John Alexander Gildea
Professor of Economics
Office: Knapton 001
Phone: 508-286-3663
Email: jgildea@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., M.A., Duke University
B.A., Wake Forest University
Research Interests
Federal Reserve Policymaking, Financial Market Efficiency and Economic Conditions of Southeastern Massachusetts.
Teaching Interests
Introductory Micro and Macro Economics
Corporate Finance
Mathematical Economics
Seminar: Current Economic Issues
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
"The Biases of Federal Reserve Bank Presidents," with Thomas Havrilesky, Economic Inquiry, 1995.
"Congress Threatens the Fed," with Thomas Havrilesky, Henry Chappell and Rob McGregor, Challenge, 1993.
"The Regional Representation of Federal Reserve Bank Presidents," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1992.
"Reliable and Unreliable Partisan Appointees to the Board of Governors," with Thomas Havrilesky, Public Choice, 1992.
"Explaining FOMC Members Votes," The Political Economy of American Monetary Policy, edited by Thomas Mayer, 1990
"A Primer on Packing the Board of Governors," with Thomas Havrilesky, Challenge, 1990.