Department of Economics,
Whitehead Hall 216,
Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Phone: 718-951-5317
muctum@brooklyn.cuny.edu,
muctum@gc.cuny.edu
Graduate Center

Fields of Specialization: International Macroeconomics, International Finance,Financial Development.

I am a Professor of Economics at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY. I teach courses in international macroeconomics and finance, macroeconomics, money and banking. My research includes work on fiscal solvency, sustainability of foreign debt and intertemporal solvency; international portfolio flows and foreign direct investment; financial crises; exchange rates and choice of currency regimes; determinants of corporate profits. My research has been published in various academic journals. Before joining the Brooklyn College, I was a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. I received a Ph.D. in economics from Queen's University, Canada.

Curriculum vitae

Courses

Principles of Macroeconomics Economics 10.1

Money and Banking Economics 70.1

International Money and Finance Economics 76.1

International Money and Finance: (Economics 86200)

Applied Macroeconometrics: Economics 82400

Dissertation Supervision (Economics 90000)

Research

My research is primarily concerned with empirical policy evaluations in international macroeconomics and finance. This includes three main branches:

• Analysis of intertemporal policies;
• Exchange rates and the choice of exchange rate regimes;
• International capital flows, globalization, financial and economic integration of countries.

The ultimate aim of my research program is to assess policy with data. The idea is that implementation of policies varies across countries, regions and wealth categories. Idiosyncratic disturbances to economies may result in policies leading to unconventional results. Recognizing the different characteristics of countries can help assessing policies more soundly.

Publications

Working Papers