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Prior to joining Laurier, Edda Claus was a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne's Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. She was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Finance at Trinity College, Dublin, and a visiting PhD Scholar at Cambridge University (UK). She has also worked as an Economist with the Australian Commonwealth Treasury and the Canadian Department of Finance. Claus is a Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (Australian National University), a Research Fellow at the Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics (Carleton University) and an Associate Editor with the Journal of Economic Surveys.
Academic Background: BA in Economics (McGill University), Maîtrise ès Sciences in Economics (Université de Montréal), PhD in Economics (Australian National University).
Applied macroeconomics, specifically using household surveys to model behaviour of heterogeneous consumers; monetary economics with particular focus on the effect of monetary policy shocks on asset prices; and indexes of activity.
I am willing to supervise major research papers (MRPs) in applied macro, macro finance, behavioural macro and in forecasting.
- "Biased Expectations," European Economic Review 154 (2023), pp. 104424 (with V.H. Nguyen)
- "Monetary Policy Shocks from the Consumer Perspective," Journal of Monetary Economics 114 (2020), pp. 159-173 (with V.H. Nguyen)
- "Asset market responses to conventional and unconventional monetary policy shocks in the United States," Journal of Banking and Finance 97 (2018), pp. 270-282 (with I. Claus and L. Krippner)
- "Consumptor economicus: How do consumers form expectations on economic variables?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2018) (with V.H. Nguyen)
- "Can monetary policy surprises affect the term structure?," Journal of Macroeconomics, 47 (2016), pp. 68-83 (with M. Dungey)
- "Savings and wealth accumulation: Measurement, influences and institutions," Journal of Economic Surveys, 29 (2015), pp. 587-593 (with I. Claus)
- "Good news, bad news, consumer sentiment and consumption," Journal of Economic Psychology, 39 (2013), pp. 426-438 (with V.H. Nguyen).
- "US monetary policy surprises: Identification with shifts and rotations in the term structure," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 44 (2012), pp. 1547-1557 (with M. Dungey).
- "Equity market integration in the Asia Pacific region: Evidence from discount factors," Research in International Business and Finance, 26 (2012), pp. 137-163 (with B. Lucey).
- "Seven leading indexes of New Zealand employment," The Economic Record, 87 (2011), pp. 76-89.
- "Monetary policy in illiquid markets: Options for a small open economy," Open Economies Review 19 (2008), pp. 305-336 (with M. Dungey and R. Fry).
Contact Info:
T: 548.889.4616
F: 519.888.1015
Office location: LH3012
Office hours:
Spring 2024: By appointment only
Languages spoken: English, French and German
Personal website:
www.eddaclaus.com