Research Interests for Lori Leachman

Professor Leachman is interested in studying the subjects of international trade, exchange rates, fiscal policy, and international macroeconomics. In conducting her research, she often incorporates intertemporal models, multicointegration and sustainability. Her current research project explores the political economy of intertemporal budgeting. She recently collaborated with G Rosas, A Bester, and P. Lange to complete a study on, “The Political Economy of Budget Deficits,” and worked with the same team on the project entitled, “Multicointegration and Sustainability of Fiscal Practices.” She has also teamed up with Bill Francis to publish the works, “Twin Deficits: Apparition or Reality?” and “Multicointegration Analysis and the Sustainability of Foreign Debt.” One of her earlier works, executed with Michael Thorpe, was a study on, “External Balance in the Small Open Economy of Australia.” She has also published on such subjects as capital market integration, optimum corporate capital structure, and Ricardian equivalence.

Keywords:

international trade, exchange rates, international macroeconomics, fiscal policy

Current projects:

the political economy of budgeting

Areas of Interest:

intertemporal models
(multi)cointegration
capital mobility

Recent Publications

1. Leachman, L; Rosas, G; Bester, A; Lange, P, The Political Economy of Budget Deficits, Economics and Politics, vol. 19 no. 3 (2007), pp. 369-421, Blackwell, ISSN 0954-1985 [doi] [abs]
2. Leachman, L; Bester, A; Rosas, G; Lange, P, Multicointegration and sustainability of fiscal practices, Economic Inquiry, vol. 43 no. 2 (September, 2005), pp. 454-466, WILEY, ISSN 0095-2583 (april.) [repository], [doi] [abs]
3. Leachman, LL; Francis, B, Twin deficits: Apparition or reality?, Applied Economics, vol. 34 no. 9 (January, 2002), pp. 1121-1132, Informa UK Limited [doi] [abs]
4. Leachman, LL; Francis, BB, Multicointegration analysis of the sustainability of foreign debt, Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 22 no. 2 (January, 2000), pp. 207-227, Elsevier BV [doi] [abs]
5. Francis, BB; Leachman, LL, Superexogeneity and the dynamic linkages among international equity markets, Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 17 no. 3 (June, 1998), pp. 475-492, Elsevier BV [repository], [doi] [abs]