Ronald I. McKinnon
William D. Eberle Professor of International Economics
Stanford University


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Department of Economics
Landau Economics Bldg.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6072

E-mail:
mckinnon@stanford.edu

Tel: (650) 723 3721 (office)
Tel: (650) 493 7018 (home)
Fax: (650) 725 5702



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Office Location:
Room 321, Landau Economics Building

OP-EDS & POLICY BRIEFS



  • When is a Monetary "Stimulus" not a Stimulus? SIEPR Policy Brief, March 2013

  • Zero interest Rates in the United States Provoke World Monetary Instability and Constrict the U.S. Economy SIEPR Policy Brief, Stanford University, August 2012

  • The Conservative Case for a Wealth Tax Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2012

  • America's Next Famous Dinner Party, SIEPR Policy Brief, August 2011

  • The Return of Stagflation Wall Street Journal  May 24, 2011

  • A New Exchange Rate or a New Interest Rate Regime? A Post Mortem on the G-20 in Seoul, China Finance, December 2010

  • Wage Increases: The Win-Win Answer on China Trade Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010

  • Why Exchange Rate Changes Will Not Correct Global Trade Imbalances SIEPR Policy Brief June 2010

  • China's Exchange Rate and Fiscal Expansion SIEPR Policy Brief March 2009 and Wall Street Journal Feb 13, 2009


  • Reducing Counterparty Risk to Unblock Credit Markets SIEPR Policy Brief Nov 2008 and Quarterly Journal of Central Banking Nov 2008


  • Bagehot's Lesson for the Fed Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2008


  • The Credit Crunch and the Flight from the Dollar SIEPR Policy Brief April 2008 and Wall Street Journal March 31, 2008


  • The Worth of the Dollar SIEPR Policy Brief February 2007 and Wall Street Journal December 16, 2006


  • Living With Inflation in the United States: A New Monetary Rule for China? SIEPR Policy Brief September 2006 and Wall Street Journal August 29, 2006


  • Currency Wars Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2005


  • Limited Foreign Exchange Flexibility for China: A Two-Percent Solution? May 2005


  • U.S. Fiscal Deficits and Lost Jobs in Manufacturing SIEPR Policy Brief, October, 2004


  • The East Asian Dollar Standard Position paper for ANEPR conference “Asia in Search of a New Order”, Tokyo, 16-17 January 2004


  • Why Japan should fix its exchange rate at ¥120 to the US$1 Canada Asia Commentary, September 2003


  • China’s Exchange Rate Asian Wall Street Journal, 27 June 2003


  • China Can Learn from the Mistakes of Japan Financial Times, 11 March 2003


  • The Dollar Standard and Its Crisis-Prone Periphery: New Rules for the Game CEMLA keynote address, Mexico City, November 2002


  • Notes on Paul Krugman's "Currencies and Crises" Tanner Lecture at Stanford University March 2002


  • The Euro versus the Dollar: Resolving a Historical Puzzle February 2002


  • George W. Bush versus Lyndon B. Johnson on The State of the Union Financial Times February 2002


  • Restoring Argentina's Financial Health August 2001


  • The East Asian Exchange Rate Dilemma August 2001


  • Can the World Economy Afford American Tax Cuts? Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research April 2001


  • Is the Euro the Victim of Its Own Success in the Capital Markets? Financial Times September 2000


  • Last Updated: December 19, 2003