JOHN DEVEREUX
Department of Economics and the CUNY Graduate Center, Queen College, City University
of New York, Flushing, New York, 11367. Phone: office (718) 997-5441, email:
john.devereux@qc.cuny.edu
Education
1989
1980
Ph.D., University of Chicago
B.A., Trinity College Dublin
Current Position
1998-2000,
20012010-
Associate Professor of Economics, Queens College
Professor of Economics, Queens College.
Chair, Department of Economics
Previous Position
1989-1994,
1995-1998,
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Miami
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Miami
Research Fields
Growth and Development
Economic History
Publications
“Recessions, Growth and Banking Crises” (2013) Journal of International Money and
Finance. with G. Dwyer, S. Baier and R. Tamura. Forthcoming.
“The Road not taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative
Perspective.” (2012) Journal of Economic History with Marianne Ward.
“Have Absolute Price Levels Converged for Developed Economies? The Evidence
since 1870” Review of Economics and Statistics February 2008, Vol. 90, No. 1, with
Sam Choi and Lein Chen
"Accounting for US Regional Real Exchange Rates" Journal of Money Credit and
Banking. February 2006, v. 38. With Sam Choi and Lein Chen.
“Relative British and American Income Levels during the First Industrial
Revolution” Research in Economic History. Volume 23, 2005, pp. 249-86 With
Marianne Ward.
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"Relative UK/US Output Reconsidered: A Reply to Broadberry " Journal of
Economic History. 2004, v. 64, iss. 3, pp. 879-91With Marianne Ward.
"Measuring British Decline: Direct Versus Long Span Income Measures" Journal of
Economic History. 2003 63: 826-851. With Marianne Ward.
"What can US City Price Data Tell Us about Purchasing Power Parity", Journal of
International Money and Finance. 2003. With Lein Chen.
"Growth, the External Terms of Trade and Endogenous Trade Liberalization", Public
Choice, 1999. 98: 43-57. with Lein Chen.
“Tourism and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Theoretical Analyses” Journal of
African Economies, 1999. 8: 209-227. with Lein Chen.
"Direct Foreign Investment and Welfare in the Transforming Economies: The Case of
Central Asia." The Journal of Comparative Economics, 1997. 24: 297-312. With
Bryan Roberts.
“Trade Neutrality: A Clarification” The Journal of Developing Areas, 1997. 31: 357366. With Lein Chen.
"Commercial Policy, the Terms of Trade and the Real Exchange Rate Revisited."
Journal of Development Economics, 1996. 50: 81-99. With Mike Connolly.
"Growth and the Real Exchange Rate." Journal of Economic Integration, 1995. 10:
206-218. With Mike Connolly.
"The Transshipment Problem: Smuggling and Welfare in Paraguay" World
Development, 1995. 23: 975-985. With Mike Connolly.
"Export Promotion Zones and Welfare: Another Look" Oxford Economic Papers,
1995. 47: 704-713. With Lein Chen.
"Protection, Export Promotion and Development" Journal of Development
Economics, 1994. 40: 387-395. With Lein Chen.
"Taxes, Subsidies, Economic Growth and the Natural Real Exchange Rate: Theory
and Evidence for Latin America" Journal of International and Comparative
Economics, 1994. 3: 1-20. With Mike Connolly.
"Import Prices, Export Prices and the Current Account: An Asymmetry." Economic
Letters, 1994. 44: 415-420. With Lein Chen.
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"Public Sector Pricing and the Real Exchange Rate” Economica, 1993. 60: 295-309.
With Mike Connolly.
"An Economic Analysis of Group Lending Programs in Developing Economies" The
Developing Economies, 1993. 31: 102-121. With Pat Fishe.
"Deficits and the Demand for Money." Southern Economic Journal, 1993 60: 316326. With Evan Tanner.
"Commercial Policy, the Terms of Trade and Real Exchange Rates." Oxford
Economic Papers, 1992. 44: 507-512. With Mike Connolly.
"Specialization, Household Production, and the Measurement of Economic Growth"
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 1992. 82: 399-403. With Luis
Locay.
Book Chapters
"Tourism and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Theoretical Analysis” in Tourism in
Developing Countries (2007), edited by Twan Huybers, Edward Elgar. London.
"The Natural Real Exchange Rate" (1995) with Mike Connolly in The Fundamental
Determinants of the Exchange Rate edited by Jerome Stein, from Oxford University
Press.
"Public Sector Reform and the Real Exchange Rate in Peru" (1996) in The Peruvian
Economy and Structural Adjustment edited by Efrain Gonzales North South Center of
the University of Miami.
Current Research
Explaining Price Level Differences: New Evidence on the
Balassa-Samuelson Effect (Revise and re-submit Southern Economic Journal)
Prices and Incomes in Historical Income Comparisons
The Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese Living Standards under Mao Zedong
Exchange Rates and Prices in the Netherlands and Britain over the Past Four
Centuries
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Teaching
Undergraduate Classes
Principles of Economics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Public Finance
International trade
International Finance
Growth Theory
Corporate Finance
Economics of Latin America
Graduate Classes
Microeconomics
International Trade
Managerial Economics (MBA)
Macroeconomics
Teaching Awards
University of Miami Business School, Excellence in Teaching Award 1994
Finalist, University of Miami, University Wide Teaching Award 1993
Recent Refereeing
American Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Economic
Development and Cultural Change, Journal of International and Comparative
Economics, American Economist, Oxford Economic Papers, Economic Record,
Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of African Economies, Journal
of Economic History. Journal of Economic Integration, International Economic
Review, European Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Review of
International Economics.
Service
Queens College
Recruiting Committee
Referee PSCUNY,
Member P and B committee.
Evening Chair
Member college wide committee of seven