Faculty and Staff

Dr. Matthew Schaffer

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Bryan 464 maschaff@uncg.edu Download Curriculum Vitae

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
Coauthor(s)

Aeimit Lakdawala

Publication Date

September 2019

Journal/Publisher

Journal of Banking & Finance

Additional Information

Vol 106, pp 34-49

Monetary Policy, Bank Competition and Regional Credit Cycles: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Coauthor(s)

Nimrod Segev

Publication Date

October 2020

Journal/Publisher

Journal of Corporate Finance

Additional Information

Vol 64, 101494

The Deposits Channel Revisited
Coauthor(s)

Nimrod Segev

Publication Date

March 2022

Journal/Publisher

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Additional Information

Vol 37(2), pp 450-458

The International Spillover Effects of US Monetary Policy Uncertainty
Coauthor(s)

Aeimit Lakdawala Timothy Moreland

Publication Date

November 2021

Journal/Publisher

Journal of International Economics

Additional Information

Vol 133, 103525

Bank Regulation and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from the U.S. States Liberalization
Coauthor(s)

Aeimit Lakdawala Raoul Minetti

Publication Date

September 2021

Journal/Publisher

European Economic Review

Additional Information

Vol 138, 103859

An Economic Analysis of Standard Reference Materials
Coauthor(s)

Michael J. Hall Albert N. Link

Publication Date

Forthcoming

Journal/Publisher

Journal of Technology Transfer