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Leanne Ussher, Assistant Professor
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Leanne Ussher is Assistant Professor of Economics at Queens College, City University of New York. Her research is in money, banking, and the macro-microstructure of financial market architecture using agent-based modelling techniques.
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Schools Attended:
Ph.D. in Economics, New School, New York
Graduate Diploma in Securities Analysis, Securities Institute of Australia, Sydney
B.Ec. (Hons) Macquarie University, Sydney

Research Interests: Agent-Based Modeling of Financial Markets  

Publications
 

Journal Articles:

 


•“A Speculative Futures Market with Zero-Intelligence” Eastern Economics Journal, pp.518-549 34(4) Fall 2008.

•“Symposium Introduction: Agent-Based Computational Economics,” Eastern Economics Journal, pp.421-422, 34(4) Fall 2008. Coauthored with Jason M Barr, Troy Tassier.

•“The Future of Agent-Based Research in Economics: A Panel Discussion,” Coauthored with Jason M Barr, Troy Tassier, Blake LeBaron, Shu-Heng Chen and Shyam Sunder Eastern Economics Journal, pp.550-565, 34(4) Fall 2008.

•“Margins and Transaction Taxes in a Continuous Double Auction Futures Market” pp315-342, in Proceedings of the Agent 2005 Conference on Generative Social Processes, Models, and Mechanisms, ANL/DIS-06-5, ISBN 0-9679168-6-0, C.M. Macal, M.J. North, and D. Sallach (editors) co-sponsored by Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago, October 13−15, 2005. Accessible at http://www.agent2005.anl.gov/proc2005.html


Submitted Works:

 


•“A ‘New Bretton Woods’: Kaldor, and the Antipodean Quest for Global Full Employment” co-authored with S. Turnell

•“International Price Stability, Full Employment and Global Balances: The Case for A Commodity Reserve Currency”


Work in Progress:

 


•“Allocative Efficiency of a Speculative Futures Market with Hedgers.”

•“Leverage and Settlement in a Speculative Futures Market.”

•“Do Budget Deficits Matter? " for inclusion in a book of edited papers, Recent Developments in Macroeconomics Co Editor with Per Berglund, and proposed to Routledge. Introduction by the authors Ussher and Berglund


Courses I Teach/Have Taught:

Course Website Course Description: BUS351

Course Website Course Description: BUS353

Course Website Course Description: ECON205

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