John S. Lapp

Professor of Economics
Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1974

Graduate Faculty

Office Location: 4102A Nelson (Economics Wing)
Telephone Number: 919.513.2877
Fax Number: 919.515.5613
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Research Specialties

Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve

Selected Recent Publications

Lapp, John S. Douglas K. Pearce and Surachit Laksanasut, "The Predictability of FOMC Decisions: Evidence from the Volcker and Greenspan Chairmanships," Southern Economic Journal, October 2003, pp. 312-327.

Lapp, John S. and Douglas K. Pearce, "Does a Bias in FOMC Policy Directives Help Predict Inter-Meeting Policy Changes?" Journal of Money Credit and Banking, August 2000 Part 1, pp 435 - 441.

Lapp, John S., "Interest Rates, Rate Spreads, and Economic Activity," Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. XV, No. 3, July 1997, pp. 42-50.

Lapp, John S. and Vincent H. Smith, "Aggregate Sources of Relative Price Variability Among Agricultural Commodities," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 74, 1992, pp. 1-9.

Lapp, John S., "Relative Agricultural Prices and Monetary Policy," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 72 (1990): 622-630.