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RICHARD
J. SWEENEY
The
Bolton Sullivan and Thomas A. Dean Chair in International Finance
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.,
Economics, Princeton University
B.A.,
Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
Phone:
202-687-3742
Email
Address: sweeneyr@georgetown.edu
AREAS
OF EXPERTISE:
Professor
Sweeney specializes in financial and monetary economics, both
international
and domestic, and in public policy. His current research focuses on the
influence of the Federal Reserve on the foreign exchange market, the
behavior
of exchange rates, methods of cross-section analysis in finance, and
constitutional issues for the European Union and the United
States.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
Professor
Sweeney's publications include: Capital Controls in Emerging Market
Economies (contributor, co-editor); Exchange-Rate Policies for
Emerging
Market Economies (contributor, co-editor); "Does the Fed Beat the
Foreign-Exchange
Market?" Journal of Banking and Finance; "The Contribution of
Earnings
Components to Forecasts of Future Profitability," (with P. Fairfield
and
T. Yohn) The Accounting Review; and "Does the Bond Market
Anticipate
Bankruptcy Settlements?" (with A. Eberhart) Journal of Finance.
He served as co-editor of Economic Inquiry from 1984 to 1996.
He
is an editorial board member for the Quarterly Review of Economics
and Finance, the Review of
Quantitative Finance and Accounting and the Journal of
Economics
and Business.
Curriculum
Vitae (.PDF format)
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