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Academic Experience

• Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Wellesley College, July 2021 – Present 

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wellesley College, July 2013 – June 2021

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2013

• M.A. Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009

• B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rice University, magna cum laude, 2005                                                         

Publications

•  Cottle-Hunt, Erin and Neumuller, Seth and Shivdasani, Yashna. "To Plan, or Not to Plan? Optimal Planning Horizons and Saving for Retirement." Forthcoming, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

• Neumuller, Seth. "Teaching Quantitative Macroeconomics to Undergraduate Students at the Intermediate Level: An Application of the Solow Model to Post-WWII Japan." The Journal of Economic Education, 2023, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 349-363.

• Li, Hui and Neumuller, Seth and Rothschild, Casey. “Optimal Annuitization with Imperfect Information about Insolvency Risk.” Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 88, March 2021, Pages 101-130.

• Luzzetti, Matthew N. and Neumuller, Seth. “The Impact of Learning on Business Cycle Fluctuations in the Consumer Credit Market.” Macroeconomic Dynamics, Volume 24, July 2020, Pages 1087-1123.

• Ashman, Hero and Neumuller, Seth. “Can Income Differences Explain the Racial Wealth Gap? A Quantitative Analysis.” Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 35, January 2020, Pages 220-239.

• Neumuller, Seth and Rothschild, Casey and Weerapana, Akila. “Bridging the Gap between Undergraduate and Graduate Macroeconomics.” The Journal of Economic Education, 2018, Volume 49, Number 3, Pages 242-251.

• Neumuller, Seth and Rothschild, Casey. “Financial Sophistication and Portfolio Choice over the Life Cycle.” Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 26, October 2017, Pages 243-262.

• Luzzetti, Matthew N. and Neumuller, Seth. “Learning and the dynamics of consumer unsecured debt and bankruptcies.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 67, June 2016, Pages 22-39.

• Neumuller, Seth. “Inter-industry wage differentials revisited: Wage volatility and the option value of mobility.” Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 76, November 2015, Pages 38-54.

Working Papers

• "Predatory Lending in a Quantitative Model of Consumer Default"

Works in Progress

• “Racial Differences in the Drawdown and Allocation of Wealth During Retirement,” with Donna Gan

Resting Papers

• “Bankruptcy Reform and the Housing Crisis,” with Matthew Luzzetti

Invited Presentations

• 2024   Middlebury College

• 2022    University of New Hampshire, Liberal Arts Macro Working Group

• 2019     Lafayette College, Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (New York, NY), 15th Annual Conference of Macroeconomists from Liberal Arts Colleges

• 2018     Midwest Macro Meetings (Fall), Williams College, College of the Holy Cross, 14th Annual Conference of Macroeconomists from Liberal Arts Colleges 

• 2016     Northern Finance Association, Workshop in Macroeconomics and Finance at Liberal Arts Colleges, Southern Economics Association Annual Meetings (Washington D.C.)

• 2015     WU Gutmann Center Symposium on Retirement and Asset Management, Central Bank of Chile and IDB Seminar on Household Debt in Latin America, Bowdoin, Workshop in Macroeconomics at Liberal Arts Colleges, AALAC Finance, Eastern Economics Association Annual Meetings (New York, NY)

• 2014     ASSA Meetings (Philadelphia), Workshop in Macroeconomics at Liberal Arts Colleges

• 2013     SAET (Paris), Duke, Dartmouth, Toronto, Iowa, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Wellesley, Bowdoin, University of San Diego

• 2012     Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago     

Affiliations and Professional Activities

• Co-organizer: Workshop on Economic Dynamics (https://www.economicdynamicsworkshop.org)

• Member: American Economic Association

• Referee Service: American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of the European Economics Association, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Economics Letters, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic Education, International Review of Economics Education, Journal of Labor Research, Data in Brief, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Bulletin of Economic Research

Teaching Experience

• Principles of Macroeconomics  (Wellesley College, Econ 102) 

• Intermediate Macroeconomics (Wellesley College, Econ 202) 

• Advanced Macroeconomics (Wellesley College, Econ 302)

• Finance Theory and Applications (Wellesley College, Econ 323) 

• Corporate Finance (Wellesley College, Econ 321; UCLA, Econ 106F)

• Introduction to MATLAB for Economists (UCLA, Econ 200)

Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships

• 2012     UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA Welton Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper in Macroeconomics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Summer Dissertation Fellowship

• 2011     UCLA Welton Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper in Macroeconomics

• 2010     UCLA Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award

• 2005     Rice University Dr. Hubert E. Bray Scholar Athlete of the Year, Rice University Ann and Joe Hightower Superior Award in Chemical Engineering

Other Employment

• Research Assistant, NBER, Professor Roger Farmer (June 2010 – Dec 2010)

• Technical Intern, Teledyne Scientific, Thousand Oaks, CA (March 2008 – July 2008)

• Production Engineer, Equistar Chemical Company, La Porte, TX (July 2005 – August 2007)