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John H. Wood

John H. Wood

Reynolds Professor of Economics

Email: jw@wfu.edu

 

Research Interests: Monetary Theory and Policy

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Biography

Biography

PhD Purdue University, economist at Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas, taught at the University of Birmingham, Eng. (Esmee Fairbairn Professor of Investment), Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Kellogg School, Northwestern University, and Wake Forest University (Reynolds Professor of Economics). Most recent publication: Central Banking in a Democracy (Routledge, 2015).

Education

B.S. – Ohio University
M.A. – Michigan State University
Ph.D. – Purdue University

Teaching

Courses

Econ 207: Macroeconomics
Econ 222: Monetary Theory and Policy
Econ 223: Financial Markets
Econ 274: Topics in Macroeconomics

Research

Featured Publications

  1. With Sandeep Mazumder, The Great Deflation of 1929-33; It (almost) had to happen, J. Econ History, Feb. 2013.
  2. Are there important differences between classical and twenty-first-century monetary theories? Did the Keynesian and Monetary revolutions matter? History of Political Economy, Spring 2014.
  3. A History of Central Banking in Great Britain and the United States, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005.
  4. A History of Macroeconomic Policy in the United States. Routledge, 2009.
  5. Central Banking in a Democracy. The Federal Reserve and its Alternatives. Routledge, 2015.

Books in Development

Currently working on three books in various stages of development:

  1. With Jac Heckelman: The structure of the Federal Reserve
  2. Politics, markets, and economic policy
  3. The sociology of central banking

Working Papers

  1. With Sandeep Mazumder. The quantity theory and the gold standard.
  2. With Jac Heckelman: The structure of the Federal Reserve

 

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Wake Forest Economics Department

225 Kirby Hall (Calloway Center)

Wake Forest University

Box 7505

Winston-Salem, NC 27109 USA

336 758 5334

 

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Joanna Hamilton

hamiltjk@wfu.edu

 

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Amanda Griffith

griffial@wfu.edu

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