Will Melick

Will Melick is a professor in the Department of Economics at Kenyon College, where he has been teaching since 1998. His teaching includes core and advanced courses such as Principles of Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Theory, Money and Financial Markets, and Introduction to Econometrics, along with specialized seminars on the Global Financial Crisis, the economics of oil and gas, and sovereign debt.

Areas of Research Expertise:

• Financial Economics
• Monetary Economics
• Econometrics
• Market Expectations from Options Data
• Energy and Crude Oil Markets
• Central Bank Interventions
• Monetary Policy Analysis

His research applies econometric techniques to financial market data, particularly options markets, to infer market expectations during significant economic events such as the Gulf War and central bank policy announcements.

Will Melick has held notable professional positions, including Senior International Economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2001–2002), Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland for ten years, and Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Board for eleven years, with a one-year appointment at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 1987
• M.A. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 1984
• B.S. in Economics, Indiana University Bloomington, 1982

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