Michener

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Michener
First Name: 
Ron
Position: 
Associate Professor
Email: 
rwm3n@virginia.edu
Computing ID: 
rwm3n
Phone: 
434-924-7113
Office Address: 

Monroe Hall, Room 251

Education: 
Bachelor of Science (BS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Arts (MA), University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Chicago
Classification: 
Research Interests: 
Colonial Monetary History, Monetary Theory, Economic History
Curriculum Vitae: 
Office Hours: 
Wednesday 1:00- 3:00pm
Selected Publications: 

Selected Publications

  • "Fixed Exchange Rates and the Quantity Theory in Colonial America," Carnegie-Rochester Conferences Volume, 1987;
  • "The Political Economy of Insider Trading Laws," with C.Tighe, Papers and Proceedings of the American Economic Associations, 1994;
  • "Inflation, Expectations, and Output: Lucas's Island Revisited," Journal of Macroeconomics 20, 767-83, Fall 1998;
  • "State 'Currencies' and the Transition to the U.S. Dollar: Clarifying some Confusions." , R. Michener and R. Wright, American Economic Review, 682-703, June 2005;
  • "Development of the US monetary union," R. Michener and R. Wright, Financial History Review, vol. 13:1, 19-41, 2006