Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

• Primary: Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics
• Secondary: Econometrics, International Finance

Working Papaers

1. “Oil Price Shocks and the Optimality of Monetary Policy”, 2009
2. “An Amplification Mechanism in a Model of Energy”, 2009 (Matlab codes)
3. “Numerical Performance of MCMC Algorithms for Classical Estimation”, with Denis Nekipelov, 2009

Contact information

Department of Economics
Southern Methodist University 3300 Dyer Street              Suite 301 Umphrey Lee  Dallas, Tx,  

Office: (214) 768 -3736

E-mail: annak@smu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, May 2008, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
• MA in Economics, June 2003, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia
• MS in Applied Math, June 2003, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
• BS in Applied Math, June 2001, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia