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Christina Steiger joined the Northeastern University Department of Economics faculty in September 2009, having just earned her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. RESEARCH INTERESTS Steiger has research interests in macroeconomics, growth and development and econometrics. Her research focuses on the extent to which models with multiple equilibria can explain both the income gap between developed and developing countries, and the volatility in growth typically displayed in developing economies. Of particular interest are the roles that political/legal institutions and human capital may play in poverty traps, as well as the role that expectations may play in escape paths. Other work also looks at the impact of business cycles on innovation and long-run growth, and the role that colonial institutions play in persistant rural-urban income gaps. TEACHING
Steiger currently teaches Macroeconomic Theory at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
In the past, she has also taught courses in development economics and monetary theory. WORKING PAPERS "Endogenous Institutions and Multiple Equilibria. The Role of Commitment" (2007) "Escaping the Poverty Trap: the Effect of Least Squares Learning on Human Capital Accumulation" (2008) "Effect of Institutions on Rural-Urban Income Gaps in Developing Countries," with Bornali Bhandari (2007) "Human Capital, Institutions and Transitions between Growth Regimes" (2009) "Technological Innovations and Financial Market Shocks" (2009) "The Role of Public Higher Education Expenditure and the Privatization of Higher Education in U.S. States Economic Growth" with Bornali Bhandari and Brad Curs, in progress
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