JOHN DEVEREUX
Department of Economics and the CUNY Graduate Center, Queen College, City University of New York, Flushing, New York, 11367. Phone: office (718) 997-5441, email: [email protected]
Education 1989 Ph.D., University of Chicago 1980 B.A., Trinity College Dublin
Current Position 1998-2000, Associate Professor of Economics, Queens College 2001- Professor of Economics, Queens College. 2010- Chair, Department of Economics
Previous Position 1989-1994, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Miami 1995-1998, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Miami
Research Fields Growth and Development Economic History
Publications
“Recessions, Growth and Banking Crises” (2013) Journal of International Money and Finance. with G. Dwyer, S. Baier and R. Tamura. Forthcoming.
“The Road not taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective.” (2012) Journal of Economic History with Marianne Ward.
“Have Absolute Price Levels Converged for Developed Economies? The Evidence since 1870” Review of Economics and Statistics February 2008, Vol. 90, No. 1, with Sam Choi and Lein Chen
"Accounting for US Regional Real Exchange Rates" Journal of Money Credit and Banking. February 2006, v. 38. With Sam Choi and Lein Chen.
“Relative British and American Income Levels during the First Industrial Revolution” Research in Economic History. Volume 23, 2005, pp. 249-86 With Marianne Ward. John Devereux Page 2
"Relative UK/US Output Reconsidered: A Reply to Broadberry " Journal of Economic History. 2004, v. 64, iss. 3, pp. 879-91With Marianne Ward.
"Measuring British Decline: Direct Versus Long Span Income Measures" Journal of Economic History. 2003 63: 826-851. With Marianne Ward.
"What can US City Price Data Tell Us about Purchasing Power Parity", Journal of International Money and Finance. 2003. With Lein Chen.
"Growth, the External Terms of Trade and Endogenous Trade Liberalization", Public Choice, 1999. 98: 43-57. with Lein Chen.
“Tourism and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Theoretical Analyses” Journal of African Economies, 1999. 8: 209-227. with Lein Chen.
"Direct Foreign Investment and Welfare in the Transforming Economies: The Case of Central Asia." The Journal of Comparative Economics, 1997. 24: 297-312. With Bryan Roberts.
“Trade Neutrality: A Clarification” The Journal of Developing Areas, 1997. 31: 357- 366. With Lein Chen.
"Commercial Policy, the Terms of Trade and the Real Exchange Rate Revisited." Journal of Development Economics, 1996. 50: 81-99. With Mike Connolly.
"Growth and the Real Exchange Rate." Journal of Economic Integration, 1995. 10: 206-218. With Mike Connolly.
"The Transshipment Problem: Smuggling and Welfare in Paraguay" World Development, 1995. 23: 975-985. With Mike Connolly.
"Export Promotion Zones and Welfare: Another Look" Oxford Economic Papers, 1995. 47: 704-713. With Lein Chen.
"Protection, Export Promotion and Development" Journal of Development Economics, 1994. 40: 387-395. With Lein Chen.
"Taxes, Subsidies, Economic Growth and the Natural Real Exchange Rate: Theory and Evidence for Latin America" Journal of International and Comparative Economics, 1994. 3: 1-20. With Mike Connolly.
"Import Prices, Export Prices and the Current Account: An Asymmetry." Economic Letters, 1994. 44: 415-420. With Lein Chen.
"Public Sector Pricing and the Real Exchange Rate” Economica, 1993. 60: 295-309. With Mike Connolly. John Devereux Page 3
"An Economic Analysis of Group Lending Programs in Developing Economies" The Developing Economies, 1993. 31: 102-121. With Pat Fishe.
"Deficits and the Demand for Money." Southern Economic Journal, 1993 60: 316- 326. With Evan Tanner.
"Commercial Policy, the Terms of Trade and Real Exchange Rates." Oxford Economic Papers, 1992. 44: 507-512. With Mike Connolly.
"Specialization, Household Production, and the Measurement of Economic Growth" American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 1992. 82: 399-403. With Luis Locay.
Book Chapters
"Tourism and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Theoretical Analysis” in Tourism in Developing Countries (2007), edited by Twan Huybers, Edward Elgar. London.
"The Natural Real Exchange Rate" (1995) with Mike Connolly in The Fundamental Determinants of the Exchange Rate edited by Jerome Stein, from Oxford University Press.
"Public Sector Reform and the Real Exchange Rate in Peru" (1996) in The Peruvian Economy and Structural Adjustment edited by Efrain Gonzales North South Center of the University of Miami.
Current Research
Explaining Price Level Differences: New Evidence on the Balassa-Samuelson Effect (Revise and re-submit Southern Economic Journal)
Prices and Incomes in Historical Income Comparisons
The Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese Living Standards under Mao Zedong
Exchange Rates and Prices in the Netherlands and Britain over the Past Four Centuries John Devereux Page 4
Teaching
Undergraduate Classes Graduate Classes Principles of Economics Microeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics International Trade Public Finance Managerial Economics (MBA) International trade Macroeconomics International Finance Growth Theory Corporate Finance Economics of Latin America
Teaching Awards University of Miami Business School, Excellence in Teaching Award 1994 Finalist, University of Miami, University Wide Teaching Award 1993
Recent Refereeing American Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of International and Comparative Economics, American Economist, Oxford Economic Papers, Economic Record, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Economic History. Journal of Economic Integration, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Review of International Economics.
Service Queens College Recruiting Committee Referee PSCUNY, Member P and B committee. Evening Chair Member college wide committee of seven