Stephen M. Miller

Stephen M. Miller is a Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he serves as Research Director for the Center for Business and Economic Research. He previously held positions at the University of Connecticut from 1970 to 2001, including serving as Department Head from 1989 to 2001, before joining UNLV as Department Chair from 2001 to 2012.

Dr. Miller's research spans monetary, macroeconomic, and international finance theory and policy; economic growth empirics; financial institutions; and real estate lending. His work demonstrates particular expertise in time series analysis, long-memory processes, and econometric modeling of economic phenomena. He has developed significant economic indicators including the CBER-DETR Nevada Coincident and Leading Employment Indexes, which track contemporaneous and future movements in Nevada's employment situation.

His extensive publication record includes over 190 journal articles in prestigious outlets such as the Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and Empirical Economics. Recent work shows continued focus on income inequality dynamics, housing markets, monetary policy effects, and financial market interconnections using advanced econometric techniques including wavelet analysis and long-memory modeling.

Dr. Miller has also been active in public discourse through numerous op-ed pieces in the Las Vegas Review Journal and other publications addressing economic issues relevant to Nevada and the broader U.S. economy.

He has guided numerous graduate students to degree completion, with 16 MA students at UNLV and 18 PhD plus 2 MA students during his tenure at the University of Connecticut. His teaching portfolio includes courses in macroeconomics, money and banking, and mathematical economics at undergraduate, MA, and PhD levels.