Professor Campbell Leith, BA (Hons), MSc, PhD
Professor of Macroeconomics
C.Leith@lbss.gla.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)141 330 3702
Room S217
Office hour: Tuesday, 11 am - 12 pm
Research and teaching interests
Macroeconomic Theory, Fiscal Policy, Monetary PolicyBackground
Campbell joined the Department as a lecturer in May 1999. He previously held positions at the Universities of Strathclyde and Exeter. He holds degrees from the Universities of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Exeter.
Recent selected publications
Haruyama, T. and Leith, C. (forthcoming). 'Unemployment and the productivity slowdown: an efficiency wage perspective, Japanese Economic Review.
Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2009). 'Taylor rules in the open economy', European Economic Review, vol. 53(8), (November), pp. 971-995.
Link to Unpublished appendix
Kirsanova, T., Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2009) 'Monetary and fiscal policy interaction: The current consensus assignment in the light of recent developments', Economic Journal, vol. 119(541), (November), pp. F482-F496.
Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2008). 'Interactions between monetary and fiscal policy under flexible exchange rates', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 32(9), (September), pp. 2854-2882.
Link to RePec page
Leith, C. and von Thadden, L. (2008). 'Monetary and fiscal policy interactions in a New Keynesian model with capital accumulation and non-Ricardian consumers', Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 140(1), (May), pp. 279-313.
Link to paper
Link to technical appendix
Leith, C. and Malley, J. (2007). 'A sectoral analysis of price-setting behavior in U.S. manufacturing industries', Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 89(2), (May), pp. 335-342.
Link to RePec page
Leith, C. and Malley, J. (2007). 'Estimated open economy new Keynesian Phillips curves for the G7', Open Economies Review, vol. 18(4), (September), pp. 405-426.
Link to RePec page
Kirsanova, K., Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2006). 'Should central banks target consumer prices or the exchange rate?', Economic Journal, vol. 116 (512), (June), pp. F208-F231.
Link to RePec page
Andres, J., Domenech, R. & Leith, C. (2006), 'Fiscal policy macroeconomic stability and finite horizons', Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 53(1), (February), pp. 72-89.
Link to RePec page
Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2006). 'Compatibility between monetary and fiscal policy under EMU', European Economic Review, vol. 50(6), (August), pp. 1529-1556.
Link to RePec page
Leith, C. and Malley, J. (2005). 'Estimated general equilibrium models for the evaluation of monetary policy in the U.S. and Europe', European Economic Review, vol. 49(8), (November), pp. 2137-2159.
Link to RePec page
Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2005). 'Fiscal stabilisation policy and fiscal institutions', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 21(4), (winter), pp. 584-597.
Link to RePec page
Leith, C. (2004). 'Comments on 'Monetary and fiscal interactions in open economies' by Lombardo and Sutherland (2003)', Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 26(2), (June), pp. 349-352.
Link to RePec page
Leith C., Warren, P. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2003). 'Fiscal policy, interest rate shocks and prices', Economic Modelling, vol. 20(2), (March), pp. 361-382.
Links to RePec page
Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2001). 'Interest rate feedback rules in an open economy with forward looking inflation', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 63(2), (May), pp. 209-232.
Link to RePec page
Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2000). 'Interactions between monetary and fiscal policy rules', Economic Journal, vol. 110(462), pp. 93-108.
Link to RePec page
Work in progress
Leith, C. and Wren-Lewis, S. (2007). 'Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policy: Which instrument is Best?'. Extended working paper version
Research Income
ESRC Grant (2001-2004) for research on 'Interactions between monetary and fiscal policy', joint with Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Exeter). Rated as 'outstanding' by external reviewers.
CYCIT Research Project (2003-2005) to facilitate collaboration on 'Fluctuaciones y Crecimiento Economico en la UEM. Analisis y Evaluacion de las Politicas Economicas con Modelos de Equilibrio General Estocastico', joint with Alejandro Cunat (LSE), Rafael Domenech (University of Valencia), Javier Andres (University of Valencia) and Antonio Fatas (INSEAD).
HM Treasury project (2004) on 'Fiscal stabilisation in EMU: A survey of policy issues and design issues', joint with Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Exeter).
HM Treasury project (2005-2008) on 'Fiscal stabilisation in EMU', joint with Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Exeter).
ESRC Grant (2005-2008) for research on 'Reinstating fiscalpolicy as a stabilisation Device', joint with Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Oxford).
Rated as 'outstanding' by external reviewers.
CYCIT Research Project CYCIT Research Project 4 people from the University of Valencia and five economists based outside of Spain: Alex Cunat (Essex), Ana Santacreu (NYU), Julen Esteban-Pretel (Tokyo University), Margarita Rubio (Boston College and Banco de Espana) and Campbell Leith (Glasgow).
ESRC Grant (2008-2011) for research on 'New directions in monetary and fiscal policy analysis at the macroeconomic level', joint with Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Oxford).
Details of Campbell's working papers can be found on his RePEc profile on the RePEc website
Link to full CV (C. Leith)