Contact Information
202-452-2939
wendy.e.dunn@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
Consumption
Data Collection and Estimation Methodology

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
M.A., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1994
B.A., Economics and Computer Science, Trinity College, 1990

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1998-present

Selected Publications

• ''Incentives and Prices for Motor Vehicles: What has Been Happening in Recent Years?'' (with Carol Corrado and Maria Otoo), in W. Erwin Diewert, et. al., ed., Price and Productivity Measurement. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Press, forthcoming.
• Prices, Production, and Inventories over the Automotive Model Year (with Adam Copeland and George Hall), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2005-25. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• ''How Fast do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates'' (with Mark E. Doms, Steven D. Oliner, and Daniel E. Sichel), Tax Policy and the Economy, vol. 18 (2004), pp. 37-79.
• ''The Effects of Precautionary Saving Motives on (S,s) Bands for Home Purchases,'' Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 33 (July 2003), pp. 467-88.
• Unemployment Risk, Precautionary Saving, and Durable Goods Purchase Decisions, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1998-49. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1998.
• ''Unemployment Expectations, Jumping (S,s) Triggers, and Household Balance Sheets'' (with Christopher Carroll), in Ben Bernanke and Julio Rotemberg, eds., NBER Macroeconomics Annual. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997.