Christopher Spencer

Name: Christopher Spencer Qualifications: PhD Economics Current position: Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. Email: c.g.spencer@lboro.ac.uk FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS i. ‘The Policy Choices and Reaction Functions of Bank of England MPC Members.’ Southern Economic Journal. ii. How forward-looking is the Fed? Direct estimates from a 'Calvo-type' rule (with Vasco J. Gabriel and Paul Levine). Economics Letters. WORK UNDER REVIEW i. ‘An Inflated Ordered Probit Model of Monetary Policy.’ (with Mark Harris and Robert Brooks, Monash University, Australia). IMPENDING SUBMISSIONS i. On the (ir)relevance of direct supply effects of monetary policy (with Vasco J. Gabriel, Paul Levine and Bo Yang, University of Surrey UK). RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS i. ESRC Project Collaborator (“Robust Monetary Policy Rules for the Open Economy”). Principal Investigator: Prof. Paul Levine, Univerisity of Surrey. SCHOLARSHIPS i. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Scholarship No. R4220013224 (3 years, full tuition fees plus living expenses).

Macroeconomics, monetary policy, decision making by monetary policy committees.