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Kara Reynolds Professor and Department Chair, Economics Economics

Additional Positions at AU
Chair, Department of Economics
Degrees
PhD, Economics, University of Virginia
MA, Economics, University of Virginia
BA, International Studies, The 艾可直播 University

Bio
Prof. Reynolds joined the department in 2003 after completing her PhD at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include the political economy of trade protection, particularly antidumping protection, and the impact of trade liberalization on workers and firms. Courses taught by Prof. Reynolds include Microeconomics (ECON-200, ECON-300, ECON-600, ECON-803), International Economics: Trade (ECON-371, ECON-671), and Communicating Economics (ECON-440, ECON-640).
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • ECON-396 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Swiftonomics: Econ of Taylor

  • ECON-440 Communicating Economics

  • HNRS-050 Honors Supplement: Communicating Economics

Spring 2025

  • ECON-300 Intermediate Microeconomics

  • ECON-396 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Swiftonomics: Econ of Taylor

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • 鈥淐asualties of Trade Wars,鈥 (with Benjamin Liebman), European Economic Journal, 2022, 148: 104202.

  • 鈥淎rticle 21.5 DSU Appellate Body Report United States鈥擬easures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft (Second Complaint): Spillovers from Defense R&D Add to the Tug-of-War Between Panels and the WTO Appellate Body鈥 (with Jennifer Hillman), World Trade Review, 2021, 20(4): 466-478.

  • 鈥淐hina 鈥 Cellulose Pulp: China鈥檚 Quest to Satisfy WTO Panels and the Appellate Body,鈥 (with T. Yanguas), World Trade Review, 2019, 18(2): 263-285.

  • 鈥淐ompetitive Pressure, Innovation and Outsourcing: Evidence from U.S. Patent Data,鈥 (with Benjamin Liebman), World Economy, 2019, 42(6): 1695-1712.

  • 鈥淩ussia鈥擳ariff Treatment: Identifying Systematic Violations of WTO Law,鈥 (with Boris Rigod), World Trade Review, 2018, 17(2): 291-312.

  • 鈥淗ow Do Countries Respond to Antidumping Filings? Dispute Settlement and Retaliatory Antidumping,鈥 (with Robert Feinberg), World Economy, 2018, 41(5), 1251-1268

  • 鈥淭rade Agreements and Enforcement: Evidence from WTO Dispute Settlement,鈥 (with Chad P. Bown), 艾可直播 Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, 9(4): 64-100.

Work In Progress

  • 鈥淢ulti-mode Trade Policy Retaliation,鈥 (with Robert Feinberg, K. Aleks Schaefer and Kjersti Nes)

  • 鈥淏acklash Against Trade in an Unequal World鈥

  • 鈥淐osts of Trade Wars: The Distributional Consequences of US Section 301 Tariffs Against China鈥

  • 鈥淒emand for Protection: The Impact of Increased Populist Rhetoric on Trade Views鈥

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Dupont Fellowship (1999-2001)
  • Summer Academic Enhacement Research Fellowship (2001)
  • Bankard Pre-doctoral Public Policy Fellowship
  • Graduate School of Arts and Science Dissertation Year Fellowship (2002-2003)
  • Harry Johnson Prize for the Best Article in the Canadian Journal of Economics (For The Returns from Rent-Seeking: Campaign Contributions, Firm Subsidies, and the Byrd Amendment)

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