Richard M. H. Suen


Last Update:
January 2012
Contact Info
Department of Economics
341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1063

Phone: (860) 486-4368
Fax:      (860) 486-4463
Email: richard.suen@uconn.edu
Homepage: www.richardsuen.net


Experience
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Since August 2011.
Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside, July 2006 to June 2011.
Visiting Scholar, University of Western Ontario, March 2010.


Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2006.                 
M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2005.
M. Phil. in Economics, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong, 2001.
B. Soc. Sc. in Economics, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong, 1999.


Research Interests  
Macroeconomics


Publications

A Quantitative Analysis of Suburbanization and the Diffusion of the Automobile  
with Karen A. Kopecky
International Economic Review, Volume 51, Issue 4, 2010.

Finite State Markov-chain Approximations to Highly Persistent Processes
with Karen A. Kopecky
Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 13, Issue 3, 2010.

Superneutrality, Indeterminacy and Endogenous Growth
with Chong K. Yip
Journal of Macroeconomics, Volume 27, Issue 4, 2005.


Notes and Comments

On Expectations-Driven Business Cycles in Economies with Production Externalities: A
Comment  with Jang-Ting Guo and Anca-Ioana Sirbu
Accepted by
International Journal of Economic Theory



Working Papers

Concave Consumption Function and Precautionary Wealth Accumulation

Time Preference and the Distributions of Wealth and Income
(Revised and resubmitted to Economic Inquiry)

Technological Advance and the Growth in Health Care Spending


Presentations
North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, St Louis, June 2011
T2M Conference, HEC Montreal, May 2011
Symposium of SNDE, Washington D.C., March 2011
University of Connecticut, January 2011
University of California, Riverside, October 2010
CEA Annual Conference, Quebec City, May 2010
Midwest Macro Meetings, East Lansing, April 2010
University of Western Ontario, March 2010
The University of Hong Kong, January 2010
City University of Hong Kong, January 2010
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 2009
ACE International Conference, Hong Kong, December 2009
University of Southern California, December 2009
Conference on Health and the Macroeconomy, UCSB, October 2009
Georgia State University, September, 2009
Workshop for Economists Working in Parallel, Kansas City Fed, August 2009
CEF Conference, Sydney, July 2009
WEAI Annual Conference, Vancouver, June 2009
North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, Boston, June 2009
UCR Conference on Business Cycles, April 2009
Wegmans Conference, Rochester, October 2008
University of California, Riverside, October 2007, October 2008
University of Miami, November  2006
University of Southern California, October 2006
Midwest Macro Meetings, St. Louis, May 2006
University of California, Riverside, February 2006
SUNY Albany, January 2006
Carleton University, January 2006
Simon Fraser University, January 2006
University of Rochester, November 2005
Midwest Macro Meetings, Iowa, May 2005


Teaching

University of Connecticut
Macroeconomics III (PhD Core Course), Spring 2012.
Advanced Monetary Theory & Policy (PhD Field Course), Fall 2011.
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Spring 2012.

University of California, Riverside
Macroeconomic Theory (PhD Core Course)
Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (PhD Field Course)
Intermediate Macroeconomics, 9 times, Total Enrollment = 2,121.
                                                                                                                             

Student Supervision

University of Connecticut
Paul Tomolonis                Major Advisor, in progress
Wei Wang                            Major Advisor, in progress

Weiran Huang                   Associate Advisor, in progress      
Matthew Schurin             Associate Advisor, in progress


University of California, Riverside
Zhiming Fu                         Co-Advisor, in progress
Dongpeng Liu                    Co-Advisor, in progress
Sarah Daway                      Co-Advisor, 2012 expected
Anca-Ioana Sirbu             Co-Advisor, 2012 expected
Xiangbo Liu                        Co-Advisor, 2011, Renmin University of China

Venoo Kakar                      Committee member, in progress
Wing-Yu Leung                 Committee member, 2010, HKMA
MeiChi Huang                    Committee member, 2009
Daniel Farhat                     Committee member, 2009, University of Otago, New Zealand


Referee Activity
B. E. Journal of Macroeconomics
Economic Inquiry (3 times)
Economic Theory
International Economic Review (8 times)
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
Journal of Economics
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2 times)
Journal of Macroeconomics
Macroeconomic Dynamics
National Science Foundation
Regional Science and Urban Economics
Review of Economic Dynamics (2 times)