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David W. Findlay
Pugh Family Professor of Economics
Economics- Department Chair


Office: Diamond 345
Phone: 207-859-5233
Fax: 859-5229
Email:
dwfindla@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5233 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8852

Semester Schedule

Areas of Expertise:
  • Maine economic conditions
  • Federal Reserve policy
  • Political influence on economic policy
  • Monetary policy and financial markets, specifically interest rates
  • Other Courses Taught
    Course Course Title
    EC134 Macroeconomic Principles
    Current Research

    Appied Macroeconomics
    Political Business Cycles and Monetary Policy
    Economics of Discrimination
    Macroeconomic Effects of Indexation

    Current Projects

    "Unemployment, Relative Price Dispersion and the Implicit Contract Model."

    "The Federal Reserve's Preferences for Inflation and Unemployment: An Analysis of Fed Chairmen."

    "Do Presidential Administrations Have Preferred Rates of Unemployment?"

    "The Baseball Writer and The National Baseball Hall of Fame: Are Election Outcomes Affected by Race or Ethnicity?," (with Cliff Reid).

    "Race, Ethnicity and The National Baseball Hall of Fame: Is There Discrimination in the Nomination Process?," (with Cliff Reid and John Santos).

    "Discrimination, Voting Behavior and the National Baseball Hall of Fame: The Case of Pitchers," (with Cliff Reid).

    "A Comparison of Two Models to Forecast Voting for Membership into the National Baseball Hall of Fame," (with Cliff Reid).

    "Jackie Robinson and The National Baseball Hall of Fame," (with Cliff Reid).

    "Race, Ethnicity and the Market(s) for Baseball Cards," (with Jim Meehan and Cliff Reid).

    "Further Analysis of the Determinants of Sovereign Credit Ratings," (with Shannon Landauer, '99).

    "An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between the Yield Spread and the Probability of Recessions," (with Sunil Thakor, '99).

    Vitae

    Ph.D., Purdue University (Economics) 1986
    M.S., Purdue University (Economics) 1984
    B.A., Acadia University, Canada (Economics) 1981