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Dr. Jessica Harriger, Department of Economics and Decision Sciences, WIU
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Mattias Polborn, Professor of Economics and Political Science, UIUC
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James Boudreau, Assistant Professor of Economics, U of Texas Pan-American
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Farideh Dehkordi-Vakil, Associate Professor of Decision Sciences, WIU
"Common Statistics Methodological Mistakes in Research and How to Avoid Them"
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William Polley
Associate Professor of Economics
Economics and Decision Sciences
Stipes Hall 430L
(309) 298-2331
WJ-Polley@wiu.edu
Ph.D., The University of Iowa, 1999
Upper Division and Graduate Course Responsibilities
Economics 331: Intermediate Macroeconomics
Economics 500: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
Economics 502: Macroeconomic and Growth Theory
Bill Polley received his Ph.D. in economics from The University of Iowa in 1999. His primary research interests are in macroeconomics and international economics. However, his interests are wide ranging as he has published a paper on monopoly pricing and has a paper on a famous problem in probability, the birthday problem. He teaches macroeconomics at the principles, intermediate, and graduate levels. Bill has a blog where he provides commentary, mainly on macroeconomic issues. His weblog has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal On-line, and he has also participated in their "Econoblog" on-line feature. Bill enjoys communicating economics to a wider audience both in person and through the mass media.
