Curriculum Vita

Research

Courses Taught

Economics 215: Money and Banking

Economics 241: Intermediate Macroeconomics

Economics 415: Monetary Economics

Economics 441: Advanced Macroeconomics

Hassan Mohammadi

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Department of Economics
Illinois State University
Campus Box 4200
Normal, Illinois 61790-4200
Phone: (309) 438-7777
Fax: (309) 438-5228
e-mail: hmohamma@ilstu.edu
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Education
Ph.D. Economics (1988): Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
M.S. Economics (1981): University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
B.S. Political Science (1977): College of Social and Political Science, Tehran, Iran

Employment
Graduate Program Director (1999 - ): Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Responsibilities: Coordinating the graduate program in economics; advertising the program domestically and internationally; evaluating and hiring new candidates; Supervising candidates' progress throughout the program; proposing and implementing new policies and procedures for the program; Communicating with other university offices including the Office of Admissions and the Graduate School.

Associate Professor of Economics (1996 - ): Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Responsibilities: research, graduate and undergraduate teaching in the areas of applied econometrics, macroeconomic theory, and monetary economics; directing graduate student research projects; serving on department and university committees.

Economist, United Nations (1995): United Nations Office, Tehran, Iran. Expert consultant for "Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriates" project. Responsibilities: Research and analysis of macroeconomic issues; report writing; and public presentation of the results.

Assistant Professor of Economics (1988 - 1994): Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Responsibilities: research, graduate and undergraduate teaching in the areas of applied econometrics, macroeconomic theory, and monetary economics; directing graduate student research projects; serving on department and university committees.

Associate Economist, USDA (1986): United States Department of Agriculture, Washington DC. Responsibilities: economic analysis of the Soviet response to the 1980 U.S. grain embargo.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (1983- 1988): Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Responsibilities: teaching undergraduate economics; research and teaching assistance.
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Publications
"Budget Deficits and the Current Account Balance: New Evidence from Panel Data," Economica Internazionale/International Economics (Forthcoming).

"Budget Deficits and Interest Rates: The British Experience," The International
Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, Forthcoming.

Money Supply," in The Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Macmillan Reference USA, Forthcoming.

"Budget Deficits and Foreign Trade Balance: A Cross-Country Study," Economica Internazionale/International Economics, February 2000.

"The twin Deficits: Fiscal Imbalances and Trade Deficits," in Budget Deficits and Debt, A Global Perspective, (Ed) Siamack Shojai, Praeger, 1999 (Co-authored).

"Fiscal Policy and Foreign Trade: A Broad Perspective Using U.S. Data," Southern Economic Journal, January 1996 (co-authored).

"Budget Deficits and Trade Deficits: Some Evidence From the Iranian Economy," in Proceedings of the Monthly Seminars, Central Bank of Iran, Tehran, Iran (1994).

"Nominal-Wage Contracts and Real Activity: Evidence From the German Economy," Southern Economic Journal, July 1993.

"Monetary Innovations, Capital Taxation, and Real Wage Movements: Some New Evidence," Southern Economic Journal, April 1993 (co-authored).

"The Distribution of Income, Value of Time, and the Demand for Balances," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Summer 1993 (co-authored)

"Manufacturing Output and Labor Productivity: Further Evidence for the United States," Economics Letters, 1990 (co-authored).

"Soviets Grain Imports in the 1990s," Performance of the U.S. Grain Marketing System, 1989. Proceedings of the North Central Regional Project NC-186, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 19-20, 1989 (co-authored)
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"Soviet Response to the 1980 U.S. Grain Embargo," in Embargo, Surplus Disposal, and U.S. Agriculture, ERS, U.S.D.A, Report No. AGES860910, Nov. 1986 (co-authored).

"Import Response, Foreign Exchange Allocation and Inconvertibility in the Centrally Planned Economies", in East?West Agricultural Trade, (Ed.) James R. Jones. Westview Special Studies in International Economics and Business, 1985 (co-authored).
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Working Papers
"Budget Deficits and Long-Term Interest Rates: New Evidence from Six OECD Countries," January 1999, Southern Economic Journal, revise and resubmit (co-authored).

"Do Budget Deficits Really Affect Foreign Trade? An International Investigation," December 1997 (co-authored).

"Discovering the Causal Link between the Discount Rate and Market Interest Rate," February 1996.

"Structural Change and Unit-Root Tests for Real GDP: A Broad Cross-Country Perspective," 1993 (co-authored).

"Fisher's Hypothesis and Cointegration: Evidence from Data for the United States," 1992 (co-authored).

"Structural Change and Unit-Root Tests for Real GNP: Evidence From Seven OECD Countries," 1992 (co-authored).

"Tests of Unit Root in Real GDP: A Broad Cross-Country Perspective," 1991 (co-authored).
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Presentations
"Do Budget Deficits Really Affect Foreign Trade? An International Investigation," Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, November 21-23, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia.

"Budget Deficits and Foreign Trade: Some Evidence from the Iranian Economy," invited presentation, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Spring 1995.

"Investment in Developing Countries," invited presentation, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Spring 1995.

"Budget Deficits and Foreign Trade: Some Evidence from the Iranian Economy," invited presentation, Mazandaran University, Mazandaran, Iran, Fall 1994.

"Budget Deficits and Foreign Trade: Some Evidence from the Iranian Economy," invited presentation, Central Bank of Iran, Tehran, Iran, Fall 1994.

"Average Inflation, Inflation Variability and Output-Inflation Trade-Off: Evidence from State Data," Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, November 22-24, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.

"Fiscal Policy and Trade Deficits: New Evidence from Multi-Variate Cointegration," Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, November 22-24, 1993.

"Discovering the Causal Link Between the Discount Rate and Market Interest Rates," Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association, Washington D.C., November 22-24, 1992.

"New Evidence on the Irrationality of the Livingston Price Expectations," Midwest Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, Illinois, March 30-April 1, 1992.

"Role of Nominal Wage Contracts in Determining Real Activity," Midwest Economic Association Meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 30-April 1, 1989.

"Non Tariff Distortions to Trade in Agriculture: Case of Japan," Northwest
Regional Economic Conference, Olympia, WA, April 1984.

"Terms of Trade and Post Embargo Soviet Agricultural Imports," Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Annual Conference, New Orleans, Nov. 21, 1986.
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Computer Skills
Worked extensively with SAS, Rats, Limdep, Eviews, Cognos Imprompu, Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word, Power Point.

Journal Referee
Southern Economic Journal
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
Journal of Economics
The International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics
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References
Professor Michael Nelson, Chair
Department of Economics
University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1908
Phone: (309) 972-7939

Professor Rajeev Goel
Department of Economics
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-4200
Phone : (309) 438-2360

Dr. Arun Raha
Senior Economist
Eaton Corporation
1111 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216)523 - 4538

Professor Jo Anna Gray
College of Social Sciences
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: (541) 346-4667