Jonathan Wolff

Associate Professor and Department of Economics Graduate Director

Economics

Profile

Academic Background

PhD, Economics, University of Notre Dame, 2014.
MS, Economics, University of Notre Dame, 2011.
BS, Economics, Quinnipiac University, 2009.

Academic & Professional Experience

Associate Professor - Miami University, Department of Economics: 2021-Present.
Assistant Professor - Miami University, Department of Economics: 2014-2021.
Director of Graduate Studies - 2022 - Present
Honors Program Coordinator - 2022 - Present
Fed Challenge Faculty Advisor - 2020 - 2021

Recent Publications

“Fiscal Policy and Uncertainty,” with Samuel Jerow, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, December 2022, 145: 104559.
"Without Looking Closer, it May Seem Cheap: Low Interest Rates and Government Borrowing" with Julio Garin, Robert Lester, and Eric Sims, July 2019, Economics Letters 180, 28-32.
"The State-Dependent Effects of Tax Shocks" with Eric Sims, August 2018, European Economic Review 107, 57-85.
"The Output and Welfare Effects of Government Spending Shocks over the Business Cycle" with Eric Sims, August 2018, International Economic Review 59 (3), 1403-1435.
"State-Dependent Fiscal Multipliers: Calvo vs. Rotemberg" with Eric Sims, Economics Letters, October 2017, 159: 190-194.
"The Empirical Relevance of the Mises-Hayek Theory of the Trade Cycle" with Robert Lester, Review of Austrian Economics, December 2013, 26(4): 433-461.

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Professor Award, 2022 Miami University
Student Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award, 2020 Miami University
Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award - Nominee, 2019 & 2020 FSB, Outstanding Junior Instructor
FSB Summer Research Grant, Summer 2020 FSB, Miami University
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, 2013 Kaneb Learning Center, University of Notre Dame
Distinguished Teaching Award, 2013 Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Economics Award, Class of 2009 Quinnipiac University
Charter Oak Scholar of the Year, 2008 LSB, Quinnipiac University

Biography

As a macroeconomist, my research interests lie in the fields of business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, and credit frictions. My work employs both theoretical and empirical methods.