Mordecai Kurz
Joan Kenney Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Contact Info:
[email protected]
http://www.stanford.edu/~mordecai/
Page in Stanford Directory
Phone: 650-723-2220
Office: Landau Economics, room 339
Office hours: By email appointment
Interests
- Research:
Diverse beliefs, financial markets and uncertainty, monetary policy
- Current Research:
Theory of expectation formation, volatility in financial markets and monetary stabilization policy, social costs of economic volatility
- Teaching:
- Professional Affiliations:
AEA, Econometrics Society, Society for Economic Dynamics and Control, the Society for the Promotion of Economic Theory, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory
Recent Publications
(1) “On the Structure and Diversity of Rational Belief,” Economic Theory, 1994
(2) “Endogenous Economic Fluctuations: Studies in the Theory of Rational Belief,” Springer Series in Economic Theory, No. 6 Springer-Verlag, 1997
(3) “Rational Diverse Beliefs and Economic Volatility,” Chapter in the Handbook in Financial Economics, North Holland, to appear in 2009. Working paper, Stanford University
(4) “Diverse Beliefs and the Time Variability of Risk Premia,” Working Paper, Stanford University, November 2007
List of Stanford Working Papers
Current Courses
Education
Ph.D., M.A., Yale University (Economics); M.S., Stanford University (Statistics)