Nationality American Name Carl Walsh | Role Economist | |
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Born June 30, 1949 (age 74) ( 1949-06-30 ) Institution University of California, Santa Cruz Alma mater University of California, Berkeley Education University of California, Berkeley Books Monetary Theory and Policy, Introductory Macroeconomics, Introductory Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Economics - 4e | ||
Inaugural betty blecha memorial distinguished speaker lecture carl e walsh
Carl Eugene Walsh (born June 30, 1949), is an American economist. He has been an economics professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz since 1987, and Distinguished Professor of Economics and chair of the Economics Department at the university since 2010. He has also served in several positions in the Federal Reserve System.
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- Inaugural betty blecha memorial distinguished speaker lecture carl e walsh
- Optimal Transparency under Flexible Inflation Targeting
- Early life and education
- Career
- Work
- Selected publications
- References
Walsh's work is primarily in the fields of central banking and monetary policy.
Optimal Transparency under Flexible Inflation Targeting
Early life and education
Walsh received his B.A. in mathematics and economics in 1971 and his Ph.D. in economics in 1976, both from the University of California, Berkeley.
Career
Walsh was a lecturer at the University of Auckland in New Zealand from 1976 to 1978 and assistant professor at Princeton University from 1979 to 1985. Walsh was senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 1985 to 1987. Walsh moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1987, becoming associate professor. Walsh was named full professor in 1991 and was named distinguished professor in 2010.
Walsh has held visiting appointments at several institutions, including UC Berkeley economics department (visiting lecturer, 1979; visiting assistant professor, 1985), the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (visiting scholar, 1982-1983), the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board (visiting scholar, July 1984), the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (visiting senior economist, 1984-1985), the UC Berkeley School of Business (visiting lecturer, 1986-1987), the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (visiting scholar, 1987–present), and Stanford University (visiting professor, fall 1995). Walsh was vice provost of the UC Santa Cruz's Silicon Valley Initiatives from 2005 to 2007. He is a co-editor of the International Journal of Central Banking.
Walsh is an international research fellow at Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Work
Walsh has become best known for his paper "Optimal Contracts for Central Bankers," published in 1995 in the American Economic Review. His theory is commonly referred to as the "Walsh Contract." In a 2004 speech, current Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben S. Bernanke included "Optimal Contracts for Central Bankers" as one of the three most influential papers in macroeconomics over the past 25 years. His theory has also been questioned by Francisco Candel-Sánchez and Juan Cristóbal Campoy-Miñarro. In addition, Haizhou Huang and A. Jorge Padilla have commented on the concept.
Selected publications
Walsh has written several textbooks and has authored or coauthored numerous articles and chapters, mostly scientific.