Brian M. Djapovic Scholl

Research and Publications by Subject

Finance and Macroeconomics

           “Pricing and Risk Modeling of Inflation Linked Securities,” research memo, Barclays Global Investors, 2006. (Not publicly available)

 

          “Interest Rate Forecasting”, manuscript, Barclays Global Investors, 2005. (Not publicly available)

 

         “The Behavior of the Real Rate of Interest,” with Michael Dotsey and Carl Lantz, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2003, 35(1): 91-110.  For alternate link, click here.

 

          “Real Rates Revisited,” manuscript, UC Berkeley, 2001.

 

          “The Behavior of the Real Rate of Interest,” with Michael Dotsey, FRB Richmond Working Paper No. 00-9, 2000. 

 

 Development Economics

          “Electricity Reform in Bosnia,” forthcoming in Electricity Reform in Southeastern Europe, Russell Pittman, Lindsay Stirton and Kathryn Wright (eds.), 2007.

          “Ethnic Identity and Cultural Distance in SEE,” manuscript, UC Berkeley, 2007 (abstract available in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian).

   .     “Culture and Cultural Measurement in Economics: A Review,” manuscript, UC Berkeley, 2007.  

           “Insurance, Poverty and Social Cohesion: Risk Sharing and Identity in Southeastern Europe,” research proposal, UC Berkeley, 2006.

          “Democracy, Rule of Law and Oligarchs: Puzzle Pieces That Don’t Fit.,” with G. Grimsby, manuscript, UC Berkeley, 2005.

Time Series Analysis 

        “An Analysis of the Harmonic Properties of Global Ice Mass Cycles: Evidence from Deep Sea Core Sediment Records,” M.A. Thesis, U. C. Berkeley, 2003. 

       See also work under macroeconomics and finance

      “Insurance, Poverty and Social Cohesion: Risk Sharing and Identity in   Southeastern Europe,” research proposal, UC Berkeley, 2006.

Selected Client Consulting Reports

       Eurasia Regional Corporate Strategy and Feasibility Assessment: The Balkans and Beyond, FLAG International L.L.C., Belgrade, 2004. (Not publicly available)

         An Integrated M&E, Data Collection and Management Infrastructure, CHF International, Belgrade, 2003. (Not publicly available)

         An Evaluation of Local Economic Planning and Employment Generation Programs in Serbia, CARE International, Belgrade, 2002. NOTE: This was a fairly quick research project with a number of goals - the assessment is intended to be primarily qualitative given the limited resources of the project.

      Operations and Capacity Assessment: Issues for Staff and Organizational Development, CARE International, Belgrade, 2002. (Not publicly available)