Dwyer, Gerald P., Jr. 1947–

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Dwyer, Gerald P., Jr. 1947–

PERSONAL: Born July 9, 1947, in Pittsfield, MA; son of Gerald P. (a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy) and Mary Frances (a homemaker; maiden name, Weir) Dwyer; married Katherine M. Lepiane (a homemaker), January 15, 1966; children: Tamara K., Gerald P., III, Angela Marie, Michael James, Terence F. Education: University of Washington, B.B.A., 1969; University of Tennessee, M.A., 1973; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1979. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Sailing.

ADDRESSES: Home—2122 Maple Springs Way, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. Office—Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1000 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, research associate, 1972; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, junior economist, 1972–75, visit-ing scholar, 1987–89; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL, economist, 1976–77; Texas A & M University, assistant professor of economics, 1977–81; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, assistant professor of economics, 1981–84, adjunct faculty, 2001; University of Houston, Houston, TX, associate professor of economics, 1984–89; Clemson University, Clemson, SC, professor of economics, 1989–99, acting head of economics department, 1992–93; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, visiting scholar, 1995–97, finance team leader, 1997–, vice president, 1998—Commodity Futures Trading Commission, visiting financial economist, 1990; Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Institute for Empirical Macroeconomics, visiting scholar, 1995; Georgia State University, adjunct faculty, 1997; University of Georgia, adjunct faculty, 1999–2000, 2003; University of Rome, Tor Vergata, visiting professor, 2000—University of Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, visiting professor, 2005–. Also lecturer at University of Missouri, American Institute of Banking, St. Louis, and Belleville Area College, 1972–74.

Editorial board member, Studies in Economics and Finance, 1996–98, Research in Banking and Finance, 2000–, Economic Inquiry, 2002–, and Journal of Financial Stability, 2003–.

MEMBER: Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics (treasurer, 1997–2003; president, 2003–05), American Economics Association, American Finance Association, Western Economics Association (executive committee member, 2005–), Association of Private Enterprise Education (executive committee member, 2002–), Beta Gamma, Phi Kappa Phi.

AWARDS, HONORS: Earhart Foundation fellowship, 1975–77; Intercollegiate Studies Institute fellowship, 1974–75.

WRITINGS:

(Coeditor) Monetary Policy and Taiwan's Economy, Edward Elgar (Northhampton, MA), 2002.

Contributor to Monetary Unions and Hard Pegs: Effects on Trade, Financial Development, and Stability, edited by Volbert Alexander, Jacques Mélitz, and George M. von Furstenberg, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2004. Contributor of numerous articles to scholarly journals, including Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Managerial Finance, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Monetary Economics, Economica, American Economic Review, Historical Methods, Behavioural Processes, Journal of Political Economy, and Research in Banking and Finance. Contributor of articles to Federal Reserve Bank publications, including Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review. Contributor of book reviews to journals, including Journal of Economic History, Journal of Economic Literature, and Southern Economic Journal.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Economics and Finance for Everyday Life; research on banking panics and economic growth and stagnation.