Dr. Matthew Schaffer
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Background
Research Areas: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Economics
Dr. Schaffer joined the UNCG Department of Economics in 2018 as an Assistant Professor after completing his Ph.D. in economics at Michigan State University. His research explores macroeconomics, with an emphasis on the interaction between financial markets and the macroeconomy, monetary policy, and banking. Recent work has studied how competitive conditions within the banking sector influences monetary policy transmission, how financial markets respond to monetary policy announcements, and how changes in financial regulation affect credit to households and firms. Dr. Schaffer has taught courses in macroeconomics, money and banking, and time series forecasting at UNCG.
Research and Awards
Federal Reserve Private Information and the Stock Market
Aeimit Lakdawala
September 2019
Journal of Banking & Finance
Vol 106, pp 34-49
Monetary Policy, Bank Competition and Regional Credit Cycles: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Nimrod Segev
October 2020
Journal of Corporate Finance
Vol 64, 101494
The Deposits Channel Revisited
Nimrod Segev
Forthcoming
Journal of Applied Econometrics
The International Spillover Effects of US Monetary Policy Uncertainty
Aeimit Lakdawala Timothy Moreland
Forthcoming
Journal of International Economics
Bank Regulation and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from the U.S. States Liberalization
Aeimit Lakdawala Raoul Minetti
Forthcoming
European Economic Review