Contact Information
202-872-7564
robert.f.martin@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Urban Rural and Regional Economics

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 2002
M.A., Economics, University of Chicago, 2002
B.A., Economics, North Carolina State University, 1995

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2002-present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, 2003-present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2006-present
Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisors, 2006-2007

Selected Publications

• ''The Rent-Price Ratio for the Aggregate Stock of Owner-Occupied Housing'' (with Morris A. Davis and Andreas Lehnert), Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 54 (June 2008), pp. 279-84.
• Housing, Home Production, and the Equity and Value Premium Puzzles (with Morris A. Davis), International Finance Discussion Papers 931. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.
• A Trend and Variance Decomposition of the Rent-Price Ratio in Housing Markets (with Sean D. Campbell, Morris A. Davis, and Joshua Gallin), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-29. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006.
• The Baby Boom: Predictability in House Prices and Interest Rates, International Finance Discussion Papers 847. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• House Prices and Monetary Policy: A Cross-Country Study (with Alan Ahearne, John Ammer, Brian Doyle, and others), International Finance Discussion Papers 841. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• Housing, House Prices, and the Equity Premium Puzzle (with Morris A. Davis), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2005-13. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• ''Durable Goods and the Distribution of Wealth'' (with Joseph W. Gruber), in Wijesuriya P. Dayawansa, Anders Lindquist, and Yishao Zhou, eds., New Directions and Applications in Control Theory. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer, 2005.
• Precautionary Savings and the Wealth Distribution with Illiquid Durables, International Finance Discussion Papers 773. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2003.