Christine Sauer

Professor of Economics

Department of Economics 
University of New Mexico 

Ph.D., Brown University

Phone: (505) 277-1963 
Fax: (505) 277-9445 
Email: sauer@unm.edu

Research Interests

  • Macroeconomics
  • Monetary Economics
  • Macroeconometrics

Teaching Interests

  • Macroeconomics
  • International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics
  • International Trade Theory and Policy
  • Economic Growth
  • Economics of Monetary Integration
  • Money and Banking 

Current Courses

Spring 2009    Econ 403:  Topics in Macroeconomics (aka Intermediate Macro II) -- syllabus

 

Fall 2010         Econ 506:  Graduate Macroeconomics I -- syllabus

Fall 2010         Econ 581:  Graduate International Finance -- syllabus, readings

 

Selected Publications

  • “A Modular Approach to Seigniorage in a Monetary Union,” with C. Lange, International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, Vol. 3, 2010, pp. 50-61.
  • “Dollarization in Latin America: Seigniorage Costs and Policy Implications,” with C. Lange, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 45, 2005, pp. 662-679.
  • “Static and Dynamic Seigniorage Losses from Dollarization,” with C. Lange, Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2005, pp. 30-41.
  • "Big Push Industrialization: Some Empirical Evidence for East Asia and Eastern Europe," with K. Gawande and G. Li, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 9, 2003, pp. 1-7.  (Click here to download.)
  • "Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: Regional Differences between Developing and Industrialized Countries," with A. Bohara, Review of International Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2001, pp.133-152.
  • "Money, Interest Rate Spreads, and Economic Activity," with J. Scheide, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 131, No. 4, 1995, pp. 708-722.
  • "Monetary Policy and Inflation Uncertainty in the United States and Germany," with A. Bohara, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 62, No. 1, 1995, pp. 139-163.
  • "Money Illusion and the Long-Run Demand for Money in Germany," Konjunkturpolitik, Vol. 38, No. 5/6, 1992, pp. 340-352.
  • "Competing Macro-Hypotheses in the United States: A Kalman Filtering Approach," with A. Bohara, Applied Economics, Vol. 24, 1992, pp. 389-399.
  • Alternative Theories of Output, Unemployment, and Inflation in Germany: 1960-1985, Springer-Verlag: New York/Berlin/Heidelberg, 206 pages, 1989.

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