Kerk L. Phillips
Associate Professor

Office: 130 FOB

Phone: 801-422-5928
Email: kerk_phillips@byu.edu

Expertise
Macroeconomics,
Computational Economics,
International Economics,
Economic Growth

Vita
Curriculum Vitae (12 April 2012)
Mendeley Profile
 
Education
PhD, University of Rochester, 1991
MA, University of Rochester, 1990
BS, Brigham Young University, 1986

 
Research and Professional Experience
Kerk L. Phillips earned his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1991 and has taught at the University of Michigan, Nanjing University, and Korea University.  He also worked for six months at the Joint Economic Committee of Congress in 2004. Most of his current academic research is in the field of computational macroeconomics. Other research interests include international finance, exchange rate behavior, economic growth and Asian economies. He has worked at BYU since 1992.
 
Selected Publications
Scott C. Bradford, Dongjin Kim & Kerk L. Phillips (2011). Economic Reform and Openness in North Korea: A General Equilibrium Model. Journal of Economic Policy Reform.
Renee Barlow & Kerk L. Phillips (2012). Simple Financial Economic Models of Fremont Maize Storage and an Assessment of External Threat. Forthcoming in Research in Economic Anthropology Vol. 32, edited by Donald Wood and Ty Matejowski.  London: Emerald.


Selected Working Papers
Richard W. Evans & Kerk L. Phillips (2012). Simulating Utah State Pension Reform, BYUMCL Working Paper #2012-01.
Bryan Perry, Kerk L. Phillips & David E. Spencer (2012). Real Wages and Monetary Policy: A DSGE Approach, BYUMCL Working Paper #2012-02.



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