Rebecca Neumann

  • Professor, Economics

Education

  • PhD, Economics, University of Colorado-Boulder
  • MA, Economics, University of Colorado-Boulder
  • MS, Finance, University of Arizona
  • BA, International Relations and Business Studies, Bond University, Queensland, Australia

Research Interests

  • Open Economy Macroeconomics
  • International Finance
  • International Trade
  • Macroeconomics
  • Public Finance

Current Projects

  • “Financial Integration, Macroeconomic Volatility, and the Directions of Capital Flows” (with Ping-Hang Fan and Hamid Mohtadi).
  • “The International Trade Credit Channel: Implications for Industry Investment” (with Sarah Imlau).
  • "R&D, patents, and financing constraints of the top global innovative firms" (with Sahar Milani).

Selected Publications

Neumann, R. M., & Tabrizy, S. S. (2021) Exchange Rates and Trade Flows: Effects of Intra-Industry Trade and Vertical Specialization. Open Economies Review , 32(3), 613-647.
Maskus, K. , Milani, S. , & Neumann, R. M. (2019) The Impact of Patent Protection and Financial Development on Industrial R&D. Research Policy , 48(1), 355-370.
Adams, L. , Neumann, R. M., & Tabrizy, S. (2018) Is ‘No News’ Really ‘Good News’? Country Visibility and FDI Location Choice. International Review of Applied Economics , 32(4), 489-524.
Coon, M. , & Neumann, R. M. (2017) Follow the Money: Remittance Responses to FDI Inflows. Journal of Globalization and Development , 8(2), 1-20.
Bose, N. , & Neumann, R. M. (2015) An Explanation for the Diversity of Financial Structure. Macroeconomic Dynamics , 19(2), 270-287.
Maskus, K. E., Neumann, R. M., & Seidel, T. (2012) How National and International Financial Development Affect Industrial R&D (with Keith E. Maskus and Tobias Seidel. European Economic Review, Elsevier , 56(1), 72-83.
Neumann, R. M., Penl, R. , & Tanku, A. (2009) Volatility of Capital Flows and Financial Liberalization: Do Specific Flows Respond Differently?. International Review of Economics and Finance , 18(3), 488-501.
Neumann, R. M. (2006) The Effects of Capital Controls on International Capital Flows in the Presence of Asymmetric Information. Journal of International Money and Finance , 25(6), 1010-1027.

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