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Karen A. Kopecky
 


Address:
Email: kkopecky at uwo dot ca
  Social Science Centre Phone: 519 661-2111 ext. 80446
  University of Western Ontario Website: http://www.karenkopecky.net
  London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada Citizenship: United States
Fax: (519) 661-3666    


Education



 


Positions Held



 
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario, July 2006--present.


Research



 
  • ``The Impact of Medical Expenses and Social Insurance Policies on Savings and Inequality." Joint with Tatyana Koreshokova. Work in progress, 2008.

  • "Computing OLG Models with Aggregate Shocks and Complete Markets." Joint with Paul Klein. Work in progress, 2008.


Conference Presentations



 


Seminar Presentations



 
  • Concordia University, May 2007 and May 2008.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, March 2007.
  • University of Guelph, December 2006.
  • York University, November 2006.
  • University of Texas at San Antonio, April 2006.
  • Universidad Carlos III do Madrid, April 2006.
  • Cornell University, March 2006.
  • University of Western Ontario, March 2006.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, March 2006.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, March 2006.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, February 2006.
  • University of California at Santa Barbara, January 2006.
  • Purdue University, January 2006.
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 2006.
  • Stanford University, January 2006.
  • University of Rochester, October 2005.

 

Discussions



 
  • "The Young, the Old, and the Restless: Demographics and Business Cycle Volatility," by Henery Siu and Nir Jaimovich. Canadian Macro Study Group, November 2006.

 

Review and Editorial Work



 
  • Referee: International Economic Review, The B.E. Journals of Macroeconomics.

Teaching Experience



 
  • Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Western Ontario, 2006--present.
    Courses:
    • Advanced Macroeconomics (Undergraduate), Winter 2008 and Spring 2007.
    • Computational Methods for Macroeconomics (Graduate), Fall 2007 and Fall 2006.
    • Econometrics I (Undergraduate), Fall 2007
  • Lecturer, Economics Department, University of Rochester, 2004 and 2005.
    Courses:
    • Econometrics, Summer 2004 and 2005.
    • Programming in C++, Fall 2004 and Fall 2005.
  • Teaching Assistant, Economics Department, University of Rochester, 2002--2006.
    Courses:
    • Macroeconomics II (Graduate) for Jeremy Greenwood, Spring 2005 and Spring 2006.
    • Econometrics for Gordon Dahl, Spring 2004.
    • Econometrics for Shakeeb Khan, Fall 2003.
    • Economic Statistics for Marine Carrasco, Spring 2003.
    • Intermediate Microeconomics for Steve Landsburg, Fall 2002.




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