HESBURGH LECTURE SERIES 2013 Program - Alumni Association ...

Christopher Waller, Ph.D.
The Gilbert F. Schaefer Chair and Professor, Economics; Fellow,
Kellogg Institute for International Studies; Fellow, Nanovic Institute
for European Studies
Biography
Christopher Waller is the Gilbert F. Schaefer Chair of Economics and a research fellow for
the Center for European Integration Studies at the University of Bonn. He was a professor at
Indiana University (1985-1998), and held the C.M. Gatton Chair of Monetary Economics at
the University of Kentucky (1998-2003). Waller has been a visiting professor at Washington
University, the University of Mannheim, and the National University of Ukraine-Kiev. His
research interests include monetary theory, dollarization, and the political economy of central
banking. His research has been published in American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of
Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review and many other
journals. Currently he is an associate editor at the European Economic Review, Journal of Money,
Credit and Banking, and the Journal of Macroeconomics. He has been a visiting scholar at the
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Cleveland, the
Central Intelligence Agency, and the Economic Education and Research Consortium.
Lectures
Current Federal Reserve Policy: What are They Doing and Why?
This lecture examines monetary policy actions of the Federal Reserve, and explains reasons behind those actions. Also, this
lecture analyzes how it affects stock prices, housing, and exchange rates.
What is Money and Why Do We Use it?
In the last decade, monetary economists have finally developed a deep understanding of money and the information frictions
that give rise to money. This knowledge gives us insights as to how society moved towards monetary trade, and where financial
development will go.
100 The Hesburgh Lecture Series, 2013 Program
Categories
Business, Economics,
Government