Eddery Lam
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
College of Liberal Arts
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Eddery Lam
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
College of Liberal Arts
Education
BA, MA, Boston University; MA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D., Kansas State University
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Journal Paper
Lam, Eddery and Andrew Ojede. "The Impact of Changes in Monetary Aggregates on Exchange Rate Volatility in a Developing Country: Do Structural Breaks Matter?" Economics Letters 115. (2017): 111-115. Print.
Lam, Eddery and Jenny Wu. "The Economics of Inter-City Competition in Financial and Distribution Markets." Journal of Economics and Management 12. (2016): 85-117. Print.
Currently Teaching
ECON-201
Principles of Macroeconomics
3 Credits
Macroeconomics studies aggregate economic behavior. The course begins by presenting the production possibilities model. This is followed by a discussion of basic macroeconomic concepts including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth and fluctuations. The next topic is national income accounting, which is the measurement of macroeconomic variables. The latter part of the course focuses on the development of one or more macroeconomic models, a discussion of the role of money in the macroeconomy, the aggregate supply-aggregate demand framework, and other topics the individual instructor may choose.
ECON-402
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
3 Credits
The central question of macroeconomics is the determination of output, employment, and prices. This course develops models which incorporate behavioral assumptions concerning consumption, investment, and the role of money and their relationship to macroeconomic variables. Macroeconomics, unlike microeconomics, has been in a constant state of flux during the 20th and into the 21st century. Theories which purport to explain macroeconomic behavior have come into and gone out of fashion depending upon institutional changes and external factors. This course will primarily focus on examining four macroeconomic theories; the Classical, Keynesian, Monetarist, and New Classical models. In addition, macroeconomic public policy will be analyzed in the context of recent economic history. This analysis will be extended to consider open economy macroeconomics in a global context.
ECON-403
Econometrics I
3 Credits
Econometrics I provides students with the opportunity to develop their skills in applied regression analysis. It covers various regression estimation techniques, data preparation and transformation, and the interpretation of regression results. There is particular emphasis on the dangers of misuse of regression techniques. The course covers regression analysis for both cross-sectional and time series data.