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A. Craig Burnside

Mary Grace Wilson Distinguished Professor
Economics
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
221 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Burnside’s fields of specialization include macroeconomics and international finance. His recent research focuses on foreign exchange markets, empirical methods in finance, and the behavior of prices in housing markets.

He has published articles in a number of academic journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Review of Financial Studies.

He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and was previously a member of the Board of Editors of the American Economic Review (2001-06, 2011-20), Associate Editor for the Review of Economics and Statistics (2012-15), co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics (2007-10), and Associate Editor for the Journal of Money Credit and Banking (2003-11).

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Mary Grace Wilson Distinguished Professor · 2018 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Economics · 2004 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published June 27, 2016
News Tip: ‘UnBrexit’ Could Give UK ‘Bargaining Power’ with EU, Says One Expert; Vote Raises Risk of Global Recession, Says Another
Published July 30, 2015
Orientation, Math Camp Begins for First-Year Economics Ph.D. Students
Published July 6, 2015
Econ Chair Craig Burnside on the Department's Goals

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Recent Publications


On the Asset Market View of Exchange Rates

Journal Article Review of Financial Studies · January 31, 2019 Open Access Cite

Understanding booms and busts in housing markets

Journal Article Journal of Political Economy · August 1, 2016 Featured Publication Full text Open Access Cite

Identification and inference in linear stochastic discount factor models with excess returns

Journal Article Journal of Financial Econometrics · 2016 Featured Publication Full text Open Access Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Northwestern University · 1991 Ph.D.
Northwestern University · 1990 M.A.
University of British Columbia (Canada) · 1985 B.A.

External Links


Personal Website