Current Semester Office Hours:
On Leave to China through Fall 2010

Professional Highlights

Academic Preparation

PhD: University of North Carolina

Teaching Areas

Economics

Recent Publications

Leightner, J., Inoue, T. (2007). Tackling the omitted variables problem without the strong assumptions of proxies. European Journal of Operations Research, 178 (3), 819-840.

Leightner, J. (2007). Omitted variables, confidence intervals, and the productivity of exchange rates. Pacific Economic Review, 12 (1), 15-45.

Leightner, J. (2007). Thailand's financial crises: Its causes, consequences, and implications. Journal of Economic Issues, 41 (1), 61-76.

Leightner, J. (2006). Returns to market power in financial institutions. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 11 (3), 268-291.

Leightner, J. (2005). The Productivity of Government Spending in Asia: 1983-2000. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 23 , 33-46.

Leightner, J. (2005). "Fight Deflation with Deflation, Not with Monetary Policy. The Japanese Economy: Translations and Studies, 33 (2), 67-93. www.mesharpe.com