Sarah Zubairy

Curriculum Vitae (.pdf )

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, Duke University, expected 2010
• M.A. Economics, Duke University, 2006
• B.A.(Honors) Mathematics, University of Rochester, 2004

Research Interests

• Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Fiscal Policy

Research

• "An Estimated Model for Fiscal Policy Analysis". (work in progress)

• "Explaining the Effects of Government Spending Shocks". (Spring 2009)

• "Who Benefits from Increased Government Spending? A State-Level Analysis,"
  with Michael T. Owyang. (submitted)

• "What is the Importance of Monetary and Fiscal Shocks in Explaining US Macroeconomic Fluctuations?"
  with Barbara Rossi. (submitted) (Data)

• "A Primer on the Empirical Identification of Government Spending Shocks,"
  with Kristie M. Engemann and Michael T. Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2008, 90(2), pp. 117-32.

• "Deep Habits, Nominal Rigidities and Interest Rate Rules". (Fall 2007)

Previous Research

• "L-functions and Higher Order Modular Functions,"
  with D. Farmer, American Institute of Mathematics Preprint Series, 9 (2006).

• "Characters and q-series in Q(\sqrt(2)),"
  with D. Corson, D. Favero and K. Liesinger, Journal of Number Theory, 107 (2004).

• "The Natural Boundary of a Local Zeta Function,"
  with M. Goenka and J. Gonzalez, mimeo (2003).

Contact Information:

Department of Economics
Duke University
Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: (919)-660-8152
E-mail: sarah.zubairy@duke.edu