Kristin A. Van Gaasbeck

Dept. of Economics | College of SSIS | Sacramento State
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Research

Fields

Primary
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
International Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics

Secondary
Money and Banking
Financial Economics
Time Series Econometrics


Articles

"A Rising Tide: Measuring the Economic Effects of Broadband Use Across California,” Social Science Journal, 25 (2008), 691-699.

"Taking the Monetary Implications of a Monetary Model Seriously," with Kevin Salyer, Economics Bulletin, 5, 2007.

“From the Great Depression to the Great Inflation: Path Dependence and Monetary Policy,” with Mark Siegler, Journal of Economics and Business, September-October 2005.

"Is Timing Everything? Investigating U.S. Monetary Policy with Interest-Rate Rules," submitted to the B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, August 2007



Working Papers

"A Model of Credit Card Liquidity: To Smooth or Not to Smooth," with Ryan Brady.

“Estimating Real-Time U.S. Monetary Policy Rules: An Ordered Probit Approach.”

"Bank Borrowing and Federal Reserve Discount Lending Policy," with Selva Demiralp.

“European Central Bank Operating Procedures and the Behavior of Interest Rates.”

 

 

Conferences and Seminars

Invited Talks

“The Wall Street Dilemma: What it Means for You in the Coming Days,” Sacramento Public Library, November 12, 2009.

“Bank Borrowing and Fed Discount Window Policy” Koç University, Istanbul , November 2006.

"The Federal Reserve: Purposes and Functions," presented to the Student Economics Association, California State University, Sacramento, December 11, 2006.

“The Big Uneasy: New Orleans Then & Now,” Celebrating Freedom: The Art of Willie Birch, 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, August 2007.


Conferences

Western Economic Association International (WEAI) in Seattle, WA, July 2007
“A Model of Credit Card Liquidity: To Smooth or Not to Smooth” (co-authored with Ryan Brady)
Session Chair and Discussant, “Topics in International Macroeconomics”
Discussant, "Topics in Monetary Policy"

Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Conference in Charleston , SC , November 2006.
“A Model of Credit Card Liquidity: To Smooth or Not to Smooth” (co-authored with Ryan Brady)
Session Chair, “Topics in Monetary Policy”

WEAI Annual Conference in San Diego , July 2006.
“Bank Borrowing and Fed Discount Window Policy” (ao-authored with Selva Demiralp)

Eastern Economics Association (EEA) Annual Conference in Philadelphia , February 2006.
“EMU Operating Procedures and the Behavior of Interest Rates”

WEAI Annual Conference in San Francisco , July 2005.
“EMU Operating Procedures and the Behavior of Interest Rates”
Session Chair, “Monetary Policy Applications”

WEAI Annual Conference in Vancouver, B.C., June 2004.
“Preview Aplia, see Online Experiments, and Discuss Ways to Incorporate Active Learning Teaching Methods in Undergraduate & Graduate Economics Classes”

WEAI Annual Conference in Denver , CO , July 2003.
“Circling the Wagons: The Fed's Response to 9/11”

WEAI Annual Conference in Seattle , WA , July 2002.
“Is Timing Everything? Evaluating U.S. Monetary Policy with Interest Rate Rules”

WEAI Annual Conference in Vancouver , BC , July 2000.
“Policy Rule or Data Descriptor: An Exposition of Taylor Rules”

 

Professional Affilitations

American Economics Association
Center for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
Southern Economic Association
Western Economics Association International

 

Competitive Grants, Awards and Fellowships

Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies (SSIS) Summer Research Fellowship, California State University, Sacramento, Summer 2008

UEI Faculty Grant, Office of the President, California State University, Sacramento, Spring 2008.

SSIS Summer IT Pedagogy Fellowship, California State University, Sacramento, Summer 2007

Travel Grant, Research and Sponsored Projects, California State University, Sacramento, 2006 & 2008

Faculty Advising Initiative Grant, (with Rossitza Wooster and Terri Sexton), Faculty Senate, California State University, Sacramento, 2005- 2007

Center for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) Mentoring Workshop Grant, CSWEP, American Economic Association, 2004

SSIS Summer Research Fellowship, California State University, Sacramento, 2004

SSIS IT Pedagogy Fellowship, California State University, Sacramento, 2004

Research and Creative Activity Award Fellowship, California State University, Sacramento, 2003

Foundation for Teaching Economics Fellowship, 2001

Ray J. Beaumont Memorial Award, U.C. Davis, 2002

Dissertation Fellowship, College of Letters and Science, U.C. Davis, 2001

Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Economics, U.C. Davis, 2000


 

Other Professional Activity

Referree

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
Contemporary Economic Policy


Publications and Reports

Instructor’s Manual for International Economics, by R. Feenstra & A. Taylor, Worth, May 2008.

Power Point Lectures for International Economics, by R. Feenstra & A. Taylor, Worth, May 2008.

Economic Effects of Increased Broadband Use in California, Sacramento Regional Research Institute, November 2007.

Test Bank for Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics (1st & 2nd eds.),by E. Dolan, Best Value Textbooks, 2004 – 2006.

Instructor’s Manual for Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics (1st & 2nd eds.) by E. Dolan, Best Value Textbooks, 2004 – 2006.

Macroeconomics, Courseware for online tutorials, Educational Edge, Inc., 2005

Money and Banking, The College Network, 2004.

 

Edited Work
Co-Editor, Test Bank for Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, (2nd ed.) by S. Cecchetti, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2007.

Co-Editor, Instructor’s Manual for Economics: Principles and Policy (10th ed.) by W. Baumol & A. Blinder, Thomson South-western, 2006.

Co-Editor, Test Bank for Economics: Principles and Policy (10th ed.) by W. Baumol & A. Blinder, Thomson  South-western, 2006.

Editor,Online quizzes, and Power Point slides for Economics: Principles and Policy (10th ed.) by W. Baumol and A. Blinder, Thomson South-western, 2006.

Editor, Study Guide for Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics (1st & 2nd eds.) by E. Dolan, Best Value Textbooks, 2004 – 2006.

Editor, Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics (1st ed.), by E. Dolan, Best Value Textbooks, 2004.


Miscellaneous


Instructor, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Exam Review Course (3 sessions), CFA Society of Sacramento, Spring 2005
Author, courseware for Macroeconomics , Educational Edge, 2005
Content Contributor and Reviewer, Aplia Inc., Spring 2003 – Fall 2004
Subject Matter Expert, Quisic Courseworks, Fall 2000 – Winter 2001
Content Consultant, Harcourt e-Learning, Summer 1999
Reviewer, Addison-Wesley-Longman, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, and Worth, 2002-present

@2007 Kristin Van Gaasbeck | Department of Economics | 6000 J Street | Sacramento, CA 95819-6082 | 916.278.6223