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Aaron Medlin serves as an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the International Studies program at Boston College, specializing in the intersection of political economy, finance, and central bank policy. His academic work critically examines monetary transmission mechanisms and their socioeconomic implications.
His educational foundation includes a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, complemented by a B.S. from Indiana University South Bend. This training underpins his expertise in international finance and policy analysis.
Dr. Medlin's research centers on monetary policy transmission, Federal Reserve operations during financial crises, and the political economy of benchmark interest rate transitions (LIBOR to risk-free rates). His dissertation revealed how the Fed's currency swap lines targeted LIBOR panel banks to stabilize monetary policy transmission, with deviations from domestic rates driving swap line utilization. Current work analyzes how anti-inflation policies disproportionately protect top wealth holders.
His publication trends demonstrate consistent focus on distributional consequences of monetary policy, with recent works exposing how Federal Reserve tools exacerbate wealth inequality. Additional research spans labor market dynamics in nonstandard work arrangements and immigration's impact on local business ecosystems.
His scholarly contributions have been recognized through:
- Solomon Barkin Graduate Fellowship (UMass Amherst Economics Department) for impactful analysis of benchmark rate regulation's effects on working-class households
Dr. Medlin's teaching portfolio includes international economics, immigration studies, comparative economic systems, and research methods. Prior to Boston College, he conducted research at the Political Economy Research Institute on Fed policy-wealth inequality links and at the Center for Economic and Policy Research on nonstandard labor arrangements. No information on current advisees, grants, or laboratory affiliations is provided in the source material.
