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Kathryn M. Dominguez

Professor of Public Policy and Economics; PhD Program Director

Kathryn M. Dominguez is a professor of public policy and economics at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and director of the Ford School's doctoral programs. Her research interests include topics in international financial markets and macroeconomics. She has written numerous articles on foreign exchange rate behavior and is the author of Exchange Rate Efficiency and the Behavior of International Asset Markets and Does Foreign Exchange Intervention Work? (with Jeff Frankel). A research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Dominguez is also a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers at the Congressional Budget Office, the Advisory Scientific Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board, and the Economic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  She also serves as the director of the honors program in the U-M Department of Economics. She has also worked as a research consultant for USAID, the Federal Reserve System, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Bank for International Settlements. Dominguez teaches macroeconomics, finance, and international economics at the Ford School. She received her PhD from Yale University.

Learn more on Dominguez's personal website.

Educational background

  • PhD, Yale University (1987)
  • AB, Vassar College (1982)

Professional affiliations

  • Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Member, Panel of Economic Advisers at the Congressional Budget Office
  • Member, Advisory Scientific Committee of the European Systematic Risk Board
  • Member, Economic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Current research

  • International financial markets
  • Macroeconomics
  • Foreign exchange rate behavior

Recent publications

Visit Dominguez's personal website for recent publications.