Jerey R. Traczynski

Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2011

M.S. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2009

B.A. Economics/Latin, Swarthmore College 2004

Employment

Financial Economist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 2015-present

Graduate Aliate Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2017-present

Research Aliate, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization 2017-present

Fields

Applied Microeconomics, Public Economics, Law and Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education

Publications

Divorce Rates and Bankruptcy Exemption Levels in the U.S. Journal of Law and Economics, 54(3), August 2011, pp.

751-779

Macro-Level Factors Impacting Geographic Disparities in Cancer Screening Health Economics Review 2014, 4:13 (with

Lee R. Mobley, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Victoria Udalova, and H. E. Frech)

Personal Bankruptcy and Social Insurance CESifo DICE Report (Forum), 13(4), Winter 2015, pp. 23-27

Medical Liability Insurance Premia: 1990-2016 Dataset, with Literature Review and Summary Information Journal of

Empirical Legal Studies, 14(1), March 2017, pp. 238-254 (with Bernard Black, Jeanette W. Chung, Victoria Udalova, and

Sonal Vats)

Firm Default Prediction: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 52(3),

June 2017, pp. 1211-1245

Nurse Practitioner Independence, Health Care Utilization, and Health Outcomes Journal of Health Economics, 58,

March 2018, pp. 90-109 (with Victoria Udalova)

Personal Bankruptcy, Asset Risk, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Tenancy by the Entirety Laws Journal of Law

and Economics, forthcoming

Working Papers

Spare the Rod? The Dynamic Eects of No Child Left Behind on Failing Schools (with Jane Cooley Fruehwirth)

Person, Place, and Regulation: Predictors of CRC Screening by Endoscopy (with Lee R. Mobley, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Jon

Starnes, Victoria Udalova, and Julia Koschinsky)

Physician Asset Protection, Malpractice Insurance, and Defensive Medicine (with Victoria Udalova)

Do Divorces Cause Bankruptcies?

Judicial Eciency and Credit Supply

Interest-rate Pass-through of (Un)conventional Monetary Policy to Deposit and Loan Rates (with Pavel Kapinos and

Jonathan Pogach)

How Do Insurers Price Medical Malpractice Insurance? (with Bernard Black and Victoria Udalova)

Teaching

UH-Manoa, Graduate Mathematical Economics Fall 2013, Fall 2014

UH-Manoa, Graduate Public Finance Spring 2013, Spring 2014

UH-Manoa, Graduate Econometrics Spring 2012

UH-Manoa, Principles of Microeconomics Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015

Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison, Principles of Microeconomics Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2008

Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison, Intermediate Macroeconomics Spring 2008

Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison, Principles of Macroeconomics Fall 2007

Teaching Assistant, Swarthmore College, Intermediate Microeconomics Fall 2003

Past Employment

Visiting Professor, Dept. of Economics, Yokohama National University Summer 2014

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2011-2015

Graduate Research Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty, UW-Madison 2009-2011

Project Assistant, Institute for Research on Poverty/Wisconsin Center for Education Research, UW-Madison 2009-2010
Research Assistant, Trade and Financial Studies, Federal Reserve Board 2004-2006

Awards and Distinctions

Excellence in Teaching Award, UH-Manoa 2015

Capstone Ph.D. Teaching Award, UW-Madison 2010

Lau Christensen Award in Empirical Economics, UW-Madison 2009

College of Letters and Sciences Teaching Fellow, UW-Madison 2009

Anna Morris Ely Teaching Award, Dept. of Economics, UW-Madison 2008

Madison's Favorite Teachers, Dept. of Residential Housing, UW-Madison 2006, 2007

Professional Service

Organizing Committee, Bank Research Conference, FDIC 2016

Refereeing

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Law and Economics Review, Berkeley Electronic Journal of

Economic Analysis and Policy, Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, Economics of Education

Review, Health Economics, International Economic Journal, Journal of Economics and International Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal

of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Population Research and Policy Review, Small Business Economics,

Social Science and Medicine, World Bank Economic Review

Conferences and Invited Presentations

ASSA 2019

APPAM Fall Research Meetings 2018

ASSA 2017

APPAM Fall Research Meetings, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, American University 2016

Kansas State University, Smith College, Congressional Budget Oce, Census Bureau, Federal Deposit Insurance 2015

Corporation

EWC-KIPF Post-Crisis Fiscal Policy and Public Financial Management, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014

LaFollette School of Public Aairs, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Hitotsubashi University,

Yokohama National University, Nagoya University, Keio University, University of Tokyo,

American Society of Health Economists, Western Economics Association, EWC-KDI Human Capital Policy,

APPAM Fall Research Meetings, UH-Manoa Dept. of Sociology

Congressional Budget Oce, Midwest Health Economics Conference, Association of Private Enterprise Education, 2013

Hawaii Language Summit, Western Economics Association, EWC-KDI Competition Law and Economics,

APPAM Fall Research Meetings

Shidler College of Business, Western Economics Association, APPAM Fall Research Meetings 2012

Midwest Economics Association, Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (UW-Madison), 2011

EWC-KDI Social Policy Issues

NBER Education Program Meeting, Western Economics Association, 2010

Institute for Research on Poverty (UW-Madison), Wisconsin Economics Association

UW-Madison Public Finance Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2009