Faculty

Education

• B.A. Economics, University of Durham, 7/1987
• M.A. Economics, Queens University, 1990
• Ph.D. Economics, University of British Columbia, 1994



Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments

• Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/2000-  
• Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/1994-08/31/2000  



Non-Tenure Track Appointments

• Acting Assistant Professor, Cornell University, 1993-1994   



Visiting and Temporary Appointments

• Visiting Associate Professor, Claremont McKenna College, Spring 2009   
• Visiting Scholar, Financial Economics Institute, Claremont McKenna College, Spring 2008   
• Visitor, Research Dept, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Spring 2008   



Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Professor Betts researches macroeconomics and international macroeconomics.

Research Keywords

international macroeconomics, macroeconomics

Research Specialties

International prices and exchange rates, market segmentation, the impacts of trade liberalization, structural change in the open economy.

Funded Research




USC Funding

• ASHSS. Globalization, De-Industrialization, and the Awakening Giant: Economic Stagnation in Japan and the Emergence of China: What has been the role of international trade in the de-industrialization of mature economies, such as Japan, and the industrialization of newly developing economies, such as China? , $12,000, 2008-2009   



Conferences and Other Presentations




Conference Presentations

• ""Real Exchange Rates"", Summer Meeting, Econometric Society, Lecture/Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, Econometric Society, Invited, 2006-2007   
• "Real Exchange Rates", Latin American Econometric Society Meetings, Talk/Oral Presentation, Mexico City, LAEC, Invited, 2006-2007   



Other Presentations

• ""Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations and the Relative Price of Non-Traded Goods"", Seminar, ITAM - CIE, Mexico City, Fall 2010   
• ""Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations and the Relative Price of Non-Traded Goods"", Seminar, Claremont McKenna College, Spring 2008   



Publications




Journal Article

• Betts, C. M., Kehoe, T. J. (2006). "US Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Relative Price Fluctuations. Journal of Monetary Economics. Vol. 53 (7), pp. p.1257-1326.



Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works

• NBER Working Paper, "Real Exchange Rate Movements and the Relative Price of Non-Traded Goods" NBER WP# 14437,October 2008 (a new version of this paper is being revised for submission), Fall 2008   
• Short Article, "Q&A" session with economists at USC published in USC College Magazine, Spring/Summer 2009 on the current state of the economy. , 2008-2009   



Service to the University

Administrative Appointments

• Coordinator Econ 203 and Econ 205, 2007-2008   
• Director of Graduate Studies, 2001-2007  

Committees

• Chair, PhD Placement Committee., 2012-2013   
• Member, Curriculum Committee, 2012-2013   
• Member, PhD Examinations Committee, 2012-2013   
• Member, Executive Committee, 2012-2013   
• Member, Second Year Empirical Paper, 2012-2013   



Service to the Profession




Committees

• Member, Program Committee, North American Econometric Society Meetings (winter), 2006-2007   



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