Contact Information
bethanne.wilson@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
International Finance

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995
B.A., Economics/History, U.C. Berkeley, 1989

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1995-present
Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, Spring 2008
Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-2004

Selected Publications

• India's Future: It's About Jobs (with Geoffrey Keim), International Finance Discussion Papers 914. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.
• The Role of China in Asia: Engine, Conduit, or Steamroller? (with Jane T. Haltmaier, Shaghil Ahmed, Brahima Coulibaly, and others), International Finance Discussion Papers 904. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.
• Are Longer Bankruptcies Really More Costly? (with Daniel Covitz and Song Han), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-27. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006.
• ''India and the Global Economy'' (with Geoffrey Keim), Business Economics, vol. 41 (January 2006), pp. 28-36.
• ''Recent U.S. Macroeconomic Stability: Good Policies, Good Practices, or Good Luck?'' (with Shaghil Ahmed and Andrew Levin), The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 86 (August 2004), pp. 824-832.
• ''Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: Evidence from the Employment Cost lndex'' (with David Lebow and Raven Saks), Advances in Macroeconomics, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 3 (2003).
• Wage Rigidity: A Look Inside the Firm, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1999-22. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1999.
• Nominal Wage Rigidity and Real Wage Cyclicality (with Marcello Estevao), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1998-21. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1998.