Alvin Marty
Professor of Economics and Finance
Alvin_Marty@baruch.cuny.edu
http://speiser.baruch.cuny.edu/~marty/
Education:
AB University of California, Los Angeles 1947 Ehrman Studentship Kings College, Cambridge, England 1947-51 PhD University of California at Berkeley 1955
Areas of Expertise:
Macroeconomic and Monetary Theory and Policy
Selected Publications:
"What Has Become of the Stability Through Inflation Argument?" (with J. Ballard). Federal Reserve of St. Louis Quarterly Review, February-March 1998, pp. 1-16."Is There a Case for Moderate Inflation: An Evaluation of Five Arguments" (with D. Thorton). Federal Reserve of St. Louis Quarterly Review, July-August 1995, pp. 27-37.
"The Inflation Tax, and the Marginal Welfare Cost in a World of Currency and Deposits." Federal Reserve of St. Louis Quarterly Review, July-August 1994.
"What is the Neutrality of Money?" Economics Letters, June 1994.
"A Reminiscence of Joan Robinson." American Economic Association Newsletter, October 1991, pp. 5-8.
Academic Activities:
Senior Member, Center for the Study of Business and Government.Lecture series, University of New South Wales, Sydney, July and August 2002.
Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Hawaii, University of Essex, University of Manchester, City University of London, Charles University in Prague.
Professional Activities:
Advised Reserve Banks of England, Australia, and Uruguay.Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Reviewed Paul Beckermann's "The Economics of High Inflation," Journal of Economic Literature, June 1994.
Reviewed Franco Modigliani's "The Debate Over Stabilization Policy," Journal of Economic Literature, August 1988.
Board of Editors, American Economic Review 1969-74 and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 1970-73
Awards, Honors, etc.:
Ehrman Studentship, Kings College, Cambridge, 1947-51.Research Fellowship, Institute of Industrial Relations, Berkeley, Summer 1953.
Ford Teaching Fellow, Amherst, Spring 1954.
New York Federal Reserve Bank Fellowship, Spring 1962.
