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Colin C. Caines

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of British Columbia, 2016
  • M.A., Economics, University of British Columbia, 2010
  • B.A., Economics, McGill University, 2009
Current Research Topics
  • Non-rational expectations in macroeconomics
  • Technological change and human capital formation
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2022 - present
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2019 - 2022
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2016 - 2019
  • Asset Price Beliefs and Optimal Monetary Policy
    Colin Caines and Fabian Winkler
    Journal of Monetary Economics (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2021.07.006
  • Can Learning Explain Boom-Bust Cycles In Asset Prices? An Application to the US Housing Boom
    Colin Caines
    Journal of Macroeconomics (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2020.103256
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2016)
  • Asset Price Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy
    Colin Caines and Fabian Winkler
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2018.1236
  • Does Automation Drive the Labor Market?
    Colin Caines, Florian Hoffmann, and Gueorgui Kambourov
    IFDP Notes (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.35
  • Complex-Task Biased Technological Change and the Labor Market
    Colin Caines, Florian Hoffmann, and Gueorgui Kambourov
    Review of Economic Dynamics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2017.01.008
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2017)
  • Essays in Macroeconomics
    Colin Caines
    Dissertations (University of British Columbia) (2016)
  • conference

    2019

    Computing in Economics and Finance

    Asset Price Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy

  • seminar

    2018

    UC Irvine

    Asset Price Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy

  • conference

    2018

    North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society

    Asset Price Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy

  • conference

    2018

    Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting

    Asset Price Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy

  • conference

    2018

    Midwest Macro Group Spring Meeting

    Asset Price Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy

  • conference

    2017

    System Committee on Macroeconomics Fall Meeting

    Asset Price Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy

  • conference

    2017

    Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics

    Can Learning Explain Boom-Bust Cycles In Asset Prices?

  • conference

    2017

    Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society

    Explaining World Savings

  • conference

    2017

    Midwest Macro Group Spring Meeting

    Can Learning Explain Boom-Bust Cycles In Asset Prices?

  • conference

    2017

    ASSA Annual Meeting

    Training Programs, Skills, and Human Capital: A Life-Cycle Approach

  • seminar

    2016

    McMaster University, UC Davis, Federal Reserve Board, Bank of Canada, Department of Finance Canada

    Can Adaptive Learning Explain Boom-Bust Cycles In Asset Prices?

  • seminar

    2016

    Uppsala University, Ryerson University, University of Calgary, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

    Can Adaptive Learning Explain Boom-Bust Cycles In Asset Prices?

  • conference

    2015

    International FDZ Data User Workshop

    Training Programs, Skills, and Human Capital: A Life Cycle Approach

  • conference

    2015

    Econometric Society World Congress

    Can Adaptive Learning Explain Boom-Bust Cycles In Asset Prices?

  • conference

    2015

    Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting

    Can Adaptive Learning Explain Boom-Bust Cycles In Asset Prices?

  • conference

    2014

    North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society

    Explaining World Savings

  • conference

    2014

    Midwest Macro Group Spring Meeting

    Explaining World Savings

Awards
  • 2010

    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

    Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

  • 2012

    University of British Columbia

    David Dodge Graduate Scholarship in Economics

  • 2011

    University of British Columbia

    Chuck Blackorby Prize in Microeconomics

  • 2011

    University of British Columbia

    John Helliwell Prize in Macroeconomics

  • 2010

    University of British Columbia

    W. Erwin Diewet Graduate Prize in Applied Economics

Professional Affiliation
  • Member, American Economics Association
  • Member, Canadian Economics Association
  • Member, Econometric Society
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Last Update: August 2, 2024