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William Seyfried

William Seyfried, Ph.D.

George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Professor of Economics | Associate Dean | Chief Operating Officer

As an economist, one of the most attractive aspects of teaching graduate business students at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College is emphasizing the practical aspects of economics as it relates to the business world. Given the small class size, we are able to engage in discussions examining the current state of the national and global economy and how it affects business decision making.

Bill Seyfried is the George D. and Harriet P. Cornell Professor of Economics as well as the Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer of the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. His expertise is in the areas of macroeconomics, including the Fed and monetary policy, as well as the interaction of the financial system and the economy.  

He has published extensively in professional journals including the Australian Economic Review, the American Economist, Journal of Economics and Finance, and Applied Econometrics and International Development. He has also authored instructor’s manuals for leading textbooks in the areas of money, banking and financial markets, as well as international economics.  

Dr. Seyfried served on the Econometrics Council of the Florida Chamber Foundation as well as on the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors for the state of Arkansas. He has been quoted in numerous publications including Financial Times, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, CNN-Money, the blog of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Business Journal, Orlando Sentinel, and various TV and radio stations  

Research & Articles

William Seyfried, Dale Bremmer | Australian Economic Review; 2003

This study makes use of a dynamic Taylor-type model to examine the conduct of monetary policy by central banks that profess to engage in inflation targeting. Previous research regarding inflation targeting and Taylor-type rules is reviewed and a dynamic Taylor-type model is developed. Tests for regime shifts upon the adoption of inflation targeting indicate a significant change in policy in each of the nations in the study for which sufficient data were available. Next, the central bank reaction functions were estimated. Results suggest that most of the central banks conducted a policy of inflation targeting by seeking to contain inflationary pressures rather than reacting to current inflation.

https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.00288

Bradley T. Ewing, William Seyfried | Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2003

This paper examines the Phillips curve relationship when the second moment of inflation is nonlinear. Specifically, we estimate GARCH models that provide evidence consistent with Keynesian-type models that imply output “overshooting” and inflation fluctuations following aggregate demand shocks. Additionally, the evidence suggests that an increase in the conditional variability of inflation leads to higher levels of inflation.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1225802  

William Seyfried | Southwestern Economic Review, 2001

In this paper, we examine the relationship between economic growth, as
measured by both real GDP and the output gap, and employment in the ten largest states from 1990 to 2003. Models are developed to estimate the employment intensity of economic growth as well as the timing of the relationship between employment and economic growth. Employment intensity is estimated to range from 0.31 to 0.61 in specific states with an estimate of 0.47 for the US as a whole. Also, results indicate that though economic growth has some immediate impact on employment, its effects continue for several quarters in most of the states considered.

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