Research Interests for Connel R Fullenkamp

Professor Fullenkamp specializes in the investigation of financial market development and regulation of financial markets. His projects often involve the exploration of such variables as immigrant worker remittances, economic policy, and the development of countries. His completed papers have appeared in various leading academic journals, including The Cato Journal, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Review of Economic Dynamics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. Titles of his publications include, “Capital Trading, Stock Trading, and the Inflation Tax on Equity” with Scott Baier, Charles Carlstrom, Ralph Chami, Thomas Cosimano, and Timothy Fuerst; “Assessing Individual Risk-Attitudes Using Field Data from Lottery Games” with Rafael Tenorio and Robert Battalio; “Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source for Capital Development” with Ralph Chami and Samir Jahjah; and more. Professor Fullenkamp is currently focusing his studies on the impact of immigrant remittances on economic growth and the framework for financial market development.

Keywords:

finance, policy, remittances, financial market development , financial market regulation, migrant worker remittances

Current projects:

Impact of immigrant remittances on economic growth

Framework for financial market development

Areas of Interest:

financial market development
regulation of financial markets

Recent Publications

1. C.R. Fullenkamp, Ralph Chami, Adolfo Barajas, and Anjali Garg, The Global Financial Crisis and Workers’ Remittances to Africa: What’s the Damage?, Journal of African Development, vol. 12 no. 1 (2010), pp. 59-78
2. C.R. Fullenkamp, Ralph Chami, and Sunil Sharma, A Framework for Financial Market Development, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, vol. 13 no. 2 (2010), pp. 107-135
3. C.R. Fullenkamp, Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Michael T. Gapen, and Peter Montiel, Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Economic Growth?, IMF Working Papers no. 09-153 (2009)
4. C.R. Fullenkamp, Ralph Chami, Adolfo Barajas, Thomas Cosimano, Michael Gapen, and Peter Montiel, Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances, IMF Occational Papers no. 259 (2008), International Monetary Fund [pdf]
5. C.R. Fullenkamp, Ralph Chami, Samir Jahjah, Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source of Capital for Development, IMF Staff Papers, vol. 52 no. 1 (April, 2005), pp. 55-81