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Stephen M. Miller, Ph.D.

Department Chair

Steve Miller, a tenured Professor of Economics and Department Chair in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), came to UNLV in June 2001. In coming to UNLV, he retired as a Professor of Economics and Department Head at the University of Connecticut (UConn), having served for 31 years at UConn. He also held visiting positions with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for the first half of 1978 and with the Congressional Budget Office for one year in 1987-88. His research interests span monetary, macroeconomic, and international finance theory and policy; international trade and applied microeconomic theory; financial institutions; and real estate lending. Over his career, he authored more than 100 professional journal articles and several research monographs, presented papers at professional conferences, universities, and other venues on more than 100 occasions, and refereed papers for more than 50 professional journals. Finally, he appeared in Whos Who in Economics, 4th edition by Blaug and Vane, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003. This listing of economists includes the 1,200 most frequently cited economists from 1990 to 2000, using the Social Science Citation Index.

Selected Research
with N. Apergis "Do Structural Oil-Market Shocks Affect Stock Prices?" Energy Economics, in press. with H. Ahmed and C. P. Hallwood "Monetary Policy in a Portfolio Balance Model with Physical Capital" Keio Economic Studies, in press. with W. S. Fang "Modeling the Volatility of Real GDP Growth: The Case of Japan Revisited" Japan and the World Economy, in press. with G. Canarella and S. K. Pollard "Dynamic Stock Market Interactions between the Canadian, Mexican, and the United States Markets: The NAFTA Experience" Stock Returns: Cyclicality, Prediction, and Economic Consequences, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., in press. "Using Equity Markets to Teach Long-Run Monetary Neutrality." International Review of Economics Education, in press. with W. S. Fang and Y. H. Lai "Does Exchange Rate Risk Affect Exports Asymmetrically Asian Evidence." Journal of International Money and Finance, March 2009. with W. S. Fang and C. S. Lee "Cross-Country Evidence on Output Growth Volatility Nonstationary Variance and GARCH Models" Scottish Journal of Political Economy, September 2008. with W. S. Fang "The Great Moderation and the Relationship between Output Growth and Its Volatility" Southern Economic Journal, January 2008. with N. Apergis "Total Factor Productivity and Monetary Policy Evidence from Conditional Volatility." International Finance, Summer 2007. with Y. Jeon "Has Deregulation Affected Births, Deaths, and Marriages in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry" Economic Inquiry, April 2007 with G. Chortareas "The Walsh Contracts for Central Bankers Are Optimal After All" Public Choice, April 2007 with W. S. Fang "Exchange Rate Depreciation and Exports The Case of Singapore Revisited" Applied Economics, February 2007 with N. Apergis "Consumption Asymmetry and the Stock Market Further Evidence" Economics Letters, December 2006 with A. Banerji and P. Dua "Performance Evaluation of the New Connecticut Leading Employment Index Using Lead Profiles and BVAR Models." Journal of Forecasting, September 2006. with T. M. Clauretie and T. M. Springer "Economies of Scale and Cost Efficiencies A PanelData StochasticFrontier Analysis of Real Estate Investment Trusts" The Manchester School, July 2006 with Y. Jeon and P. Natke "Do Foreign Bank Operations Provide a Stabilizing Influence in Korea." Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, February 2006. with W. S. Fang and Y. H. Lai "Export Promotion through Exchange Rate Policy Exchange Rate Depreciation or Stabilization" Southern Economic Journal, January 2006
Contact Information
College of Business Department of Economics 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456005 Las Vegas, NV 89154-6005 Phone: (702) 895-3969 Fax: (702) 895-1354 Email: stephen.miller@unlv.edu Website: http://www.unlv.edu/faculty/smiller/

Class Schedule
ECO 740-1, TR 4:00pm-5:15pm BEH 223
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