Economics Faculty Directory

Peter Ireland

Murray and Monti Professor

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Peter Ireland

Ph.D.

Contact

Maloney Hall 338

Telephone: 617-552-3687

Email: peter.ireland@bc.edu

ORCID 0000-0002-3223-1210

Education

  • B.A., University of Chicago
  • M.A., University of Chicago
  • Ph.D., University of Chicago

Courses

ECON3379.01 Financial Economics

ECON7720 Math for Economists

Expertise

  • Macroeconomics
  • Monetary Economics

external resources

Access Working Papers and Published Works via RePEc

Google Scholar Citations

Personal Website Curriculum Vitae

Department

Economics

Selected Publications

Access Working Papers and Published Works via RePEc

Google Scholar Citations

"The Barnett Critique After Three Decades: A New Keynesian Analysis", with Michael T. Belongia, 2014. Journal of Econometrics, 183, 5-21

"The Macroeconomic Effects of Interest on Reserves," 2014. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 18, 1271-1312

"Stochastic Growth in the United States and Euro Area," 2013. Journal of the European Economic Association, 11, 1-24

"A New Keynesian Perspective on the Great Recession," 2011. Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 43, 31-54

"On the Welfare Cost of Inflation and the Recent Behavior of Money Demand," 2009. American Economic Review 99, 1040-1052

Recent Working Papers

Working Paper 1078. Peter N. Ireland (Boston College), "Money in the Search for a Nominal Anchor", (07/2024; PDF)

Working Paper 976. Michael T. Belongia, University of Mississippi and Peter N. Ireland, "A Reconsideration of Money Growth Rules", (3/1/2019; PDF)

Working Paper 955. Michael T. Belongia, University of Mississippi and Peter N. Ireland, "Monetary Policy Lessons from the Greenbook", (07/2018; PDF)

Working Paper 938. Peter Ireland, "Allan Meltzer’s Model of the Transmission Mechanism and Its Implications for Today", (11/2017; PDF)

Working Paper 937. Michael T. Belongia, University of Mississippi and Peter N. Ireland, "The Demand for Divisia Money: Theory and Evidence", (11/2017; PDF)

Working Paper 933. Luca Benati, University of Bern, and Peter Ireland, “Money-Multiplier Shocks”, (8/1/17; PDF)

Working Paper 921. Michael T. Belongia, University of Mississippi, and Peter Ireland, "A Classical View of the Business Cycle" (11/2016; PDF)

Working Paper 913. Michael T. Belongia, University of Mississippi, and Peter N. Ireland, "Targeting Constant Money Growth at the Zero Lower Bound" (05/2016; PDF)

Working Paper 911. Michael T. Belongia, University of Mississippi, and Peter N. Ireland, "Circumventing the Zero Lower Bound with Monetary Policy Rules Based on Money" (05/2016; PDF)

Working Paper 882. Michael T. Belongia, University of Mississippi, and Peter Ireland, "The Evolution of US Monetary Policy: 2000-2007" (08/2015; PDF)

Working Paper 852. Peter Ireland, "Monetary Policy, Bond Risk Premia, and the Economy" (02/2014: PDF)

Working Paper 802. Michael Belongia (University of Mississippi) and Peter Ireland, "A "Working" Solution to the Question of Nominal GDP Targeting" (rev. 01/2013: PDF)

Working Paper 801. Michael Belongia (University of Mississippi) and Peter Ireland, "Quantitative Easing: Interest Rates and Money in the Measurement of Monetary Policy" (06/2012: PDF)

Working Paper 772. Peter Ireland, "The Macroeconomic Effects on Interest on Reserves" (02/2011, PDF)

Working Paper 763. Peter Ireland, "Theology, Economics, and Economic Development" (11/2010: PDF)

 

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