Economic Rockstar

Stephen Terry is Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University. In 2013 he was a Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and, from 2007 to 2009, Stephen was a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Stephen  received a PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2015 as well as an  MA in Economics in 2011. Stephen also has an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma and a BA in Economics from University of Texas at Arlington. Stephens research interests include short-termism, uncertainty and real business cycles. In this episode you will learn: about Stephen's experience with the two-body or joint location problem. about Stephen’s PhD process and the experience he developed along the way. of some suggestions if you’re considering undertaking a PhD. the differences and similarities in the mathematics of economics and the mathematics of other disciplines such as physics and chemistry. if there is a divergence or a convergence in the branches of mac