Principal Lecturer in Business Economics and Finance
Evert McCabe Faculty Fellow
Faculty Director, Pacific Rim Bankers Program
PhD, University of Rochester, 1974
MA, University of Rochester, 1968
BA, Elmira College, 1965
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206-543-7472 |
Michael G. Foster School of Business |
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243 Mackenzie Hall
karmah@u.washington.edu
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Finance Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200 |
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Specialties
Monetary policy and banking, financial markets, domestic and international macroeconomics, Pacific Rim economies.
Positions Held
At the University of Washington since 1970
Visiting economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1980-82)
Selected Publications
- Contemporary Money, Banking, and Financial Markets: Theory and Practice, co-authored with M. G. Hadjimichalakis, Irwin, 1995. Translated into Japanese and Chinese.
- Contemporary Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy, co-authored with M.G. Hadjimichalakis, Irwin Custom Publishing, 1996.
- "Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Interest Rate Adjustment Mechanisms: The Prime Rate, Below-Prime Lending, and the Commercial Paper Rate," Economics Letters, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1981.
Current Research
Monetary policy and banking, Asian financial crisis
Honors and Awards
EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award for 2008-2009, North America Class 10 (2009)
EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award for 2008-2009, Regional Class 25 (2009)
TMMBA Excellence in Teaching Award for 2008-2009, Wednesday Section (2009)
Ron Crockett Award for Academic Excellence in Business (2006)
MSMBA Excellence in Teaching Award (2006)
TMMBA Excellence in Teaching Award (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award, Regional option (1998-2001, 2003)
EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award, North America Option (2000-2004, 2006, 2007)
Charles Summer Outstanding Teaching Award (1999)
PACCAR Teaching Excellence Award (1998)
MBA Professor of the Year Award (1984, 1987, 1999, 2000)
Management Program Instructor of the Year Award (1992)
Academic Service
Annual "Breakfast with Karma" for EMBA Alumni in November
Annual "MBA State of the Economy Forum" with Professor Ed Rice in April.
Faculty Director of the Pacific Rim Bankers Program (1992-present)
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