Contact Information
202-736-5612
ruth.a.judson@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
Econometrics and Statistics
Development Economics

Education
Ph.D., Economics, MIT, 1994
A.B., Russian Civilization, University of Chicago, 1987

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1994-present
Visiting Professor, Sloan School, MIT, 1997-1997
Visiting Professor, Sloan School, MIT, 2000-2000

Selected Publications

• ''Measuring Human Capital Like Physical Capital: What Does It Tell Us?'' Bulletin of Economic Research, vol. 54 (July 2002), pp. 209-31.
• ''Overseas Dollar Holdings: What Do We Know?'' (with Richard Porter), Wirtschaftspolitische Blatter, vol. 48 (2001), pp. 431-40.
• ''Estimating Dynamic Panel Data Models: A Guide for Macroeconomists'' (with Ann Owen), Economics Letters, vol. 65 (October 1999), pp. 9-15.
• ''Inflation, Volatility, and Growth'' (with Athanasios Orphanides), International Finance, vol. 2 (April 1999), pp. 117-38.
• ''Economic Development and the Structure of the Demand for Commercial Energy'' (with Richard Schmalensee and Thomas Stoker), Energy Journal, vol. 20 (1998), pp. 29-57.
• ''Economic Growth and Investment in Education: How Allocation Matters,'' Journal of Economic Growth, vol. 3 (December 1998), pp. 337-59.
• ''World Carbon Dioxide Emissions 1950-2050'' (with Richard Schmalensee and Thomas Stoker), Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 1998 (February 1998), pp. 15-27.
• ''The Location of U.S. Currency: How Much Is Abroad?'' (with Richard Porter), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 82 (October 1996), pp. 883-903.