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062: Stephen Terry on Real Business Cycles, Total Factor Productivity, Short-Termism and Doing a PhD

062: Stephen Terry on Real Business Cycles, Total Factor Productivity, Short-Termism and Doing a PhD

FromEconomic Rockstar


062: Stephen Terry on Real Business Cycles, Total Factor Productivity, Short-Termism and Doing a PhD

FromEconomic Rockstar

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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Dec 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Stephen Terry is Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University.
In 2013 he was a Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and, from 2007 to 2009, Stephen was a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Stephen  received a PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2015 as well as an  MA in Economics in 2011.
Stephen also has an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma and a BA in Economics from University of Texas at Arlington.
Stephens research interests include short-termism, uncertainty and real business cycles.
In this episode you will learn:

about Stephen's experience with the two-body or joint location problem.


about Stephen’s PhD process and the experience he developed along the way.


of some suggestions if you’re considering undertaking a PhD.


the differences and similarities in the mathematics of economics and the mathematics of other disciplines such as physics and chemistry.


if there is a divergence or a convergence in the branches of macroeconomics and microeconomics.


what really happens during recessions.


and much more.


Check out the shownotes and links mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/stephenterry


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Released:
Dec 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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