2008-09 Placement Candidate

Matthew T. Cole

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Matthew Cole received his B.A. in Economics in 2001 from The University of Northern Iowa and his M.A. in Economics in 2003 from The University of Iowa. He was a Visiting Instructor at Grand Valley State University from 2004-2005 and expects to receive his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 2009.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cole specializes in international trade and applied microeconomics. Current research focuses on international trade, specifically strategic trade policy in the presence of firm heterogeneity and multinationals. Cole has wider interests in globalization and trade agreements.

FIELDS

International Economics, Industrial Organization, and Applied Econometrics.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

• Cole, Matthew, M. Ryan Haley, and Aaron Lowen, (2008) "A Note on Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Presence of Irreversible Investment and Deferred Negotiations," Economics Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 34 pp. 1-10. Paper

JOB MARKET PAPER

• "Optimal Tariffs, Tariff Jumping, and Heterogeneous Firms," Working Paper. Paper

WORKING PAPERS

• "The Choice of Modeling Firm Heterogeneity and Trade Restrictions," Working Paper. Paper
• "Foreign Capital Holdup: Capital Flows with Irreversible Investment and Finite Free Trade," Working Paper. Paper
• "Optimal Tariffs with FDI: The Evidence," in progress.
• "Royale with Cheese: The Effect of Globalization on the Variety of Goods," in progress.
• "Sequencing Trade Agreements," in progress.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Cole has independently taught Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Business Economics, and Public Finance at Grand Valley State University and Intermediate Microeconomics, and International Economic Issues at The University of Oregon. He has also served as a teaching assistant for Principles of Microeconomics, Money and Banking, and International Trade at The University of Iowa. He is currently a graduate teaching fellow at the University of Oregon and has led discussion sections for Principles of Microeconomics, and the Ph.D. Econometrics course. In the future, he looks forward to teaching International Trade and Microeconomics at both graduate and undergraduate levels.

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• MikTeX (you need this to use LaTeX)
• WinEdt (you need this to write and compile LaTeX code easily)
• One of the better books about LaTeX
• Brief Latex Tutorial pdf
• Brief Latex Tutorial TeX code
• Long example of TeX code
• A Guide to LaTeX
• A Beamer Quickstart (substitute for Powerpoint)

• Stata Tools for LaTeX

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