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Caroline Marie Betts

Associate Professor of Economics

Contact Information
E-mail: cbetts@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-8335
Office: KAP 300

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Course Information
 

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
Member, Macroeconomic Recruitment, 2010-2011   
Member, Graduate Examinations Committee, 2010-2011   
Member, Second Year Empirical Paper, 2010-2011   
 

Service to the Profession

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