giovannoni

Olivier Giovannoni

giovannoni@mail.utexas.edu

(512)-961-9924

Job Market candidate

Macroeconomics, Economic policy,

International Economics, Quantitative methods,

Research | Pictures

C.V.
JOB MARKET PAPER: American growth: a trend/cycle interpretation à la Samuelson, Galbraith, Eisner and Tinbergen (Submitted to the J. of Economic Behavior and Organization) [Data] [abstract]
Teaching evaluations
Teaching philosophy
Statement of research interests

Other published papers:

Functional Distribution of Income, Inequality and the Incidence of Poverty: Stylized Facts and the Role of Macro Policy Prepared for the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD, July 2008) [abstract]
What did the Fed do when Inflation died? International Journal of Political Economy, 37, 2, summer, pp. 47-70
What drives profits ? (2007) in Hein & Truger (eds) Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies, London: Edward Elgar (with Alain Parguez) [abstract]
Comparison of the French and American Models and Lessons for France (2007) [in French] Proceedings of the conference Quelle voie pour la France? at the French Senate, June 30 2006, Paris, Imprimerie du Senat.

In progress / tidbits / Working papers:

2008: A dataset presenting the changes in C, I, G and X in the last 9 recessions [data] [graphs]
2007: The Fed's Real Reaction Function [with James Galbraith, in revision] [PPT]
2007: Inequality presentation at Salt Lake City
2007: A draft on the NAIRU [too drafty to be put here]
A dataset on the very interesting last French Elections (2007)
2006: A presentation on the French social model

July 5, 2009

Welcome,

You reached my personal web page as a job market candidate for the 2009-10 academic year. This page has been built to signal my availability for economic teaching and research at the time of writing. Please find my contact information at the bottom of this page and in my C.V.

PRESENTATION

I am currently visiting lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. You can find my faculty profile here (fields incomplete).

I am a French citizen and studied at the University of Nice, France, where I earned my Ph.D. titled "Distribution, Growth and Economic Policies - The case of the United States" in June 2006 (summa cum laude). I had a 4-year teaching fellowship and a 3-year research grant (best awards in France).

I am a member of the University of Texas Inequality Project (UTIP) directed by Professor James K. Galbraith.

I am bilingual English/French.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

I am mostly interested in teaching and conducting research on macroeconomics and international economics. I specialize in

(1) Macroeconomic performance and policy (economic growth, international comparisons)

(2) International and monetary economics/policy

(3) Labor markets: income distribution and unemployment.

I would define myself as an "empirical macro theorist" with a very strong interest for policy-relevant work. I like to use statistical methods embedded in theoretical, historical and policy analysis models.

RESEARCH

For theoretical and empirical growth theories, see my Job market paper as well as my What drives profits? piece.
My inequality papers are here (working paper, with a note on the median wage) and here and here (funded and published by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development).
My policy paper about the Federal Reserve is here (published in the International Journal of Political Economy).
I also have a long-time project about France, its social model and the comparisons with the US. Three pieces: one here and one presentation here.
My immediate research projects are

(summer/Fall 09) Unemployment and economic policy: addressing the effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policies over the long run.
Growth: an extension of my accelerator paper (that's the job market paper, studying the case the US) in two directions. First to the case of European countries and second towards a more explicit account of trade and taxes (that should be two papers)
Inequality: "The macroeconomic dimensions of inequality", a paper searching for macroeconomic indicators best explaining the dynamics of inequality.
Unemployment and inflation: I am also working on a draft about the NAIRU, addressing the long run vertical Phillips curve.
A paper on the comparison of the French and American economic models
I have some material in my Ph.D. I haven't used yet, and need to be reworked on (a survey of income distribution --wages and profits-- and the related measures).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS

Teaching is very important to me. I have more than seven years of experience teaching at the University level (plus an extra five years tutoring and mentoring). In France, I have been awarded a 4-year teaching fellowship combined to a 3+1 research grant by the French government (best distinction). As of Fall 09 I am teaching

Introduction to Microeconomics (ECO304K)
International Finance (upper division, ECO339L).
Advanced Policy Economics (graduate level, PA393L at the LBJ School of Public Affairs)

The teaching evaluations (available at the time of writing) can be downloaded to the left. You will also find a statement of teaching philosophy there.

MEMBERSHIP, REFEREE

American Economic Association

Canadian Economics Association

European Economic Association

Econometric Society

Human Rights Campaign

Referee for Metroeconomica

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