Kevin D. Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy

Contact Info:

Office Location:	231 Soc Sciences
Office Phone:	+1 919 660 1876
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://econ.duke.edu/~kdh9/

Teaching (Fall 2012):

• ECON 314.02, HISTORY MODERN MACROECONOMICS Synopsis

  Social Sciences 113, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

Research Interests:

Professor Hoover's research interests include macroeconomics, monetary economics, the history of economics, and the philosophy and methodology of empirical economics. His recent work in economics has focused on the application of causal search methodologies for structural vector autoregression, the history of microfoundational programs in macroeconomics, and Roy Harrod's early work on dynamic macroeconomics. In philosophy, he has concentrated on issues related to causality, especially in economics, and on reductionism -- the philosophical counterpart to microfoundations. Recently published papers include: He has conducted studies to investigate the history of twentieth century macroeconomics, the structure of vector auto-regression models, and causality in macroeconomics examined via specification search methodologies. Recent working papers include: “Still Puzzling: Evaluating the Price Puzzle in an Empirically Identified Structural Vector Autoregression,” “Was Harrod Right?” "Identity, Structure, and Causal Representation in Scientific Models."

Bio

Current Ph.D. Students  

• Francois Claveau  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. K.D. Hoover, “Observing Shocks,” in Harro Maas and Mary Morgan, editors. “Histories of Observation in Economics hardbound supplementary conference volume to History of Political Economy. (Accepted, 2012), Duke University Press
2. K.D. Hoover, “Microfoundational Programs,” in Pedro Garcia Duarte and Gilberto Tadeu Lima, editors. “Microfoundations Reconsidered: The Relationship of Micro and Macroeconomics in Historical Perspective,” Aldershot: Edward Elgar, forthcoming. (Accepted, 2011)
3. K.D. Hoover, “Rational Expectations: Retrospect and Prospect: A Panel Discussion with Michael Lovell, Robert Lucas, Dale Mortensen, Robert Shiller, and Neil Wallace,” Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming. (Accepted, 2011)
4. K.D. Hoover, “Causal Structure and Hierarchies of Models,” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (Part A), forthcoming. (Accepted, 2011)
5. K.D. Hoover, “Identity, Structure, and Causal Representation in Scientific Models,”, edited by Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, and Roberta Millstein (Accepted, 2011), Springer, forthcoming (Towards the Methodological Turn in the Philosophy of Science: Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics.)