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Michael J. Carter, Ph.D.

Emeritus Associate Professor

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Economics
Office
Falmouth Hall - 3rd Floor
Email
Michael_Carter@uml.edu

Research Interests

Monetary Policy and Systemic Risk & the Globalization of Financial Markets.

Education

  • Ph.D.: Economics, (1981), Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA
  • MA: Economics, (1976), Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA
  • BA: Economics, (1970), Yale University - New Haven, CT

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Economics Department Outstanding Teaching Award (2010), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell Economics Department
  • Haskell Prize (2003), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell Corporate and Continuing Education
  • Student Government Association Teaching Excellence Award (2000), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell Student Government Association
  • Student Athlete Day Faculty Mentor Award (1998), Teaching - National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • Economics Department Outstanding Teaching Award (1997), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell Economics Department
  • Student Government Association Teaching Excellence Award (1997), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell Student Government Association
  • Best Paper of Conference Award (1991), Scholarship/Research - Northeast Business and Economics Annual Convention
  • Michael Carter (1991), Service, Professional - Northeast Business and Economics Annual Convention

Selected Publications

  • Carter, M.J., Callegari, J.G., Kilonzo, K.G., Yeates, K.E., Handelman, G.J., Finkelstein, F.O., Kotanko, P., Levin, N.W. (2012). Peritoneal dialysis for acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges faced and lessons learned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. Kidney international, 81(4) 331-3.
  • Carter, M.J. (1992). Uncertainty, Liquidity and Speculation - a Keynesian Perspective on Financial Innovation in the Debt Markets. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 14(2).
  • Carter, M.J. (1989). Financial Innovation and Financial Fragility. Journal of Economic Issues, 23(3).

Selected Presentations

  • Financial Futures & Options - Chicago Board of Trade Seminar, 1997 - Chicago, Illinois
  • The Effects of Post-1985 Pension Fund Legislation on the Underfunding of Pension Plans - Eastern Finance Association Conference, 1995
  • Property Values and Local Expenditures on Education - Eastern Economic Association Annual Convention, 1991
  • The Capitalization of Expenditures on Public Education in Housing Values - Northeast Business & Economics Association Annual Convention, 1991
  • The Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Markets: Some Empirical Evidence - Northeast Business & Economics Association Annual Convention, 1991
  • The Dialectics of Financial Innovation and Regulation, 1991 - University of Utah
  • Innovation, Liquidity and Volatility in Financial Markets, 1989 - Marist College, School of Management
  • Financial Innovation and Financial Fragility - UC Berkeley Political Economy Seminar, 1989 - University of California, Berkeley
  • Monitoring and the Rate of Unionization - Eastern Economic Association Annual Convention, 1988
  • Decentralization and the Changing Structure of Work - Allied Social Science Annual Convention, 1987
  • Some Implications of the Theory of Innovation Diffusion Within the Marketplace - Northeast Business and Economics Association Conference, 1986
  • Determinants of Piece Rate Payment Systems - Political Economy Research Association Conference, 1986

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Principles of Microeconomics (2000), Contract - UMass Donahue Institute and UMass Amherst College of Management
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