ChrisBALL

Research, Talks and other Presentations

Academic Research

Working Papers

• "Exploring What Stock Markets Tell Us About GDP In Theory and Practice" (2021)  [With Jack French], Draft prepared to submit to the International Review of Economics and Finance.  This is a fun and accessible paper written with one of my top undergrad students.

• "Populism-What Next? A First Look at Populist Walking-Stick Economies."  [With Andreas Freytag and Miriam Kautz], CESifo Working Paper No. 7914., CESifo, Munich, 2019.  Latest version (2021) here.

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​Published Research

• “Remittances, Inflation and Exchange Rate Regimes in Small Open Economies” [With Javier A. Reyes and Claude Lopez]. The World Economy, December 31, 2012.

• “Inflation Targeting or Fear of Floating in Disguise: A Broader Perspective” [With Javier A. Reyes].  Journal of Macroeconomics 30(1), pp. 308 - 326, 2008.

• “International Reserve Holdings: Interest Rates Matter!” [With Javier A. Reyes]. Applied Economic Letters, pp. 1 – 6, 2008.

• “Rethinking Hub versus Point-to-Point Competition: A Simple Circular Airline Model.” Journal of Business and Economic Studies. Vol. 13, Number 1, (2007): 73-87.

• “Inflation Targeting or Fear of Floating in Disguise: The Case of Mexico.” [With Javier A. Reyes]. International Journal of Finance and Economics Vol. 9, Issue 1, (2004): 49-69.

• “The Intertwinement of Legal and Economic Systems in Transition,” Rechtstheorie 33 (2002): 299-317

Book Chapters:

• “Inflation Targeting and Trade Deficits: Thoughts for the Visegrad Four.” [With Javier A. Reyes], in Inflation: Roles, Targeting, and Dynamics, edited D.T. Bentley and E.P. Nelson, Chapter 2 pp. 1 – 24.

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Lectures & Speeches

Public Lectures

• Sep, 6, 2019 "Navigating the trade wars", keynote address for CBIA's conference on "The Connecticut Economy 2019", Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, CT.