C. PATRICK SCOTT

Curriculum Vitae

Education
  • ​Ph.D. Economics, Kansas State University, 2013
    • ​​​​Dissertation Title: Essays in Optimal Monetary Policy and State-Space Econometrics 
    • ​Dissertation Committee: Dr. Steven P. Cassou (chair), Dr. William F. Blankenau, Dr. Lance Bachmeier, & Dr. Allen Featherstone
  • B.S. Economics (cum laude), University of South Alabama, 2008
​Professional Experience 
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, Louisiana Tech University, Fall 2016 to present
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Missouri State University, Fall 2013 to Spring 2016
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Kansas State University, Fall 2008 to Spring 2013
Research Interests
  • Monetary Economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • ​Time Series Econometrics
  • Bayesian Methods
​Research Papers
  • "Optimal monetary policy revisited: Does considering real-time data change things?​," with Steven P. Cassou and Jesús Vázquez, 2018, Applied Economics.
  • "Monetary policy deviations: A Bayesian state-space analysis," with Mahua Barari, 2017, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.
  • "Asymmetric preferences and monetary policy deviations," 2016,  Journal of Macroeconomics.
  • "Are central bank preferences asymmetric when policy targets vary over time?," 2016, Empirical Economics.
  • "Optimal monetary policy with asymmetric preferences for output," with Steven P. Cassou and Jesús Vázquez, 2012, Economics Letters.​
​Working Papers
  • "How much better is commitment policy than discretionary policy? Evidence from six developed economies," 2020, forthcoming, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics.
  • "How much output gap targeting is too much? A counterfactual simulation of commitment versus discretionary monetary policy ," 2018, under review.
  • "Commitment issue: Does the Fed have an inflation incentive to commit?," 2020, under review. 
  • "Evaluating the effectiveness of poverty alleviation: Evidence from a linear quantile mixed model," with Zhineng Hu, Jing Ma, Qiong Feng, and Hani Mesak, 2020, under review. 
Conference Presentations
  • "Asymmetric Preferences and Monetary Policy Deviations," Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 2016
  • "Asymmetric Preferences and Monetary Policy Deviations," Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2015
  • "Monetary Policy Deviations: A Bayesian State-Space Analysis," Missouri Valley Economics Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2014 
  • "Are Central Bank Preferences Asymmetric When Policy Targets Vary Over Time?," Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL, March 2014
  • "Are Central Bank Preferences Asymmetric When Policy Targets Vary Over Time?," Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2012
Professional Affiliations
  • American Economic Association
  • Econometric Society
  • Southern Economic Association 
  • Western Economic Association International
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