John S. Lapp

Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics

Department of Economics

North Carolina State University

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae

Background

             Born 11/19/44, Rochester, NY.

             Married to Linda C. Lapp; no children, two dogs.

             A.B., Honors in Economics, Wesleyan University, 1966.

             Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1974.

Experience

             Professor, North Carolina State University, 2000 -

             Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, 1978 to 1999.

             Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, 1974-78.

             Instructor, North Carolina State University, 1970-74.

             Visiting Professor, Terry Sanford Institute, Duke University, 1997 - 2001.

Honors, Selected

             Richard Felder Award for Outstanding Service in Support of Teaching and Learning, 2004.

             Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence (College of Management), 1999.

             Alumni Distinguished Professor, 1997.

             Academy of Outstanding Teachers, 1994.

Publications, Selected

Lapp, John S., Douglas K. Pearce and Surachit Laksanasut, “The Predictability of FOMC Decisions: Evidence from the Volcker and Greenspan Chairmanships” Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 70(2), 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, p. 42-50.

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

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

Current Research

Determinants of Federal Open Market Committee monetary policy decisions.

Personal Web Page
    http://www4.ncsu.edu/~lapp/www/
    Full CV available at  http://www4.ncsu.edu/~lapp/www/Vita.PDF