Brian Dombeck
Assistant Professor of Economics
Brian joined the economics department in 2017 after receiving his PhD in economics from the University of Oregon. He is a macroeconomist and specializes in examining the role assumptions regarding expectations and information play in explaining macroeconomic fluctuations through the lens of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE). His dissertation focused on the theoretic, qualitative, and quantitative impact interaction between news shocks and bounded rationality could have in real business cycle (RBC) type models.
He is currently exploring the frontiers of quantitative model evaluation under bounded rationality in workhorse structural macroeconomic models as well as expectations-related explanations for the purchasing power parity puzzle of International Finance.
Specialty
Applied Structural Macroeconomics; Information and Expectations; Bounded Rationality; Bayesian macroeconometricsAcademic Credentials
PhD Economics, University of Oregon, 2017
M.S. Economics, University of Oregon, 2013
BS Economics, Louisiana State University, 2012
Teaching
ECON 100: Principles of Economics
ECON 298: Economic Crises and Financial Contagions
ECON 302: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 314: International Finance
Research
Peer-reviewed Publications
“On the Expectational Stability of Rational Expectations Equilibria in News-shock DSGE Models” Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100520000073
Working Papers
“Learning vs News: What Drives Business Cycles?” [PDF]
“Learning to Optimize with News Shocks” [PDF]
Professional Experience
- 2017 - present: Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark College, Department of Economics
- 2012-2017: Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon, Department of Economics