This blog was originally created for my students studying intermediate-level macroeconomics at UC Berkeley. It was mainly set up to increase their understanding of the subject, introduce them to the wider world of economics, as it were, and serve as a repository for handouts, lecture slides, etc. It has now gained a life of its own, and it now serves that function for all the courses I am teaching currently.

Feel free to leave a comment – particularly if you’re currently my student. I have been known to give extra credit to more involved students…

About the Author

I am a member of the full-time faculty in Graduate Business at the St. Mary’s College of California, and teach occasionally for various departments at the University of California, Berkeley. I have taught finance, economics and mathematics for almost a decade and have published in various areas. My work has been presented at several conferences around the world.

My doctorate is in Quantitative Finance from Rutgers University. I received it in 2007 working with the mathematician, Larry Shepp. I also have an MBA in Finance, and a Masters in Behavioral Economics, also from Rutgers. My industry experience includes time with Deloitte Tax and Headstrong (formerly James Martin and Co.).

I am constantly looking for areas where I can connect my interests: behavioral finance, stochastic control, optimization and generally, the mathematics of finance. Teaching macroeconomics at Cal for about a year-and-a-half, concurrently with the times we are in, has motivated me to follow this topic closely, and develop macro as an additional area of interest, although whether this is an additional interest is debatable – it could arguably fall into the already-mentioned categories.

More about my research interests, teaching and some of my articles can be found on my home page.