisconsin – Madison, Economics Department | |
| Visiting Professor (Host: Charles Engel) | February – May 2013 |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Research Department | |
| Visiting Scholar (Host: Jonathan Heathcote) | January – February 2013 |
Education
PhD, Economics, Georgetown University, Washington DC 2004
MA, Economics, Georgetown University, Washington DC 2002
MSc, Economics and Econometrics, Bristol University, Bristol, UK, 2000
BSc, Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK 1998
Research Interests
Monetary Economics, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Nonlinear Time Series Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Machine Learning
My research interests lie in the areas of macroeconomics, monetary economics, open economy macroeconomics, machine learning applications to macroeconomics, threshold models and models that incorporate nonlinear dynamics. I have published the results of my research in peer-reviewed journals like the Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Economics Letters, Journal of Economics and Finance, Applied Economics, and am currently working on several research projects.
Broadly speaking, much of my current research involves examining the dynamics of macroeconomic variables and the underlying persistence of shocks hitting the macroeconomy. I am interested in understanding the transmission mechanism of monetary policy and its effects on the macroeconomy. My other research interests involve examining the time series properties and dynamics of both nominal and real exchange rates, as well as other macroeconomic variables.
Teaching Experience
UW - Whitewater
Principles of Macroeconomics, ECON 202
Money and Banking, ECON 354
Business Cycle Theory, ECON 402
Intermediate Macroeconomics, ECON 302
Advanced Economic Analysis, ECON 413
Business Conditions Analysis (Graduate), ECON 736
Research Methods and Data Handling, ECON 740
Quantitative Methods in Economics (Graduate), ECON 738
Time Series Econometrics (Graduate), ECON 761
Previous Institution
Mathematical Economics (Graduate Level)
Macroeconomics (Graduate)
Macroeconomic Theory (Intermediate Macroeconomics)
International Finance
Service
Community Service:
Assurance of Learning Advisement Committee (College)
Scholarship and Awards (College)
L&S Curriculum Committee (College)
Strategic Planning Committee (Department)
Assessment (ad hoc, Department)
Whitewater Economics Society (Department)
Professional Service:
Referee for:
Contemporary Economic Policy, Economics Letters, Economic Modeling, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, International Journal of Financial Studies, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics
Select Publications:
| "Temporal Aggregation of Random Walk Processes and Implications for Asset prices", (with Ivan Paya), Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 24 (2), pp. 20170102 | April 2020 |
| "Nonlinearities in Real Exchange Rates: New Evidence", (with Ming Chien Lo and Olena M. Staveley-O'Carroll), Applied Economics, 51 (25), pp. 2731-2743 | September 2019 |
| "Exploring International Differences in Inflation Dynamics", (with Olena M. Staveley-O'Carroll), Journal of International Money and Finance, 79, pp. 115 - 135 | December 2017 |
| "Outliers and Persistence in Threshold Autoregressive Processes", (with Luiggi Donayre), Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 20 (1), pp. 37-56 | February 2016 |
| "Causes of Nonlinearities in Low-Order Models of the Real Exchange Rate", (with Ming Chien Lo and Olena Mykhaylova), Journal of International Economics, 91 (1), pp. 128-141 | September 2013 |
| "Temporal Aggregation and Purchasing Power Parity Persistence", (with William Craighead), Journal of International Money and Finance, 30 (5), pp. 817-830 | September 2011 |